Chocolate Wax

Everyone has people in their lives they do not know very well, but during the holidays or other occasions that you want to give them a small gift just to say "thinking of you at this time", "Thanks for the Being around "," Welcome to the neighborhood "or" Thanks for the work you do. "

Perhaps the elderly, people living alone in your neighborhood or at church, people with whom you work, the postman, UPS / Fedex delivery person, paper boy, cleaning personnel in your office, new neighbors, etc.

Because you do not know much about these people's likes and dislikes, it is often difficult to find a gift for them that they will not only piece in a drawer and forget it for years to come. I think we're all really fight with our minds trying to find gifts that people think in this category may appreciate and enjoy.

A number of years, I found that house, Chocolate Fudge Candy has been a good solution for this problem. This is something that most everyone can enjoy, regardless of their age or sex. It's something they can proudly share with friends or family.

I had to consider whether to add the nuts. I found that some older people have a problem chewing sweets with nuts. I just made a batch without nuts for those people. I usually add marshmallows or cherries at their candy.

Here's a simple recipe I use:

18 oz chocolate chips semisweet
1 (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
Dash salt
1 ½ Tea Vanilla extract
½ to 1 cup chopped walnuts

In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chips sweetened condensed milk.
Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients. Spread evenly into wax
Paper lined 9x11 pan. Garnish with walnut halves and cherries. Distribute them at intervals for the size of the place you want to have. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. Turn fudge on a cutting board; off waxed paper and cut into squares.

I used Ziploc containers. I line with waxed paper, put a layer of chocolate fudge squares, then a layer of waxed paper, then more alternating squares of fudge until my tank is full. I use small containers for each medium and for others. At Christmas, they are usually the red and green. I get the red and green this time and to top it off with a Christmas bow makes a ready wrapped present ready to distribute.

When you make a batch with nuts, I usually use pecans or walnuts. If I have to make some fudge without nuts, I use miniature marshmallows, candied cherries or coconut. I have a lady 96 years old who loves coconut and nuts can still chew so it becomes a lot with both nuts and coconut.

Some changes are to be used white chocolate chips or butterscotch chips. I also mixed in a little caramel chips with the semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Although I do most of my house Chocolate Fudge Candy Gift giving during the Christmas holidays, I use it for gift giving all year.

This does not take much time, unless you have lots of people you need gifts for a while, and it is really well received by all.

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