Shelly's Recipe

TRIPLE NUT MOCHA FUDGE

Category: Candy

2 cups sugar
3/4 cup milk
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, cut up
1 tsp instant coffee crystals
1 tsp light-colored corn syrup
2 tbsp butter
2 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup chopped hazelnuts (filberts)
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Line an 8 square baking pan with foil, extending foil over edges of pan. Butter foil; set aside.

Butter sides of a heavy 2-quart saucepan. In saucepan, stir together sugar, milk, chocolate, coffee crystals and corn syrup. Cook over medium-high heat to boiling, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon to dissolve sugar. Avoid splashing mixture on sides of pan.

Carefully clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until thermometer registers 234, soft-ball stage (20 to 25 minutes). The mixture should boil at a moderate, steady rate over the entire surface. Remove saucepan from heat. Add butter and vanilla, but do not stir.

Cool, without stirring, to 110 (about 55 minutes). Remove candy thermometer from saucepan. Beat mixture vigorously with a wooden spoon until fudge begins to thicken. Add nuts. Continue beating until fudge becomes very thick and starts to lose its gloss (about 10 minutes).

Immediately spread fudge into prepared pan. Score into squares while warm. When fudge is firm, use foil to lift it out of pan. Cut candy into squares. Store fudge tightly covered.