Chocolate Popcorn Fudge

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
• 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 1/2 quarts popped corn, ground
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Steps

1. Melt the chocolate in a heavy pan, then add the sugar, condensed milk, water, butter and salt.
2. Boil to the soft-ball stage and take it off the heat.
3. Stir in the vanilla and the ground popcorn.
4. Let it cool, then beat until creamy.
5. Pour into a buttered shallow pan and cut into squares.

Notes

From the booklet “Ed May’s Contest-Winning Popcorn Recipes” (Earl May Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa, dated 9/82), which printed 27 recipes picked from more than 1,100 sent in by Midwest homemakers. The steps are in our own words; both sides of the booklet are shown below.

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