Fudge newbie! No thermometer :s

Amethyst_ice

I don't see how i could have got the costs down and kept the quality and the decorations. Each tub of mints/fudge will have cost me around 60p i think and i would have been spending £5-£15 on each person, the sentiment of me making them also costs nothing, as i am giving them as gifts i didn't want to use cheapy cheapy- saying that nothing i bought minus eggs, sugar and butter had alternative value range things.

off top of my head-

Peppermint essence-52p
Red colouring-52p
Green colouring-52
x2 bars dark choc (value)-60p
Icing sugar 1kg- £1.22
Unsalted butter-£1.30
FREE RANGE LOCAL EGGS- £1.46 - this i do pay more as i don't like battery farms
Mixed dry fruit-£1.37 own brand
Condensed miillk-own brand-99p
Silver balls-77p
mini cupcake cases x2 (200)-£1.44

the food colouring, silver balls and mini cases wernt essential (i also got some pre made icing christmas toppers that are very cute- £1.36) these i could have deducted but i am giving them as gifts remember

oh yeh i got some jelly so make my costs around £12-£13 lol

Vaila

i usually get 1kg of dried fruit for 50p and choc for 30p

sorry if i came across rude

Amethyst_ice

oh no, just my finances are very very tight atm so i didnt want to spend any more than i had to..the choc was 30p each...the dried fruit value they had was half opened so i went the next value up lol

just needed to get them asap to post monday to people- havnt started yet, had a night cleaning all our pets out lol plans never go the way you want lol

x

Bitsy_Beans

Well I tried making Bailey's fudge but it didn't set properly But my mum assures me it's fantastic spread all over a rich tea biccie :rotfl:
Actually thinking about it, this time last year my mum was doing the same with a batch of chocolate rum truffles that didn't set
I think the universe is trying to tell me not to waste time trying to make sweets at Xmas :rotfl:

Amethyst_ice

hahahah!!! i dont know if it would work but would poppin them in freezer not work? what makes fudge not set?

if no-one knows what you were trying to make you can call it anything lol i find the word "suprise" crops up lots lol

Bitsy_Beans

Amethyst_ice wrote: »

hahahah!!! i dont know if it would work but would poppin them in freezer not work? what makes fudge not set?

if no-one knows what you were trying to make you can call it anything lol i find the word "suprise" crops up lots lol

:rotfl::rotfl:
My fudge had a crust on top but the middle just wouldn't set. I don't think it was boiled enough. Still I have 2 more pots of cream to try again

pookiewn

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:
My fudge had a crust on top but the middle just wouldn't set. I don't think it was boiled enough. Still I have 2 more pots of cream to try again

You can always reboil it to make it set.

livermum

does anybody have any suggestions of different flavours to make? I have been on the website recommended on here and I'm going to get the things I need later but is the one they make plain? does it need to have "things" added to it?

shelly_lou_uk

Hi!

Yesterday i made nigellas chocolate pistachio fudge, its not fudge per se.....made with condensed milk BUT it is delicious i keep it in the freezer...in can be eaten straight from the freezer....but no one else in the house knows that!!
Am a newbie so can't post a link but i'm sure it can be googled!

Amethyst_ice

I made my peppermint creams last night and they turned out pretty good im goign to attempt the fudge this week.

my flavour ideas are-

golden syrup
any mixed dried fruit combos- apricots, cranberries, cherries,sultanas
white choc
rum and raisen
baileys
strawberry
dark choc covered

happy cooking all xxx