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Simple Chocolate Fudge

A simple chocolate fudge made by melting chocolate chips with sweetened condensed milk and vanilla.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,020 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Simple Chocolate Fudge

10–30
Timeseveral hours

Ingredients

Directions

Make the fudge

  1. Use a double boiler to melt the chocolate chips.

  2. Avoid using a single pot, as it will result in burned chocolate.

  3. Add the sweetened condensed milk and stir until mixed.

  4. Pour into a lined baking dish, bowl, or other mold.

  5. Expect it to stick if you don't use wax paper or foil.

Set

  1. Let cool for several hours.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

316Calories
9 gProtein
17 gFat
30 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Vanilla1 tsp extract (4ml)12

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,020 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Chocolate + condensed milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Condensed milk + vanillatop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together647 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chocolate chips
Provides the main chocolate flavour and, once melted and cooled, sets into a firm, smooth body.
Sweetened condensed milk
Adds sweetness and creamy body, helping the melted chocolate set into soft, fudgy texture.

The step that matters

Melt the chocolate gently in a double boiler. Chocolate scorches easily over direct heat, and scorched chocolate turns grainy and bitter. Gentle indirect heat from a double boiler melts it smoothly and keeps its flavour clean.

Swap the vanilla

The recipe marks vanilla as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chocolate, condensed milk):

  1. Vanillathe original
  2. Coconutfits about as well
  3. Cherryfits less well
  4. Bananafits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against chocolate, condensed milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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