Chocolate Frosted Peanut Butter Fudge

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 cup miniature marshmallow
• 1 (12 ounce) jar chunky peanut butter (1 1/3 cup)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup salted peanuts, finely chopped
• 1 (6 ounce) package semisweet chocolate pieces

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy 2 quart saucepan, combine sugar, butter and evaporated milk.
• 2 stirring constantly, bring mixture to a full rolling boil over medium heat. continue cooking and stirring 5 minutes.
• 3 remove from heat. add marshmallows, peanut butter, vanilla and 1/2 cup of the chopped peanuts.
• 4 stir vigorously until marshmallows and peanut butter are melted and mixture blended.
• 5 turn into a buttered 8-inch square pan.
• 6 cool a few minutes until top "sets".
• 7 sprinkle chocolate over top.
• 8 let stand until chocolate melts, then spread over fudge with a spatula.
• 9 sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup chopped peanuts over chocolate and press in lightly.
• 10 cool, then cut into 1-inch squares.
• 11 refrigerate until ready to serve. makes approximately 2 1/2 pounds fudge. to make peanut-butter chocolate-marbled fudge: follow recipe for chocolate frosted peanut butter fudge except add semi-sweet chocolate pieces to fudge just before turning it into pan.
• 12 stir just a few times to secure a marbled appearance. turn into pan as directed previously.
• 13 sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup chopped peanuts over top and press nuts down gently into fudge.