Healthy Fudge? Please be GOOD???!!!!

Healthy fudge, yes I said it! One of the things about being on a diabetic diet is the lack of sugar and carbs, two of the main ingredients in fudge.

I glared with envy at my family members who were scarfing down the glorious fudge that I couldn't eat during all those holiday parties.

So enough was enough! I wanted fudge and by golly, I was going to find a recipe that allowed me to stay on my diet plan and have my fudge too. Guess what I found??!!! A diabetic recipe for fudge. I had mixed feelings about it, because honestly, most sweet treats that I had made following diabetic recipes just downright sucked. I want sugar! I want sweet! The diabetic treats tasted like something processed in a factory. Well at last, I have found my perfect delight!

Marshmallow fudge is a great treat for those of us diabetics, or pre-diabetics, who cannot have the full-fledged sugar-coated goodness, but I think this is even BETTER! So here is the review!

Ease of recipe: 5 ingredients that you can get off of any shelf of most grocery store. The one I had the most difficulty finding was fat-free condensed milk. The recipe is fairly simple to make!

I give this recipe an A- for ease, the minus is for the difficulty of procuring the fat-free condensed milk.

Taste Factor for Kids/Adults: OMG let me tell you what, this recipe rocked my socks off, as one of my old friends used to say! My son was begging me for a fudgie, as he called it! I was shocked. The only thing that I noticed was the vanilla extract taste is a little strong. I would suggest maybe only using 1/2 a teaspoon instead of the full teaspoon it calls for. I give it an A- for the taste. A little less vanilla might be a good idea. I would suggest trying it out first to see if you feel the vanilla is strong for you. To me it was a bit overpowering.

Keep or Not to Keep: YES! I haven't found a recipe that I have been more excited about! My kids adored the recipe. I cannot wait til the next party function where I can proudly eat 2 pieces of fudge and get crazy weird looks from people, as they KNOW I'm not supposed to eat it.

Marshmallow Fudge:

Taste of Home Comfort Foods Diet Cookbook

Ingrediets:

1 1/3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

2/3 cup fat-free sweetened condensed milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/3 cups minature marshmallows

2 whole reduced-fat graham crackers, broken into bite-size pieces

Directions:

1. Line an 8-inch square pan with foil and coat with cooking spray; set aside. In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips with milk; stir until smooth. Remove from the heat; cool for 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla. Fold in the marshmallows and graham crackers.

2. Pour into prepared pan. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Lift out and remove foil; cut into 48 pieces.

Yield: 4 dozen

Nutritional Facts: 1 piece equals 41 calories, 1 gram fat (1 gram saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 10 mg sodium, 7 gram carbohydrates, 1 gram fiber, 1 gram protein.