Old-Fashioned Pumpkin Fudge recipe

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Ingredients

3 cups white sugar
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
½ cup pumpkin puree
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup butter
½ cup chopped walnuts

Nutrition Info

107.8 calories
carbohydrate: 18.8 g
cholesterol: 7.3 mg
fat: 3.8 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 0.5 g
saturatedFat: 1.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 46.4 mg
sugar: 17.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Butter or grease one 8x8 inch pan.

  2. In a 3 quart saucepan, mix together sugar, milk, corn syrup, pumpkin and salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium and continue boiling. Do not stir.

  3. When mixture registers 232 degrees F (110 degrees C) on candy thermometer, or forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water, remove pan from heat. Stir in pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, butter and nuts. Cool to lukewarm (110 degrees F or 43 degrees C on candy thermometer).

  4. Beat mixture until it is very thick and loses some of its gloss. Quickly pour into a greased eight-inch pan. When firm cut into 36 squares.

Recipe Yield

36 servings

Recipe Note

A twist on chocolate fudge that uses everyone's favorite Thanksgiving vegetable, pumpkin!

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