Opera Fudge
Ingredients
- cream cheese - 227g or (8 oz)
- 1 stick of butter (soften) - 113g
- 2 lbs 10x sugar - 907g
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup peanut butter to taste
Chocolate Dip Ingredients
- 1 box of unsweetened Baker's chocolate - 226g or (8 oz)
- 1/4 stick paraffin wax - 40g
Directions
- Cream together cream cheese and butter with a mixer.
- Slowly add 10x sugar to avoid a sugar cloud in the kitchen.
- Mix in vanilla and peanut butter.
- Chill the dough for about 10 minutes before making peanut butter mixture balls. (You can use a mellon ball to create them.)
- Place the peanut butter balls back into the freezer until chilled before dipping them in chocolate.
- Add water to a double boiler and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat but keep hot.
- Add blocks of unsweetened Baker's dark chocolate Add paraffin wax.
- Mix until smooth.
You are ready to dip.
- Using a spoon, lower the chilled peanut butter ball into the dark chocolate.
- Place on wax sheet on top of cookie sheets.
- Place in freezer until chilled.
- Then place in air tight container.
- Keep in refrigerator.
Recipe by Sheila