I'm not a fudge person. Faced with the choice of having fudge or having no treat at all, I'll still pass on the fudge. I prefer my sugar and chocolate in other forms, thank you very much. So naturally, I had never made any fudge in my 50+ years of life.
Understandably, hearing that some natural food-prepper types were advocating making fudge using pinto beans was unsettling on a number of levels for me. There are some places that a respectable person just doesn't go. Red light districts, casinos, McDonald's, ... you get the picture. Pinto bean fudge was one of those places for me.
And yet, in the interest of becoming fully informed about all things food storage, I had to delve into the disturbingly dark world of pinto bean fudge. I had a dear sister-in-law who had gone there and reported that indeed, it was a very upsetting place.
Think about it: It looks like fudge. It has sugar. And it tastes like pinto beans. How much worse can life get?
But for my children and readers and people in my classes, I had to see for myself. This is the recipe I used:
Understandably, hearing that some natural food-prepper types were advocating making fudge using pinto beans was unsettling on a number of levels for me. There are some places that a respectable person just doesn't go. Red light districts, casinos, McDonald's, ... you get the picture. Pinto bean fudge was one of those places for me.
And yet, in the interest of becoming fully informed about all things food storage, I had to delve into the disturbingly dark world of pinto bean fudge. I had a dear sister-in-law who had gone there and reported that indeed, it was a very upsetting place.
Think about it: It looks like fudge. It has sugar. And it tastes like pinto beans. How much worse can life get?
But for my children and readers and people in my classes, I had to see for myself. This is the recipe I used:
Pinto Bean Fudge
1/2 cup cooked pinto beans, mashed and
drained
2-4 tablespoons milk
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
Nuts, optional
Mash beans and then puree in blender with milk. Melt chocolate and stir in butter and
vanilla. Stir these all together. Work powdered sugar into mixture 1 cup at a
time, turning mixture onto counter and kneading in final cup of sugar. Add nuts if desired. Pat into pan and refrigerate.
Comments:
Remember, I am not a fudge person.
I made this fudge before one of my food storage classes on beans. I knew pinto beans were in there, but I couldn't detect even a hint of pinto bean flavor or texture in the fudge, and I was definitely looking for it. Of course, there is only half a cup of beans to four cups of sugar. You could probably hide small amounts of lots of scary things in four cups of sugar.
The class members all loved it. One of the ladies even made it two months later and brought it to another class for the ladies to try. They all liked it as well.
I brought the leftovers home and left them on the counter. The girls all ate it.
Is it gourmet fudge? Hardly, you know, based on my extremely limited experience with fudge. But I definitely wouldn't be embarrassed to take it to a dinner or party to share.
Links to related posts:
Tootsie Rolls
Chocolate in the Prepper's Pantry
Peanut Butter Play Dough
For further reading:
https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/pinto-bean-fudge-279612
https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/candy/pinto-bean-fudge.html
http://www.simplyscrumptiousbysarah.com/2013/04/14/dark-chocolate-pinto-bean-fudge/
Comments:
Remember, I am not a fudge person.
I made this fudge before one of my food storage classes on beans. I knew pinto beans were in there, but I couldn't detect even a hint of pinto bean flavor or texture in the fudge, and I was definitely looking for it. Of course, there is only half a cup of beans to four cups of sugar. You could probably hide small amounts of lots of scary things in four cups of sugar.
The class members all loved it. One of the ladies even made it two months later and brought it to another class for the ladies to try. They all liked it as well.
I brought the leftovers home and left them on the counter. The girls all ate it.
Is it gourmet fudge? Hardly, you know, based on my extremely limited experience with fudge. But I definitely wouldn't be embarrassed to take it to a dinner or party to share.
Links to related posts:
Tootsie Rolls
Chocolate in the Prepper's Pantry
Peanut Butter Play Dough
For further reading:
https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/pinto-bean-fudge-279612
https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/candy/pinto-bean-fudge.html
http://www.simplyscrumptiousbysarah.com/2013/04/14/dark-chocolate-pinto-bean-fudge/
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