Oh Fudge!

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Chocolate Fudge that is. I tried to make some last night and it didn't exactly turn out. It never really poured into the pan, I had to scoop it. I'm thinking my problem was ingredients. I used turbinado sugar instead of refined, coconut oil instead of butter, and sweetened condensed milk instead of evaporated milk (are those two the same?). Which ingredient was my downfall? It was really really grainy and way too sweet. I was making dark fudge too.

ok....
sweetened condensed and evaporated are not the same. Not even close, imo
(sweetened is just that, sweetened, and added to your overall sugar content)

The sugar... thats workable

The grainy thing, could be a number is issues, among them, cooking to to high of a temp.
Matterhorn fan is right too... they could not have been cooked enough.
it sounds as if you are cooking by time, and not by temp?

candy is really a temp sensitive thing