omg! national fudge day?! i love fudge. mom used to make what we called 'sugar fudge' made with cocoa and granulated sugar that you cook to the soft boil stage, let cool a bit and then beat and beat and beat ... it had a grainy, sugary consistency.
me ... i make the 'Never Fail Fudge' ... marshmallow, chocolate bits, evaporated milk fudge that was printed in The Yummy Book by Marshamallow Fluff of my home town, Lynn, MA.
here's a link ... it's awesome! just DON'T get anxious to make it come to a boil and turn up the heat to hurry it or you'll end up with bits of carmelized sugar. PATIENCE is required.
i see that the Yummy Book is still available for download on their website as well.
one recipe i'd love to resurrect is mom's penuche fudge ... have tried a few recipes and they aren't them. it's like a butterscotch tasting fugde. i see there's one in the Yummy Book. now, mom never made fudge with marshmallow fluff, but maybe this would be close?.