"Oh, Fudge!"

When cooking with wine, they always say to use a wine you would drink. The same rule applies to popsicle making (don't worry, these aren't wine pops!). I have wonderful memories of eating fudge-sicles growing up and these were even better! We used a high-quality powdered chocolate (Peruvian, in fact) which worked well in this recipe. The chocolate flavor is so intense -- so be sure to choose your favorite cocoa!


Recipe for Oh, Fudge:
1 cup water
2.5 ox bittersweet chocolate
1/3 cup sugar
1 pinch salt
1/3 cup (2.5oz) milk
1Tbsp half & half

In a medium saucepan over low heat whisk together the water, chocolate, sugar, and salt until the chocolate has completely melted (do not boil) and chocolate granules have dissolved, about 5 min (test by dipping a clean spoon into the mixture; if you don't see many chocolate specks, it's ready to come off the heat). Let cool slightly (about 10 min). Whisk in the milk and half & half. Refrigerate until cool. Pour into the molds and wait 9 min. Yields 6.