Half Baked Fudge

Half Baked Fudge

      When you think of 'half-baked', what's the first thing that comes to your mind? Hopefully you thought of Ben & Jerry's, 'cause that's what I was going for. If you're not familiar with it, (what's wrong with you?) it's swirled vanilla and chocolate ice cream, with gobs of cookie dough and brownie batter. ...yeah.

     

      There's just something about eating food in it's raw form that's so much better than eating it after it's been baked. Maybe it's the thrill of eating something you're not supposed to, but I honestly think it just tastes better all gooey and what not.

  

      What's kind of funny about the ice cream and this fudge is that neither of them are actually baked at all. This fudge is actually super easy to make too.

Ingredients:

Cookie Dough:

• 1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 T granulated sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 T milk
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

Brownie Batter:

• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup + 2 T granulated sugar
• 3-4 T water
• 2 T unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup + 2 T all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Fudge:

• 2 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup sweetened condensed milk

Instructions:

1. For the cookie dough: In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Stir in vanilla and milk. Add the flour and salt and stir until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips, set aside.
2. Brownie batter: In a small bowl, stir together the oil, sugar, and water. Add in the cocoa, salt, flour and vanilla. Mixture should be pretty thick, but you can add 1 extra tablespoon of water if it's as thick as the cookie dough.
3. Fudge and assembly: Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper and coat with non-stick spray. In a double boiler (or a large bowl placed over a pan of simmering water), melt together the chocolates and sweetened condensed milk. When the chocolate is melted spread about 1/3 to 1/2 of the mixture on the bottom of the prepared dish. Drop about 2/3 of the cookie dough in spoonfuls evenly over the the fudge layer. Do the same the brownie batter, using it all. Spoon the rest of the fudge mixture over the top, the spread it over the filling evenly using a rubber spatula. Make small balls out of the remaining cookie dough and press them into the top of the fudge. Allow to cool completely, then cut into 36 pieces.