Quick Stovetop Fudge Drops
1/4 cup milk
1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup oatmeal [preferably uncooked rolled oats]
1/2 cup diced nuts, salted peanuts, or fruit
Over medium heat, melt butter in a saucepan with sugar, milk, and cocoa powder, stirring often. Bring to boil, let boil two minutes. Remove from heat.
Quickly stir in vanilla and peanut butter. Stir in oatmeal and whatever extras you desire. Drop by teaspoons onto a greased cookie sheet and let them firm up.
Store in something other than plastic – plastic keeps humidity inside.
About Victoria Janssen
Victoria Janssen [she, her] currently writes cozy space opera for
Kalikoi. The novella series A Place of Refuge begins with
Finding Refuge:
Telepathic warrior Talia Avi, genius engineer Miki Boudreaux, and augmented soldier Faigin Balfour fought the fascist Federated Colonies for ten years, following the charismatic dissenter Jon Churchill. Then Jon disappeared, Talia was thought dead, and Miki and Faigin struggled to take Jon’s place and stay alive. When the FC is unexpectedly upended, Talia is reunited with her friends and they are given sanctuary on the enigmatic planet Refuge. The trio of former guerillas strive to recover from lifetimes of trauma, build new lives on a planet with endless horizons, and forge tender new connections with each other.
