Coffee Bean Fudge

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serves/makes:

ready in:
30-60 minutes

ingredients

3 cups sugar
2 tablespoons instant coffee powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup light cream or Bailey's Irish Cream
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon rum extract (omit if using Irish Cream)
whole coffee beans, optional

directions

Mix sugar, coffee powder, salt, cream, corn syrup and milk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Continue cooking without stirring to 234 degrees F on a candy thermometer.

Remove from heat. Add butter and rum extract, but do not stir. Cool to lukewarm. Beat until mixture begins to thicken and loses its gloss.

Spread in a buttered 8" square pan. While still warm, into squares and press a coffee bean into center of each square, if desired. When cold, cut into pieces.