The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets (5 page)

A generous
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tsp of strawberry food flavoring

¹
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cup melted chocolate for dipping

Makes enough for ten greedy children

How to make:

   Line the pan with buttered waxed paper.

 Put all the ingredients except the flavoring and coloring into a large heavy-bottomed saucepan and place over a low heat.

   Stir occasionally. Once the sugar has dissolved, gently boil the mixture and now stir all the time (to prevent sticking and burning on the bottom of the pan).

   Place the sugar thermometer into the saucepan and boil the mixture to a soft ball (about 244°F). This takes about five minutes.

   
Take the pan off the heat, stir until the bubbles subside and then add the flavoring and the coloring.

   Beat rapidly with a wooden spoon until the mixture thickens and becomes granular, approximately three minutes.

   Pour the fudge into the lined pan and leave to set. If necessary, smooth with a palette knife dipped into boiling water.

   With cookie cutters, cut out the fudge and dip one side into the melted chocolate, or decorate with piped chocolate, creating different patterns.

Please ask a grown-up to help you when you are handling anything hot.

Come rain, shine, frost or snow, Roald Dahl could be found inside the shed at the end of his garden. This was where he wrote. And beside him there was a table where he kept his most favorite things. They’re all still there.