3 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz.)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons of butter

Melt chips, milk, vanilla, and butter in in microwave, pausing to stir at 30 second increments. Stir in vanilla and walnuts.  Pour into an aluminum foil lined 8×8 inch pan. Let cool in the fridge and then cut into pieces.

VARIATIONS:
Cherry Fudge: Replace chocolate with cherry flavored chips. Then pour melted chocolate chips on top with peanuts.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge: Replace chocolate with peanut butter chips. Could also pour melted chocolate chips on top. .

Dark Chocolate Fudge: Replace semi sweet with dark chocolate chips

Mint Fudge- Replace chocolate with mint chips, mint candy pieces, or 1 tsp. mint extract.

Strawberry Fudge: Stir in 2-3 Tbsp. of strawberry jam

Rocky Road Fudge: Pour over 1/2 cup marshmallows and 1/4 cup chopped walnuts.

Vanilla Fudge: Replace chocolate white chocolate chips.

Candy Cane Fudge: Replace chocolate with white chocolate chips; stir in crushed candy canes

M&M Fudge: Stir in 1/3 cup of M&M’s

Spicy Mexican Fudge: Add 1 tsp. cinnamon and 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Caramel Fudge: Swirl on top 1/4 cup caramel sauce

Smore: Layer pan with graham crackers and marshmallows or marshmallow cream. Pour melted chocolate mixture on top.