I have a recipe from the 1960’s that calls for a large bag of chocolate chips how many ounces was that back then?

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It’s for fudge

Bake U. · Answer

I have the same recipe and have the measurements a bit off this year. Can't find the original card. It's too soft and the evaporated milk seeps through. My mom's been making it all my life. I was born in the '60s so we know it came then or before. Nestle has a different recipe that is not as old as the one we have. If you can find the exact measurements, my email is manatee911@aol.com. I'll do the same. We're going off memory right now. I'd write out the recipe, but in all of these years, we've only given it out 5 times.

AntoniaJames · Answer

Does the recipe also call for marshmallow cream? I find that doing an image search on Google often helps in finding very old recipes that likely were included in advertisements in magazines (as many recipes with a brand name likely were). I also go to Google Books, although their snippet views usually offer partial clues, and not access to complete information.

For example, I found a recipe for fudge made from Nestle’s chocolate chips doing an image search for Nestle’s + fudge. Clicking on the image took me to this recipe: https://clickamericana.com/recipes/dessert-recipes/marshmallow-cream-fudge-recipe-1963

Running the same search in Google Books, it offered a search result that was considerably more helpful than the linked page. The text on the search result page, for a 1961 McCall’s magazine article about that Marshmallow Cream Fudge recipe, says that shortening can be substituted for the butter in the original recipe.

Does this help? ;o)

Bake U. · Answer

Hello, I wonder if you can help me? I have that recipe for fudge from Nestle, and I can't find it. I know all the ingredients by heart and after years of making it, I don't remember the measurements. You'd think I would since I make it every year for Christmas, and my mom did for us growing up. I don't suppose you'd like to give a hand? No one has this recipe. It can't be found. Key ingredients, powdered sugar, and Crisco.

drbabs · Answer

I was alive and baking (with my mom) then, and I remember there being two sizes of bags of chocolate chips.  The small was 6 ounces, and the large was 12 ounces.

AntoniaJames · Answer

Based on some ads I've unearthed showing fudge recipes for Nestlé chocolate "morsels" (love that) and Carnation evaporated milk (key ingredient), and back of the can / bag recipes using those two products, e.g., https://recipecurio.com/holiday-fudge-recipe-clipping/ , I'd use a 12 ounce bag. For many years, Nestlé only sold their morsels in 6 ounce bags, from what I can tell.  I cannot imagine a 6 ounce bag being called a "large bag."   ;o)

Nancy · Answer

Another source for you - websites with recipes by decade. Perhaps a recipe on a 1960s site will have a similar fudge or specify chocolate chips by package size.

AntoniaJames · Answer

What are the other ingredients / amounts, in the fudge recipe you have? I have several fudge recipes from the 1960's (or possibly they were created earlier - they came into our possession when I was a child / teenager during that decade) which I could use to help you figure this out.  ;o)

Nancy · Answer

Suggest you write to one of the major American makers of chocolate products...bars, chips, cocoa...and ask them. Maybe their product history can tell you.

I have a recipe from the 1960’s that calls for a large bag of chocolate chips how many ounces was that back then?

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