Mother Presents

Best Fudge Brownie

While there are plenty of the usual gifts for mothers like bath salts and printable coupons, every once in a while freshly baked goodies just hit the right spot. And one of the best homemade gifts you can give her is rocky road fudge. This is the best fudge brownie I have ever tasted and any chocoholic mothers out there will absolutely love getting this gift. It even has a simple fudge recipe that anyone can easily follow.

Fudge Ingredients:

50ml Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur
200g chopped dark chocolate
20g butter, unsalted
1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
50g chopped unsalted pistachio kernels
75g crushed shortbread biscuits
200g small-sized marshmallows
150g chopped white chocolate

Making Rocky Road Fudge:

Get an 8cmx20cm bar pan and grease it. Place baking paper inside with some overhanging. Put the dark chocolate, butter, milk, and Baileys in a bowl that’s heatproof and place the bowl over a pan of water that’s simmering. Make sure the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Once the ingredients melt, gently stir them together until the mixture becomes smooth. Take the bowl out of the pan and let the mixture cool down a bit. Put in the nuts, marshmallow, and 2/3 of the white chocolate in the bowl and stir them together. Spread the mixture into the pan and leave it in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours until it becomes firm. Melt the remaining white chocolate similarly and pour it over the fudge. Let is set for 3-4 minutes then cut the fudge into squares.

This Rocky Road fudge will need to be placed in a container that’s airtight and consumed within a week. The simple fudge recipe can create 12 slices of chocolatey goodness for any mother to enjoy. To add to the gift, you can give the recipe of the rocky road fudge printed on some fancy paper so the recipient can make the brownies anytime she needs a chocolatey fix. She can even change some of the fudge ingredients to make the fudge more to her liking!

A Great Gift Idea

What woman doesn’t use a body scrub? It’s not only a beauty essential, it also helps one relax and ease out the stress. But instead of buying a sugar body scrub from the mall, a great gift idea is to make homemade body scrub. Not only will it be a gift that is much appreciated, the personal touch will add to its value.

Sugar Scrub Recipe:

To make a body scrub, you wouldn’t need to buy a lot of stuff. Most of the ingredients will be found within your kitchen. For the sugar body scrub, you’ll need the following:

1 cup of fine brown sugar
1/3 cup of sweet almond oil
20 drops of vanilla essential oil OR 1 tsp of vanilla essence

Now, homemade body scrub is really easy to make. Mix the sugar and essential oil in a bowl thoroughly. Stir in the almond oil slowly until the mixture’s consistency is that of moist sand. That’s it! Homemade body scrub ready to be used!

After you make the body scrub, you will need to place it in an airtight glass jar with a wide mouth. You can wrap a small ribbon around the lip of the jar and even decorate the jar using stickers, magic pens, etc. For an additional gift, write down the sugar scrub recipe on some parchment paper and attach it to the jar using a ribbon. Then, your mother will be able to create her own homemade body scrub whenever she needs it!

Added Tips:

Make sure you advise the recipient to use the body scrub within 6 months so that they avoid the possibility of the oil becoming rancid. Also, you can change the fragrance of the body scrub or even find out what essential oil combination is best for her skin and use that combination instead. For information on this, you can go to this website.