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When I was two, I fell on my face and killed my front tooth. It required a root canal (which is my first memory) and I then lived with a green front tooth until, oh, I think first grade.
I had braces twice, the second time having to have four adult teeth pulled.
When I had my wisdom teeth pulled they were impacted, which caused me to lose 9 lbs in 3 days and if I remember correctly, I got an infection.
After Jordan was born I went to a new dentist who got his dental license from the Donald Duck school of dentistry. He was a quack if I ever saw one. But me, being in the throes of postpartum and needing my teeth cleaned in the 45 minutes until I needed to nurse, I ignored my instincts. This man’s “special beeping machine” told me I needed 5 cavities filled. I also needed a crown for a chipped tooth, which ended in a root canal that some cartoon character taught him to do. Shortly after this debacle, I went to the endodontist 3 times to re-do the just done root canal, and I have pain in that tooth to this day.
You could say I have dentist issues. I go…but it’s a stressful week before and a gut-wrenching 45 minutes of expecting them to tell me I have cavities, need teeth pulled, root canals, or Bugs Bunny and Tweety are going to show up in a lab coat and perform my exam.
So when my husband told me he was going back to the dentist to have an edge of his tooth fixed (it’s sharp) and told me he was only slightly nervous because they weren’t using novocain, I looked at him like he had two heads.
“Tell them to use the novocain,” I said.
“Well, no,” he replied. “It doesn’t need it. I had the guy check it when I was there to see if it would hurt and it didn’t. I want to avoid the extra 30 minutes it would take to get the shot.”
I’m sorry to my dear husband, but that last sentence was in a foreign language to me. He had the guy test it? What does that even mean?
I swear, if they offered the gas for a cleaning I would take it.
I don’t get this whole “let’s see if it hurts” mentality. NO DUDE. I don’t want it to hurt AT ALL. Give me drugs, and give them to me NOW.
So yeah, sometimes my husband and his manly bravado befuddles me.
What doesn’t befuddle me? Fudge with crust. I’ve done it before. I don’t know where this came to me, except that I had some lemon shortbread left over from the same shipment that brought me this addiction. When you have lemon shortbread, you must make crust.
The rest just followed, organically, I guess.
The topping was supposed to be an even layer on the top, like meringue on a pie. It didn’t work that way, so I swirled it and, you know what? I think I liked that better.
{I think fudge with crust is my new addiction. I loooooooooove it.}
Now, I know if eat too much of this I’ll have to go to hell the dentist. But that’s why I brush my teeth three times a day and ignore the chipped off crown that the dentist said was fine for a few months a year ago.
Fudge is waaaaaay better than a teeth cleaning. Plus, it’s soft. You can gum it before the novocain wears off.
If you love lemon, check out my lemon cake recipe!
Lemon Meringue Pie Fudge
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups cookie crumbs shortbread, lemon shortbread, or lemon cookies - I used 1 package of lemon shortbread cookies
- 3 tablespoons butter melted (see notes)
- 4 cups about 2 bags white chocolate chips, divided
- 1 can 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon pure lemon extract
- Optional: for more punch of lemon add about 1/2-1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2-3 drops yellow food coloring if desired
- 3/4 cup marshmallow fluff
Instructions
- Mix cookie crumbs and butter and press into an 8x8 or 9x9 pan that has been coved with foil and sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Let cool while you prepare filling.
- Place one cup of white chocolate chips in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Place remaining 3 cups of white chocolate chips in a medium saucepan. Add the sweetened condensed milk and heat over medium-low heat, stirring, until melted.
- While you are cooking the chips and SCM in the pan, place the bowl of chips in the microwave and heat, on 50% power, for about 1-2 minutes, stirring each 30 seconds.
- Once the chips and SCM in the pan have melted, remove from heat and stir in lemon extract, zest (if using), and food coloring. Pour over crust.
- Working quickly, stir fluff into the white chocolate chips you melted in the microwave. The chocolate will seize a little, but that’s okay. If needed, microwave an additional 15 seconds to help the mixture stir together. Drop chunks of the fluff mixture on top of the lemon fudge and use a knife or offset spatula to swirl into the top. Cool on counter for about 10-15 minutes and then chill until set. Slice and serve.
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OMG…I totally could’ve written this post. Hate the dentist. And have had one quack that messed up my six front teeth! After writing that, I need fudge. Thank you for the wonderful recipe!
Ugh dentist problems. BOO! Thanks for the comment!
I really want to make this but what is marshmellow fluff? I am in NewZealand and have never heard of it….
It’s like marshmallows without form, the gooey insides in a jar. I found this: http://www.ehow.com/how_8119537_substitute-marshmallows-marshmallow-fluff.html for turning regular marshmallows into fluff! Or, you can leave them off the fudge all together. It’s good with or without the topping!
I came for the fudge but the dentist I cry. I was actually told by one that the reason I had bad teeth was because I was fat.
Then one tried to talk me into drilling out all of my cavities for those fancy white fillings. the one I let him do I discovered I am allergic!
But my current dentist uses gas for cleanings and that is why I chose him. He gets me!
OMG what a jerk!! I’m glad you have a good one now. 🙂
There is only one problem with your story that you relate from when you were 2 years old. You said that you had a root canal from falling on your tooth. I quote from your post “When I was two, I fell on my face and killed my front tooth. It required a root canal (which is my first memory) and I then lived with a green front tooth until, oh, I think first grade.” It is impossible to have a root canal at the age of 2 years old, since the tooth at that age has NO ROOT. Anyhow, otherwise a charming story…
Well, it’s not impossible, since I had one. 🙂 They did something to make the tooth stay in so I wouldn’t be without a tooth for so many years. Maybe it was a different name, but that’s what the dentist and my parents and everyone called it! And I remember it very clearly. 🙂
I also had a root canal at the age of 2…not fun and I have had a grand fear of dentists ever since…..since I was so young, they did it apparently without any drugs….though no memory of that…my mother tells me the stories though….ugh….my tooth was brown not green until it fell out…kindergarten…..I fell into a car door with mine……I feel your pain….
Ugh – my memories exactly. Thanks for your comment Jenn!
Please note: it is possible to have a root canal @ that age. As I am in the dental field.
(Pediatric root canal) it saves the space for your secondary tooth to come in, as not to disrupt spacing.
So it is not uncommon or unheard of as we do a lot of these……. So before you accuse someone of telling tales, I suggest you do some research!!! Now back to your recipes & site I Love it:)
This looks fantastic! I can’t wait to try it!
We don’t have marshmallow fluff in Oz as far as I know, do you think this http://whatscookingamerica.net/Candy/MarshmallowFluff.htm would be a suitable replacement? I like to make things from scratch as much as possible, so bring it right back to the start just feels like a fun challenge! 🙂
Looking forward to hearing from you, would love a different recipe if that one’s not the best! Thank you!
Totally that would work! It might behave a little differently because it’s not processed like manufactured fluff is, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Let me know if it does! 🙂
Marshmallow Fluff is now available at Woolworths in Australia, only a very recent thing that I thought was a little crazy until I saw this recipe!!
Yeah! I could eat Fluff with a spoon. 🙂
Thank you for posting that, i’m in Aus too and had no idea what it was, so decided I couldn’t make it. Now I can 🙂
You’re welcome!
If you can’t find fluff in woolies, the reject shop stocks it in SA at least
Actually we do have Fluff in Aus Rebecca and Jenni 🙂 Woolworths sells it as does the Reject Shop and Cheap As Chips. They even have strawberry fluff as well as the original 🙂
Strawberry fluff???? WANT!
lol, yeah its pretty good Dorothy lol 🙂
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