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     Title: EASY OPERA FUDGE
Categories: Candies
     Yield: 32 Servings

   1/3 c  Marachino cherries
     2 pk (3oz)regualr coconut cream
          -pudding mix
   1/2 c  Butter,melted
   1/2 c  Milk
   1/2 ts Vanilla
 4 1/2 c  Confectioner's sugar
   1/2 c  Walnuts, chopped
          Walnut halves

 Chop cherries and drain on paper toweling. In saucepan, combine pudding
 mix, butter and milk. Cook and stir until mixture boils. Boil for one
 minute, stirring constantly. remove from heat. Stir in vanilla,. beat in
 sugar until smooth. Stir in chopped walnuts and drained cherries. pour into
 buttered 10x6" baking dish. Garnish with walnut halves, if desired. Cut
 into squares when cooled. Makes 32 pieces.

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