Return of the peanut butter downfall: 3 ingredient ten minute fudge

Concrete fudge.
Looks like concrete.
Pretty sure it doesn't taste like.
But must admit have no basis for comparison.

Following on from my earlier peanut butter downfall, here is the easiest cooked fudge I've seen for ages. This is much, much too good. Sorry.

This recipe is really almost a kind of halva rather than a traditional fudge. Substitute tahini for the peanut butter to make a very respectable version of the Middle Eastern candy.

If you share my fascination with grey and black food, try it with ground black sesame seeds to make Concrete Fudge.

Peanut butter fudge

2 cups brown sugar (or white, but the extra caramel notes are terrific)
1/2 cup milk
1 cup peanut butter

Boil milk and sugar together for 2 1/2 minutes. Quickly stir in peanut butter til smooth and pour into greased pan or baking sheet.

Halvaesque

2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup water
1 cup tahini

Boil water and sugar together for 2 1/2 minutes. Quickly stir in tahini til smooth and pour into greased pan or baking sheet.

Optionally, stir in one or more of these after the tahini when it's nearly smooth:

• chopped pistachios
• lemon peel
• 1 tsp rosewater

Concrete Fudge

2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup water
Sesame.

For the sesame, use either but not both of these:

• 1 cup ground black sesame seeds* and 2 T sesame oil (preferably not toasted)
• 1/2 cup ground black sesame seeds and 1/2 cup tahini

Boil water and sugar together for 2 1/2 minutes. Quickly stir in sesame til smooth and pour into greased pan or baking sheet.

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*Looking for ground black sesame seeds? Try a Chinese grocery/supermarket in the drinks section near tea, hot soy drinks, etc.