Christmas Baking Fails!

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Earlier today I went over to my parents' house to make some Christmas goodies. My bf and I decided to give his relatives homemade fudge for Christmas. It has been a few years (at least) since I've made fudge, and this was a new recipe. Plus I was experimenting, since I wanted to make cherry fudge but they no longer sell cherry extract. I read online you can substitute it with the liquid from a bottle of maraschino cherries. So, that's what I did, taste-testing until it tasted "cherry" enough. The only problem is, by that point I had added too much liquid and the fudge was runny. So my sister said to put it in the freezer and let it set. Which we did. When we checked on it a while later, however... ...Somehow the pan got knocked over and a ton of the fudge had sloshed out all over the freezer. So we had a mess to clean up, and I had to find a way to salvage the fudge. Luckily I had some more chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk (this was a recipe you make in the microwave) and I was able to add the part I had already made to the new batch, without it being too runny. I taste-tested it and it is delicious. And this time it set! Hopefully I'll be able to cut it into squares without any further mishaps. And this is why I no longer bake! It is too much of a hassle, and then I screw things up. But when it turns out right, I am a pretty good baker, if I say so myself. I must have inherited a bit of my baking skills from both of my grandmothers. My mom's mother was the best baker (and cook) in the world. My other grandmother...not so much!