Fudge is featured in a memorable scene in the first season of “Wednesday,” so I knew I wanted that to be my pairing.

This vegan, gluten-free dark chocolate fudge makes 20-25 squares. You can decide if you want 1, 2 or more pieces as a “serving.”

Ingredients
1 9-ounce bag vegan dark chocolate chips or chunks
1 7.4-ounce can condensed coconut milk
1 teaspoon chocolate extract
0.5 teaspoons salt

Instructions
Pour the chocolate chips and condensed milk into a pan.

Stir over medium heat until the chips are melted into the milk.

Turn off the burner and stir in the chocolate extract and salt. If you don’t have chocolate extract, you can use vanilla or almond extract.

Line an 8×8″ or 9×9″ pan with parchment paper.

Fill the lined pan with the chocolate mixture.

Chill in the fridge for 4-24 hours.

Cut the fudge into square pieces, keeping any you don’t eat right away in an airtight container.

Enjoy with a glass of (almond) milk and an episode of “Wednesday!”

The Easy Route
For homemade fudge, this is probably one of the easiest routes. You could melt the chocolate chips in the microwave instead of on the stove for a slightly faster experience.

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The Pairing
It was no surprise to me that I loved “Wednesday.” It had a lot going for it, from Jenna Ortega as the titular star to Tim Burton behind the camera to my appreciation for the 1960s “Addams Family” show and 1990s “Addams Family” movies.

I was delighted when Christina Ricci, who played Wednesday in the ’90s films, pops up to play one of Wednesday’s teachers.

Wednesday has been stirring up trouble at schools around the world, and her parents decide to send her to the legendary Nevermore Academy, where her mother, Morticia (Catherine Zeta-Jones), was a star pupil as a girl.

The show has several fish-out-of-water setups, from Wednesday at the new school, including having a roommate (Emma Myers) who is very much her opposite, to the clash of Nevermore students with locals in the nearby Jericho, Vermont.

There’s also the standard high school tropes of love triangles and social hierarchies.

For me, “Wednesday” is at its best when the show serves as a deeper character study of the titular character, leaving some of the high school drama and monster sleuthing behind.

As much as Ortega was born to play Wednesday, Zeta-Jones is also perfect casting as Morticia, as is Luis Guzmán as Gomez (Wednesday’s dad and Morticia’s husband).

I am very much looking forward to season two, which should be hitting screens some time next year.

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