Best 20 Easy Fudge Recipes

EASY PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE

Steps:

• Line an 8-in. square pan with foil; grease with butter., In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar and milk; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat., Stir in peanut butter and marshmallow creme until blended. Immediately spread into prepared pan; cool slightly., Refrigerate until firm. Using foil, lift fudge out of pan. Remove foil; cut into squares. Store between layers of waxed paper in an airtight container.

EASY CREAMY VANILLA FUDGE

Steps:

• Grease a 9x5 inch pan. Set aside.
• In a 3 quart saucepan, over very low heat, mix together confectioners sugar, butter, milk, vanilla, and salt until mixture is creamy.
• Pour quickly into greased 9x5 inch pan. Refrigerate until firm, then cut into squares. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

EASY CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Line one 8 or 9 inch square pan with wax paper.
• In a heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt the chocolate chips with the condensed milk. Remove from heat and stir in the chopped nuts and vanilla extract. Spread mixture evenly into the prepared pan and chill for 2 hours or until firm. Once firm, turn fudge onto cutting board, peel off waxed paper and cut into small squares.

QUICK AND EASY PEPPERMINT FUDGE

Steps:

• Line an 8-by-8-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil. Spray the foil with cooking spray.
• In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine the chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk and stir until melted and smooth. Pour into the prepared baking pan and spread to even out the surface. Sprinkle on the crushed candies. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Lift the foil out of the pan and peel off the fudge. Cut into small squares.

EASY CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Bake a box chocolate cake as directed. While hot from the oven, poke holes over entire cake with a fork. While the cake is cooking prepare the fudge sauce.
• For the fudge sauce: In a saucepan, combine butter, sugar, cocoa and cream. Stir over medium heat until a full boil starts. Cook at a full boil for 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla. Pour while hot over warm cake. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts. Serve alone or with ice-cream.

EASY PRALINE PECAN FUDGE

Steps:

• Spray bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with cooking spray. In 3-quart saucepan, cook brown sugar, 3/4 cup butter and the milk over medium heat about 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved. Heat to full rolling boil; boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• Add powdered sugar and bourbon. Beat with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute. On medium speed, beat 10 minutes or until mixture begins to hold its shape and is warm to the touch. Quickly stir in pecans.
• Spread in pan. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. Cut into 8 rows by 8 rows. Store tightly covered at room temperature.

EASY ROCKY ROAD FUDGE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the chocolate chips, milk and butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until chips are melted and the mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat; stir in peanuts and marshmallows. Spread into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. pan. Refrigerate until firm. Cut into squares.

EASY PEPPERMINT FUDGE

Steps:

• Line a 9-inch square baking dish with aluminum foil.
• Combine chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan over medium heat; cook, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and immediately stir milk and butter into the chocolate mixture. Stir peppermint extract and vanilla extract into the mixture.
• Spread chocolate mixture into the prepared baking dish. Refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.
• Remove from dish by grabbing the foil and pulling straight up. Cut fudge into small squares. Store in covered container in refrigerator.

EASY MARSHMALLOW FUDGE

Steps:

• Line a 13-in. x 9-in. pan with foil; grease the foil with 1 tablespoon butter. Place marshmallows in prepared pan. , In a saucepan over low heat, melt the chips, peanut butter and remaining butter, stirring constantly. Pour over marshmallows. Tap pan lightly on work surface. Refrigerate. , Using foil, lift fudge out of pan. Cut into squares. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

EASY MICROWAVE MAPLE FUDGE

Steps:

• Line a baking dish with plastic wrap.
• Sift the confectioners' sugar into a large, microwave-safe bowl. Add the milk, maple extract, and butter to the bowl, but do not stir.
• Heat in microwave on full power for 3 minutes.
• Stir the walnuts into the fudge mixture until the fudge begins to thicken; pour into the lined baking dish. Smooth the top of the fudge with a spatula. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes. Remove the fudge from the pan using the plastic wrap as a handle. Cut into small squares and store in an airtight container.

EASY COCOA FUDGE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan heat together butter and water just until boiling, stirring to melt butter.
• Sift together powdered sugar, dry milk powder, coco powder and salt into a large bowl.
• Add melted butter mixture.
• Stir until well blended.
• Stir in chopped nuts.
• Turn into a buttered 8x8x2 inch pan.
• Chill several hours.
• Cut into squares.

EASY NO-FAIL CHOCOLATE FUDGE (NO THERMOMETER)

Steps:

• Line a 8-inch square pan with foil.
• In a heavy-duty sauce pan, combine sugar, evaporated milk, butter and salt; bring to a full rolling boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Boil stirring constantly for 4-5 minutes (this must be timed nothing less than 4 minutes!).
• Remove from heat; stir in the marshmallows, chocolate chips and vanilla, stirring vigorously until marshmallows are completely dissolves.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour mixture into prepared foil-lined pan.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm.
• Lift from pan (with foil) remove foil; cut in squares.

EASY CHOCOLATE FUDGE WITH PRETZELS

Steps:

• Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides.
• Place butter, chocolate chips, condensed milk, vanilla, and salt in a medium heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pot of barely simmering water. Stir occasionally until chocolate just melts and mixture is combined and warm but not hot, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 2 cups pretzels. Transfer mixture to pan and smooth top; press 1/2 cup pretzels on top. Refrigerate until set, 2 hours (or up to overnight, wrapped). Using parchment, lift fudge from pan and cut into 36 squares.

EASY BUTTERSCOTCH FUDGE

Steps:

• In a sauce pan over medium heat, stir together sweetened condensed milk, butterscotch chips and white chocolate chips until melted and smooth.
• Remove from heat and stir in rum extract and butter extract.
• Pour into a 9x13-inch baking pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• Spread fudge in pan evenly, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.

EASY DOUBLE-DECKER FUDGE

Steps:

• Line an 8-in. square pan with foil; butter foil and set aside. , In a microwave-safe bowl, combine peanut butter chips and 2/3 cup milk. Microwave on high for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 15-second intervals, stirring until smooth. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Pour into prepared pan. Refrigerate for 10 minutes., Meanwhile, in a microwave-safe bowl combine chocolate chips and remaining milk. Microwave on high for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 15-seconds intervals, stirring until smooth. Stir in remaining vanilla. Spread over peanut butter layer., Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Using foil, remove fudge from pan. Cut into 1-in. squares.

SUPER EASY PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE

Steps:

• Prepare a 9x11 glass dish by buttering the bottom.
• In heavy bottom sauce pan combine sugar and milk.
• Measure and set aside remaining ingredients.
• Cook over MEDIUM HEAT (temperature too high will cause it to reach temperature sooner and lead to overcooking) stirring occasionally till it comes to a boil then stir constantly.
• Let boil for 4 minutes EXACTLY, over cooking leads to crumbly fudge as it has moved past softball stage and into softcrack (measure from the first sight of littlest bubbles or use a thermometer - softball stage) I use a stop watch. Remove from heat.
• Stir in remaining ingredients till all melted and smooth.
• Pour into prepared dish and refrigerate until firm.

EASY MICROWAVE CHOCOLATE FUDGE

Steps:

• Place chocolate chips, condensed milk and butter in a microwave proof bowl.
• Put in microwave on MEDIUM heat for 1 minute then stir, continue heating and stirring every 30 seconds until chocolate is completely melted. This prevents the chocolate from burning.
• Add chopped nuts and stir to mix. Pour into a lightly greased slice tin and put in the fridge to set, usually overnight, if you can wait that long!

EASY CAKE BATTER FUDGE

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13-inch pan.
• Mix cake mix and confectioners' sugar together in a large microwave-safe bowl. Add butter and milk to the cake mix-sugar mixture without stirring.
• Heat in microwave for 2 minutes; stir immediately. Pour fudge into the prepared pan and refrigerate until set, 1 hour. Cut into squares.

PAULA DEEN'S ULTIMATE EASY CHOCOLATE-PEANUT FUDGE

Steps:

• Grease an 8" square baking dish with butter, oil or cooking spray. Line with waxed paper, leaving the edges of the waxed paper to hang over the edges of the dish.
• In a medium, heavy bottomed saucepan, melt the chocolate chips with the milk over medium low heat. Stir in the butter until completely melted. Stir in the peanuts, vanilla and salt. Using a rubber spatula spread the mixture on the bottom of the prepared pan, smoothing the top. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours. Using a hot, dry knife, cut into 1" squares.

EASY FUDGE BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Melt shortening and cocoa in the top of a double boiler over low heat. Stir occasionally until shortening is melted. Remove from heat. Stir in sugar, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Slowly add in flour and mix well. Spread batter evenly in pan.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes, until toothpick inserted in the center of brownies comes out clean. Let cool before cutting.