Guide for Making Chocolate Fudge and Chocolate Marshmallow Fudge
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Here is a very quick chocolate fudge recipe with sweetened condensed milk, butter, and chocolate chips. We recommend having a double boiler for this recipe, which is really the best way to melt the chocolate in a controlled manner. You'll be combining all the ingredients at the same time, which helps make this recipe faster than most fudge recipes.
Here are the ingredients you'll need: - milk chocolate chips (1 cups) - semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups) - unsalted butter (2 tablespoons) - sweetened condensed milk (14 ounce can) - vanilla extract (1 teaspoon) - chopped pecans (1 cup) Take a square, 9-inch baking pan and grease it. You're going to line it with plastic wrap, cut out about 25 by 20 inches worth. You're going to get the double boiler going and add your chocolate chips, vanilla, butter, and condensed milk. Stir as the double boiler heats the ingredients and everything melts and mixes together. Stir in the pecans. |
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Now pour the concoction into the plastic-lined pan. Make sure the fudge mixture is spread out in the pan and cover the entire thing with the ends of the plastic wrap. Chill in the fridge and let it firm up. Once it has firmed up, you can cut the fudge into squares and enjoy.
There are many variations on this recipe. You could add dried fruit like dried cherries, raisins, or dried cranberries along with the pecans to the fudge. To spice things up a little, you could add a tablespoon of rum or bourbon when you add the vanilla extract. Instead of the pecans, you can use a cup of toasted chopped macadamia nuts or pistachios. You can toast flaked coconut in a skillet and add that to the fudge for a chocolate/coconut flavor. Take about half a cup of toffee bits and press into the top of the fudge before refrigerating it. If you'd like to go for a rocky road type flavor you can stir in a cup of miniature marshmallows and substitute peanuts for pecans.
Here's a bonus recipe for chocolate marshmallow fudge. The ingredients you'll need:
- granulated sugar (1.75 cups)
- evaporated milk (0.75 cups)
- miniature marshmallows (1.5 cups)
- semisweet chocolate chips (1.5 cups)
- nuts of some kind - walnuts, pistachios, pecans, almonds (two thirds cups, chopped)
- vanilla extract (1 teaspoon)
- kosher salt (half teaspoon)
Start by greasing a nine inch square pan with butter (or whatever substitute you prefer). Take a medium saucepan and add the evaporated milk, sugar, and salt. Stir everything together and let the mixture come to a rolling boil. Bring the heat down and let everything simmer for about 5 minutes.
Now take the saucepan off the heat. Add the nuts, marshmallows, vanilla extract, and chocolate chips. Stir everything together as the marshmallows melt.
Pour the mixture from the saucepan into the square pan. Spread everything out then let it sit at room temp while the fudge firms up and cools completely. Now you can cut, serve, and enjoy.
There are many variations on this recipe. You could add dried fruit like dried cherries, raisins, or dried cranberries along with the pecans to the fudge. To spice things up a little, you could add a tablespoon of rum or bourbon when you add the vanilla extract. Instead of the pecans, you can use a cup of toasted chopped macadamia nuts or pistachios. You can toast flaked coconut in a skillet and add that to the fudge for a chocolate/coconut flavor. Take about half a cup of toffee bits and press into the top of the fudge before refrigerating it. If you'd like to go for a rocky road type flavor you can stir in a cup of miniature marshmallows and substitute peanuts for pecans.
Here's a bonus recipe for chocolate marshmallow fudge. The ingredients you'll need:
- granulated sugar (1.75 cups)
- evaporated milk (0.75 cups)
- miniature marshmallows (1.5 cups)
- semisweet chocolate chips (1.5 cups)
- nuts of some kind - walnuts, pistachios, pecans, almonds (two thirds cups, chopped)
- vanilla extract (1 teaspoon)
- kosher salt (half teaspoon)
Start by greasing a nine inch square pan with butter (or whatever substitute you prefer). Take a medium saucepan and add the evaporated milk, sugar, and salt. Stir everything together and let the mixture come to a rolling boil. Bring the heat down and let everything simmer for about 5 minutes.
Now take the saucepan off the heat. Add the nuts, marshmallows, vanilla extract, and chocolate chips. Stir everything together as the marshmallows melt.
Pour the mixture from the saucepan into the square pan. Spread everything out then let it sit at room temp while the fudge firms up and cools completely. Now you can cut, serve, and enjoy.