Best homemade fudge recipes
Sweet and creamy, fudge is a delicious treat and makes a special homemade gift. We've pulled together a few of our best recipes, from classic vanilla fudge to indulgent cookies and cream...
Fudge is one of those magical recipes that can be whipped up in as little as five minutes with just a handful of ingredients.
Whether as a treat for yourself our a thoughtful homemade gift, fudge recipes can be customised - adding nuts to the recipe, crushed biscuits on top or with added flavour such as ginger or cardamom.
A handful of chocolate and a tin of condensed milk are nearly all the ingredients you need for classic chocolate fudge.
Our quickest fudge recipe is our easy 5-minute chocolate fudge. There are also just five ingredients needed and the shortcut is using a microwave rather than melting in a bowl over simmering water. Simply melt the icing sugar, milk, cocoa powder and butter for two mins in a microwave. Gently stir in chopped peanuts and then chill for 20mins. And that's as difficult as it gets.
For a fudge recipe with even less ingredients, we recommend our three-ingredient chocolate Oreo fudge. A tin of condensed milk, white chocolate and packet of Oreos is all that's on the shopping list. We recommend chilling this fudge recipe for at least 2hrs. Hopefully you can wait that long.
Three ingredient chocolate Oreo fudge - best fudge recipes
This easy 3 ingredient fudge requires no scales – most chocolate comes in 100g or 200g bars, so you can add it without needing to weigh it.
Chocolate Freezer fudge - best fudge recipes
This five ingredient chocolate fudge recipe couldn't be any easier.
Recipe: Freezer fudge
Pistachio, Cardamom and Rose Fudge - best fudge recipes
This spiced fudge is as delicious as it is pretty – the perfect gift for Mother’s Day. If you can’t find rose petals, you can use freeze-dried raspberries.
Easy Chocolate Fudge - best fudge recipes
This is an easy fudge recipe. Delicious chocolate fudge squares in 5 minutes!
Recipe: Cheat’s Chocolate Fudge
Vanilla fudge - best fudge recipes
Ginger fudge - best fudge recipes
If you love ginger, you'll love this fudge recipe which has chunks of stem ginger throughout.
Recipe: Ginger fudge
Easy chocolate and pistachio fudge - best fudge recipes
This get-ahead delight will have people thinking you’ve been slaving over a hot stove for hours!
Recipe: Easy chocolate and pistachio fudge
Cookies and cream fudge - best fudge recipes
This chocolate and vanilla fudge with cookie pieces is sure to please adults and children alike.
Recipe: Cookies and cream fudge
Chocolate and coconut fudge - best fudge recipes
Chocolate and coconut is a dreamy combination in this fudge recipe.
Recipe: Chocolate and coconut fudge
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