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Easy Chocolate Fudge with Fruit and Nuts

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Easy Chocolate Fudge with Fruit and Nuts

This homemade fudge is the ideal gift! You can make it with milk or plain chocolate - and really go to town on the packaging.

  • Gluten Free
  • Vegetarian
Preparation time:
10 minutes, plus at least 2 chilling
Cooking time:
5 minutes
Total time:
2 hours 15 minutes 60 minutes 60 minutes 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 200g bar Waitrose Continental Plain or Belgian Milk chocolate
  • ½ x 397g can sweetened condensed milk
  • 50g chopped pecans (optional)
  • 50g dried cranberries (optional)
  • 100g golden icing sugar, sifted
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Caster sugar, to sprinkle

Method

  1. Line a square tin measuring about 21cm x 21cm with parchment paper, creasing it into the corners.
  2. Break the chocolate into small pieces and place in a heatproof bowl. Add the condensed milk and place the bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water, making sure the base of the bowl is not in contact with the water.
  3. Heat gently, stirring the chocolate until completely melted. Remove from the heat and stir in the pecans, cranberries, if using, icing sugar and vanilla extract until evenly combined.
  4. Spoon the mixture into the tin and level the surface with the back of the spoon. Chill for at least 2 hours until the fudge is firm.
  5. Lift out of the tin and remove the paper. Dust the surface lightly with the sugar. Using a sharp knife cut the fudge into small squares.

Cook's tips

Use Fiddes Payne Vanilla Sugar instead of plain sugar to dust the fudge. You can buy this in branch, or make your own by storing a couple of vanilla pods in with your golden caster sugar.
To make chocolate-coconut fudge, add a 50g sachet of creamed coconut, chopped, when melting the chocolate.

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matemsa

matemsa 22 February 2011 16:18

Have just made this fudge to take to a friends house in a couple of days time, will it last and how should I store it.

MaddieBee

MaddieBee 13 December 2009 09:37

I made this for my Nan last christmas - She absolutly loved it! I intend to make it for her again this year! (:

jane robinson

jane robinson 27 July 2008 00:11

great recipe, works everytime and fun to let children mix. i also made adding chopped walnuts and a dessert spoon of camp coffee to make mocha walnut fudge absolutely wonderful!!!!

Shelley19

Shelley19 15 July 2008 23:46

I have just made this and wondered how best to store it. In the fridge or the cupboard? Any suggestions? Thanks

fayw

fayw 18 April 2008 22:18

Just made fudge again and have used the wrong milk! Used evaporated instead of condensed and the fudge was extremely runny. Could be the problem someone was having earlier? Have now re-made and is as good as ever.

fayw

fayw 18 April 2008 20:32

Brilliant recipe - worked out really well and the children couldn't get enough of it!!!

aisle_cruiser

aisle_cruiser 14 April 2008 15:09

I've also made this twice now and it's set perfectly both times, so I can only agree with the suggestion that you've used too much condensed milk. I used coconut instead of nuts both times - delicious! I also bought my condensed milk in the 450g squeezy bottle, more convenient (and better for my waistline!) than being left with half a tin, which I always end up eating with a spoon!

Kerstin1709

Kerstin1709 26 March 2008 18:33

I have made this for the first time today and mine worked really well, I made two lots with and without the fruit and nuts. Are you using half the tin of condensed milk? Thats the only thing I can think that would make it to runny.

Graham23

Graham23 23 March 2008 15:27

I have tried this recipe twice now and both times the fudge has not set. I just end up with a running mess which looks a bit like a melted Mars Bar! - Has anyone else had this problem?

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Nutritional Info

Typical values per serving:
Energy 66.0kcal
Sugars 9.7g
Fat 2.7g
Saturated Fat 1.2g
Salt trace

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This recipe was first published on Waitrose.com in February 2008