30 Best Fudge Recipes (2024)

Created On: November 30, 2022&nbsp|Updated: December 6, 2022| 5 Comments |

The best collection of homemade fudge recipes, with fudge flavors of every type, with lots of mix-ins, and delicious options to satisfy every sweet tooth.

Homemade fudge is one of my favorite things to make for the holiday season, I love fudge, and all the different flavors you can make it into. From creamy, smooth chocolate fudge, to maple fudge, to nutella, and peppermint, and peanut butter and more – there are so many amazing combinations and kids of flavors of fudge possible.

Here, we’ve gathered 30 different fudge recipes to help you find your favorite fudge flavor for the Christmas time of year. I just know you’ll find something you love from this list.

It’ll be a perfect treat for you to make when you’re craving a sweet treat, for a special occasion, for a holiday cookie tray, or holiday parties, or for packaging up and sharing with your friends and neighbors.

We have a family tradition of delivering holiday treats to our neighbors, and fudge is one of my favorite treats to give to them.

Microwave Fudge

This chocolate microwave fudge is the perfect homemade candy for beginners, and experts alike. It’s only three ingredients, and no candy thermometer needed.

Maple Walnut Fudge

This maple walnut fudge is a rich, maple flavored fudge that is loaded with crunchy walnuts and is a perfect homemade candy for the holidays.

Fantasy Fudge // Recipe Girl

Fantasy Fudge is a heavenly classic chocolate fudge made with marshmallow cream and semi-sweet chocolate chips. It’s the best holiday candy recipe.

Caramel Fudge

This microwave caramel fudge is such an easy recipe to make, it’s a soft and creamy, rich, caramel flavored fudge. Don’t forget the coarse salt on top.

Christmas Swirl Fudge

A festive red, white, and green swirled fudge that is perfect for the Christmas holiday.

Peanut Butter Fudge

A delicious microwave peanut butter fudge that is smooth, creamy, and is such a delicious no bake peanut butter treat.

Peppermint Bark Fudge

This is a delicious two layered fudge with distinct layers of chocolate and white chocolate. It has a light peppermint taste, with peppermint extract, and is topped with candy cane pieces.

Grinch Fudge

This fun green fudge is an easy microwavable fudge, with sweetened condensed milk, that is perfect for watching the Grinch movies.

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Linda says
December 7, 2022 at 5:57 AM

They all look delicious, thank you for sharing & Merry Christmas 💕
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Nancy says
December 6, 2022 at 2:37 PM

There is know link for any of the fudges that I can see 🤔. They all look wonderful
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- Aimee says
  December 6, 2022 at 4:22 PM
  
  Above each of the photos of the fudge there is a description of it, and above those is a title and link, they should be underlined as well. I just checked and they all work
Mari says
December 5, 2022 at 11:08 PM

Awesome can I have the recipies
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- Aimee says
  December 6, 2022 at 10:52 AM
  
  The link for each one should be above the photo 🙂

FAQs

What is the secret to good fudge? ›

You have to control two temperatures to make successful fudge: the cooking temperature AND the temperature at which the mixture cools before stirring to make it crystallize. Confectionery experiments have shown that the ideal cooking temperature for fudge is around 114 to 115 °C (237 to 239 °F).

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What is the most popular fudge? ›

After years of testing recipes, we're pretty sure we have a handle on the most popular fudge flavors, but chocolate and cherry will always rank high on the list. Chopped almonds also pair well with these flavors so be sure to include them if you have spare nuts on hand.

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Who makes the world's best fudge? ›

While fudge was not invented on Mackinac Island, it most certainly – and most deliciously – was perfected here.

What is in Mackinac Island fudge ice cream? ›

Ingredients. Milk, cream, sugar, corn syrup, skim milk, high fructose corn syrup, whey, water, chocolate liquor, hydrogenated coconut oil, peanut oil, alkalized cocoa, mono and diglycerides, buttermilk, butter, natural flavors, soy lecithin, pectin, salt, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, guar gum, annatto (color), vanilla.

What makes fudge softer? ›

The amount of time you cook fudge directly affects its firmness. Too little time and the water won't evaporate, causing the fudge to be soft. Conversely, cook it too long and fudge won't contain enough water, making it hard with a dry, crumbly texture.

Why is my old fashioned fudge not hardening? ›

Fudge usually behaves this way when it's not cooked to a high enough temperature (due to oversight or a faulty candy thermometer).

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Why is my 3 ingredient fudge not setting? ›

The main reason is that your Fudge has not reached the optimum temperature. If your mixture only reaches 110 or 112 degrees Celsius it will always be soft. That's why we recommend investing in a sugar thermometer.

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What does cream of tartar do in fudge? ›

Cream of tartar is used in caramel sauces and fudge to help prevent the sugar from crystallizing while cooking. It also prevents cooling sugars from forming brittle crystals, this is why it's the secret ingredient in snickerdoodles!

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Why did my fudge not get hard? ›

The amount of time you cook fudge directly affects its firmness. Too little time and the water won't evaporate, causing the fudge to be soft. Conversely, cook it too long and fudge won't contain enough water, making it hard with a dry, crumbly texture.

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What is the soft ball test for fudge? ›

making of fudge

termed in kitchen parlance the soft ball stage, that point between 234 and 240 °F (112 and 115 °C) at which a small ball of the candy dropped in ice water neither disintegrates nor flattens when picked up with the fingers.

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