Quick 3-Ingredient Vanilla Fudge

Ingredients

The difficulty in classic recipes is that the basic mixture of sugar, butter, and cream must first be brought to a specific temperature and simmered for up to an hour at precisely X degrees while stirring. If you don't have a sugar thermometer or do something wrong, you get crumbly, hard, or bitter confectionery. On the other hand, sometimes the fudge is too soft. Such a thing can't happen to you with this recipe: The homemade fudge is sure to succeed. That's a promise!

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The foundation for this quick fudge is sweetened condensed milk and chocolate or chocolate coating. I don't remember where I got this "recipe" from, as I've been making it this way for years. The two ingredients go into a saucepan, where they can melt into a homogeneous mass for a few minutes. Done. Theoretically, it is even possible to make fudge in the microwave.

How to make the Vanilla Fudge

Let's start: Finely chop the couverture or chocolate. Line an approx. 3*3 in / 18*18 cm mold with baking paper and brush it with a bit of oil or soft butter. Alternatively, use a small silicone mold. Heat the sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan. Now, add the chocolate chips and melt on medium heat for about 3 minutes. Keep stirring until the mixture is homogeneous. Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract to taste.

Then, pour the cream into the mold and smooth it out. Refrigerate for about 2 hours. Turn out or remove the fudge and cut it into small squares with a large sharp knife.

Top Tip

For the vanilla fudge, you still need vanilla, of course. Either in the form of ground vanilla pods, as I did for the photos (hence only black dots). Or you take the liquid vanilla extract, which colors the whole mass a bit. Alternatively, tonka bean and, especially in advent, cinnamon are suitable. Christmas fudge looks especially good in the form of stars. You can easily use small cookie cutters for this.

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Vanilla Fudge

This easy fudge alternative is based on three ingredients and takes 5 minutes to make. It makes vanilla fudge a delicious last-minute gift from the kitchen.

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Waiting Time2 hours hrs

Servings: 50 pieces

Calories: 69kcal

Ingredients

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• 400 grams (1 ⅓ cups) sweetened condensed milk, 1 can
• 400 grams (1 ¾ cups) white chocolate coating, alternatively dark chocolate
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or vanilla pulp or ground vanilla

Instructions

• Finely chop the couverture or chocolate. Line an approx. 3*3 in / 18*18 cm mold with baking paper and brush it with a bit of oil or soft butter. Alternatively, use a small silicone mold.
• Heat the sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan. Add the chocolate chips and melt on medium heat for about 3 minutes. Keep stirring until the mixture is homogeneous. Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract to taste.
• Pour the cream into the mold and smooth it out. Refrigerate for about 2 hours. Turn out or remove the fudge and cut it into small squares with a large sharp knife.

Ingredient substitutions

Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!

Variations

For those still looking for last-minute Christmas gifts from the kitchen, my peanut butter fudge is similar to the quick fudge. Have fun!