Easy Chocolate Fudge

This Easy Chocolate Fudge Recipe is made with just a few ingredients and it comes out perfectly every single time! You don’t need a candy thermometer or any fancy tools either. This is perfect for a beginning fudge maker. Make a few batches of this easy fudge and stick them in the freezer for the holidays!

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Easy Fudge

In the seventh grade, I took Home Economics. Since the only Home Ec classes I was familiar with came from tv shows like Saved by the Bell (which of course are so realistic), I was fairly certain I’d be learning how to cook a whole Thanksgiving meal or something like that.

Imagine my surprise when I walked into a regular classroom that was not equipped for cooking of any sort. My teacher made do with a microwave, a portable griddle, and an electric burner, but my visions of making elaborate desserts were certainly not coming true.

The one thing I did learn how to make was easy chocolate fudge. And it was good.

Easy Chocolate Fudge

There are thousands of different homemade fudge recipes and it can be very overwhelming when it comes to choosing which one to make. I’ve made quite a few fudge recipes over the years spanning from super easy 3-ingredient fudge recipes, peanut butter fudge to semi-complicated recipes and this easy chocolate fudge recipe is my favorite!

There are only a handful of ingredients in this recipe and it’s pretty much impossible to mess up. In fact, it’s such an easy recipe that I’d totally rename it to something like ‘Perfect Chocolate Fudge’ or ‘Best Chocolate Fudge.’

But for now, we’ll stick with the Easy Chocolate Fudge title since I’ll let you decide for yourself if it’s perfect or the best. 😉

Chocolate Fudge

While I love fudge, I tend to think about it mainly during the holidays (given my love of this stuff, I should probably change that and make it way more often).

Food is kind of my love language (surprise surprise) so I’m big on giving edible gifts during the season. I think it all stems from my childhood neighbor giving us homemade fudge every season, and to this day, I still about that tin of chocolate goodness.

As one might expect, it left quite an impression on me. Now, I like to continue that tradition by giving baked goods like this fudge, this Peppermint Oreo Bark, Hot Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies, and Easy Cracker Toffee to family and friends (or anyone who will take it).

I’ll just say one thing: I’ve never met anyone who has turned down a gift full of sugar, spice, and everything chocolatey nice.

Grocery List for Chocolate Fudge Recipe

• semi-sweet chocolate
• sweetened condensed milk
• cocoa powder
• butter
• salt
• vanilla extract
• walnuts or pecans

Steps to make Chocolate Fudge

1. Prep a square pan by lining with foil.
2. Using a medium sized pot, melt chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, cocoa powder, and butter over medium heat. Whisk until the mixture is completely smooth.
3. Stir in the salt, vanilla extract and chopped nuts.
4. Pour the fudge into the prepared pan. 
5. Allow the fudge to chill in the fridge until firm.
6. Cut into square and enjoy!

Tips and Tricks for this recipe for Easy Chocolate Fudge:

1. Line your baking pan with non-stick foil. You can just lift the fudge out of the pan, which makes cutting the fudge so much easier.
2. Make sure you use sweetened condensed milk not evaporated milk. Evaporated milk is used for a lot of fudge recipes, but this recipe requires sweetened condensed milk. Sweetened condensed milk is much thicker and helps this fudge set up properly.
3. Salt brings out the flavor of chocolate so I like to add a pinch of salt to this recipe. You can omit it if you prefer, but I would highly suggest using it!
4. Let’s talk about chocolate fudge with nuts. If you’re not a nut person, you can definitely omit the nuts altogether. If you’re a huge fan of chocolate fudge with nuts, then I’d suggest mixing the nuts directly into the fudge. Finally, if you’re a semi-nut fan, then you can sprinkle nuts on top of the fudge.

Chocolate lovers unite!

More delicious fudge recipes from the blog!

• Eggnog Fudge
• Red Velvet Fudge Recipe
• Biscoff Fudge
• Chocolate Almond Meltaways

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Easy Chocolate Fudge

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

8 mins

Total Time

13 mins

 

This Easy Chocolate Fudge Recipe is made with just a few ingredients and it comes out perfectly every single time! You don’t need a candy thermometer or any fancy tools either.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 12 squares

Calories: 443 kcal

Author: Michelle Verkade

Ingredients

• 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (you could use bittersweet as well)
• 1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder, unsweetened
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, optional*

Instructions

1. Line an 8x8 square pan with non-stick foil.
2. In a medium-large sized pot, melt chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, cocoa powder, and butter over medium heat until the mixture is completely smooth.

3. Stir in vanilla extract, salt and chopped nuts (if using)* into the fudge. 

4. Pour the fudge into the prepared pan, smoothing it in an even layer.
5. Allow the fudge to chill in the fridge for about 4 hours, or until firm.
6. Remove foil from the pan and cut fudge into squares.
7. Enjoy!
8. I would store leftover fudge in the fridge as the fudge does soften when as room temperature

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

*If you prefer, you can sprinkle the nuts on top of the fudge rather than mixing them in (as you can see in the pictures). You can do this two ways. You can add the nuts as soon as the fudge is poured into the pan, or you can add it after the fudge has chilled (the nuts will need to be lightly pressed into the fudge to ‘stick’).

Nutrition Facts

Easy Chocolate Fudge

Amount Per Serving

Calories 443 Calories from Fat 252

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 28g 43%

Saturated Fat 13g 65%

Cholesterol 18mg 6%

Sodium 160mg 7%

Potassium 427mg 12%

Total Carbohydrates 42g 14%

Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Sugars 34g

Protein 6g 12%

Vitamin A 3.4%

Vitamin C 1.2%

Calcium 13.2%

Iron 18%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Peppermint Oreo Bark

Hot Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Easy Cracker Toffee