PEPPERMINT FUDGE – The Southern Lady Cooks

This is the ultimate Christmas Fudge! Made with peppermint and white chocolate, this is a real treat.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

This peppermint fudge is an wonderful addition to your Christmas celebration. Not only is it festive for the holiday season it is also beautiful on the dessert table. If you like peppermint, you will love this delicious fudge. It’s easy  to make, only a few ingredients and is a wonderful gift too. We love to make gift bags for our neighbors each year, so we make a batch of this and each gift bag gets a few pieces. It’s always nice have a variety of sweet treats during the Christmas season.

SWAPS

The food coloring in this recipe is entirely optional. We didn’t use it as it makes the fudge more pink. Instead of crushing candy canes, you can buy a bag of crushed peppermint at the store. It makes this much easier and it’s usually available during the holiday season.

⭐TIP

We left the food coloring out in this recipe to make the fudge whiter. If you want it to be more pink, add the food coloring. We love this fudge cold so we keep it in the refrigeratore.

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Peppermint Fudge

Judy Yeager

This peppermint fudge is the perfect Christmas Treat! It’s only 5 ingredients and absolutely delicious!

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

2 hours hrs

Total Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course candy

Cuisine American, southern

• 3 1/2 cups white chips I used Nestles Toll House Premier White Morsels
• 1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 1/2 cups finely crushed peppermint candy canes see notes
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
• Couple drops red food coloring Optional

• Line an 8 inch square dish with aluminum foil. Grease the foil with butter or margarine. Combine the chips and milk in a saucepan and melt on the stove on medium heat stirring often to keep from burning. Once melted remove from heat and stir in crushed candy canes and extract.

• Pour into 8 x 8 dish.  If using the food coloring you can add along with the candy canes but I found it makes the fudge pink. I dipped a toothpick in the food coloring and kind of swirled it into the candy once it was in the dish. Put in refrigerator for about 1 1/2 hours or until fudge sets up and you can cut it with a knife.  Makes about 24 pieces.

I used 18 of the ones that are about 6 inches long. I don’t like chunks of the peppermint in my fudge. I crushed mine in my coffee grinder. You can also put in plastic bag and crush with rolling pin.
You can also buy 8 ounce bags of crushed peppermint during the holiday season and that makes this even easier. 

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