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These delicious homemade fudge recipe, only needs 5 ingredients! The creamy white chocolate blends with alluring swirls of bitter sweet fudge and tangy raspberry puree. Perfect for Valentine’s Day or just as a nice treat!
Every day and every breath is a gift, so why not celebrate and eat fudge?! And with this fudge recipe, making it has never been so easy. There are only 5 ingredients in this raspberry marble fudge… well, not including water. That doesn’t count, right? And it only takes about 10 minutes to make. The combo of white chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate fudge with swirls of raspberry puree is delicious. It’s a perfect recipe to whip up for Valentine’s Day to bring to work for co-workers or a quick dessert for your hunny!
How To Make This Homemade Fudge Recipe – Step By Step
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Add 1/2 cup fresh raspberries in a blender and blend until pureed. Set aside.
Melt the white chocolate, with 7 ounces sweetened condensed milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 tablespoon water in a microwave for about 35-40 seconds on high. Stir and if it needs more melting, microwave it again for a few more seconds. Do the same to the semi-sweet chocolate.
Cover the bottom of an 8×8 pan with parchment paper. Spray the bottom and sides with cooking oil.
Add a layer of melted semi-sweet chocolate, then a small layer of raspberries, then a layer of white. Repeat.
Set in the refrigerator for 30 mins until the chocolate becomes thick. Cut into squares and enjoy!
A Homemade Fudge Recipe That’s Perfect For Valentine’s Day
These homemade fudge recipe is bound to wow your loved one! What doesn’t say love like whipping up a delicious chocolate treat! Rather than go down the gas station box of chocolates or obvious chocolate dipped strawberries, go for this! With it’s vibrant red swirls and creamy, rich chocolate fudge, these are perfect for Valentine’s Day!
A Really Easy Homemade Fudge Recipe
This homemade fudge recipe is a cinch to whip up! Only 5 ingredients, 10 minutes prep, melt the chocolate in the microwave, then freeze. After 20 mins you’ll have a sheet of layered fudge, that serves up to 24! You get a sweet treat that looks store bought and tastes delicious!
Pairing Wine With Chocolate Or Fudge
Beaujolais, Cabernet Sauvigon, Bordeaux, Merlot, and Zinfandel are very good winesto pair with a fudge. The sweeter thefudge, the sweeter your winechoice should be. Always pair a milk chocolatefudgewith a sweeterwineor thewinemay taste too tart.
Pinot Noir isa shockingly good pairing for white chocolate, especially for chocolate and wine pairing disbelievers. The white chocolate acts as the fat that delivers sweet flavors of red cherries, strawberries, and raspberries found in the Pinot Noir.
Top Tips For This Homemade Fudge Recipe
Stick to using a microwave for melting the chocolate, if possible. The advantage of using a microwave is that the mixture will not stick to the bottom of the pan during cooking.
Ideally, use a candy thermometer to check if the fudge is done.
Spray your baking tray with cooking oil, before pouring in your fudge mixture.
If you want to slice the fudge neatly, use a long knife.
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12ouncessemi-sweet chocolate, either chips or chopped
14ouncecan of sweetened condensed milk
2teaspoonsvanilla
1/4cuppureed raspberries
2tablespoonswater
Instructions
Add 1/2 cup fresh raspberries in a blender and blend until pureed. Set aside.
Melt the white chocolate, with 7 ounces sweetened condensed milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 tablespoon water in a microwave for about 35-40 seconds on high. Stir and if it needs more melting, microwave it again for a few more seconds. Do the same to the semi-sweet chocolate.
Cover the bottom of an 8×8 pan with parchment paper. Spray the bottom and sides with cooking oil.
Add a layer of melted semi-sweet chocolate, then a small layer of raspberries, then a layer of white. Repeat.
Set in the refrigerator for 30 mins until the chocolate becomes thick. Cut into squares and enjoy!
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. Another reason your Fudge is not setting is that the ratio of liquid to sugar is too high.
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!
Once a seed crystal forms, it grows bigger and bigger as the fudge cools. A lot of big crystals in fudge makes it grainy. By letting the fudge cool without stirring, you avoid creating seed crystals.
By cooling the fudge prior to agitation (like in the recipes included in this article), on the other hand, you'll get much smaller, finer sugar crystals and a finished fudge with a smooth, creamy texture. Cool the mixture until it reads 120° F on the thermometer—no stirring. This can take 1 to 1/2 hours.
How can you fix soft fudge? Put it in a microwave safe bowl that is large enough that it won't boil over. Reheat it to the boiling point and cook for about 3 more minutes. Then you can beat some powdered sugar into it if this doesn't make it set.
You know it's ready when a small amount of the mixture dropped into a glass of cold water sets into a soft ball that you can lift out with a teaspoon and pinch between your fingers. Turn off the heat and keep stirring for 5 minutes or until the mix starts to thicken a little.
If your fudge is soft or runny, it probably didn't come up to a high enough temperature while it was cooking. Put it back into the saucepan and add 1–2 US tbsp (15–30 ml) of 35% fat whipping cream. Stir the fudge as it heats, but only until the sugar in the chocolate is completely melted again.
Like marshmallows, the sugar in fudge is boiled down to remove the water from the heat and whipped as it cools. The whipping motion causes sugar crystals to form (this gives the confection its unique soft texture) while the air causes those crystals to remain relatively small, preventing a chunky fudge.
The ingredients for fudge are combined and cooked to 234 degrees, cooled to 110 degrees without stirring, then beaten until creamy. Candy that isn't cooked long enough will end up too soft; overcooking makes fudge crumbly or hard.
Options for what you can do with your unset fudge:
OPTION 1) Depending on how runny it is, you can either use it as a frosting for cakes, or a sauce for ice-cream. OPTION 2) Freeze it overnight. Cut it into squares. Cover each square thickly in melted chocolate, ensuring no part of the fudge is exposed.
Wondering why my fudge is like caramel is all about correct temperatures and textures. If the temperature is too low, the fudge will be too soft and sticky, and if it's too high, it will turn into a hard, crumbly mess. The ideal temperature to cook fudge is between 232-234 degrees F (111-112 degrees C).
there is too much leftover water in the syrup and the resulting fudge is soft. To save the fudge, put it in a saucepan with 15 to 30 ml (1 or 2 tbsp.) of 35% cream and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar is completely melted. Then let it boil until the thermometer reaches 114 to 115 °C (237 to 239 °F).
High-quality fudge tastes smooth and creamy because it contains small sugar crystals. It has a deep brown color and a satiny sheen. Poor-quality fudge tastes grainy because it contains large sugar crystals.
The key to creamy, luscious fudge is controlling crystal formation. If the sucrose (table sugar) crystals are small, the fudge will feel creamy and smooth on your tongue. But if the crystals are large, the fudge develops a crumbly, dry, or even coarse texture.
Nigella's Vanilla Fudge is a traditional fudge recipe that is made by boiling butter, milk, condensed milk, sugar and golden syrup to soft ball stage. The fudge is then beaten as this makes the fudge slightly crumbly rather than chewy.
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