Sunday, December 18, 2011

Five Minute Fudge

I don't even remember who I first heard this recipe from.  It was told by word of mouth and it's so incredibly easy.  Five minutes, two ingredients. 

Take one can of frosting, one package of chocolate chips, and put them in a microwavable bowl.  Microwave at 70% power for 2 minutes.  Stir until all the chocolate chips are melted into the icing.

 Pour into an 8x8 dish.  I like to line mine with parchment paper so it just pops out for easy cutting.  Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
 Cut, serve, enjoy!  I like to use a pizza cutter to cut nice even pieces.
The variations that you can make are endless.  I added some mint flavouring (or use mint chocolate chips) and crushed some candy canes on  top.

Use dark frosting and semi-sweet chocolate chips.  Add some nuts on top.

Use vanilla frosting with white chocolate chips.  Mix in some dried cranberries & nuts.

Use butterscotch frosting & butterscotch chips.

Any other suggestions?!

Makes a great neighbour gift or teacher gift too.

Edit: I tried a Valentine's version - check it out over here.  Mmmmm.....
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 21, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    This is AWESOME! Thanks so much for posting this! I tried to make a batch of fudge about 2months ago & flopped it :( Not that it's hard to make the old fashion way, but I guess I didn't mix it right or something...this turned out FABULOUS! Thanks again!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 21, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    soo easy I made it with vanilla frosting and white chocolate chips, I added dried cranberries and pecans!!! AWESOME

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  3. AnonymousDecember 22, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    You can also make a truffle with this adding orange or rum extract. make ball roll in sugar or chocolate sprinkle/colored sprinkles. Very pretty

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  4. MaryaDecember 22, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    Mmmmm... cranberries & pecans. The truffle idea sounds amazing too!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2012 at 11:22 PM

    I ate this at a Pampered Chef party 10 years ago. Delicious!

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2012 at 10:20 AM

    Vanilla frosting or chocolate frosting with peanut butter chips. OMG! Do they make peanut butter frosting. How amazing would that be?

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2012 at 10:08 PM

    I did this at Christmas, I used choc cream cheese frosting and mint chips, made choc mint fudge, it was WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!

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    1. MaryaJanuary 26, 2012 at 7:50 AM

      That sounds amazing!! I was wondering about the cream cheese icing, how it would taste.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2012 at 11:58 AM

    I made this for the superbowl. I did one layer of chocolate with white chocolate on top. I colored the white chocolate chips and icing blue and red :D. now i wanna see if the fudge will hold together if i use nutella instead of frosting.

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  9. AnonymousMarch 25, 2012 at 11:02 AM

    i made this many many yrs ago, and lost the recipes, and just couldnt remember how i did it....thank u, the grandkids will love this

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  10. AnonymousDecember 19, 2012 at 1:53 PM

    It's awesome with a can of any flavor frosting and a 16 oz jar of peanut butter!!!

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    1. MaryaDecember 20, 2012 at 1:05 PM

      Oooh - that sounds good. Would you still add the chocolate chips or just the peanut butter?

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  11. AnonymousMarch 3, 2013 at 6:03 PM

    You can also sprinkle in Frosting Creations to make many other flavor variations.

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    1. MaryaMarch 5, 2013 at 6:17 PM

      I've never heard of Frosting Creations. What are they?

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  12. AnonymousMarch 6, 2013 at 12:35 PM

    They are little flavor mix packets made by Duncan Hines. You add them to your frosting to create different flavors like cotton candy, mint, orange, caramel and more. They are slightly smaller then a packet of kool aid. You can find them in the baking section of your grocery store.

    Lorrie

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  13. LatonyaDecember 24, 2015 at 12:08 PM

    I did 4 batches of fudge with this recipe:
    Choc icing, choc chips ...this is Awsome tasting!! Vanilla icing/ p.b. chips...this was Awsome Alain( did 2 batches of this) and figured I'd try something new...choc icing/ andes mints...umm had an awful mint after taste...so next time on this one I'll do the andes mints on top of choc.

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