Easy Homemade Fudge Recipe 3 Ingredients

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This easy homemade fudge recipe only requires three ingredients! You can certainly add more ingredients but the basic fudge recipe only takes 3.

Fudge is a perfect treat for the holiday season or any time. And don’t get me wrong I love a good homemade Old Fashioned Fudge. But this recipe tastes amazing as well, is super simple to make, and is the perfect fudge to make if you don’t have very much time. And there is less of a chance of getting grainy fudge.

If I can make it you can make it! Let’s get started! You can find more awesome easy dessert recipes here.

Gather the ingredients and tools for this easy chocolate fudge recipe

First, get your simple ingredients and tools together. For this easy homemade 3 ingredients fudge recipe you will need:

• Sweetened condensed milk – this will help add flavor and body to the fudge.
• Butter – Butter is an important part of the fudge it adds a nice flavor. You can leave it out and do this fudge with only two ingredients, but it won’t taste quite as good.
• Chocolate – and the star of this fudge recipe is the chocolate. I generally like to add a combination of milk chocolate chips and semi-sweet, but you can use all dark chocolate, all semi-sweet, or all milk chocolate if you like.

Optional Ingredients

• Vanilla extract – this is optional but will add some additional flavor to the fudge.
• Chopped nuts – walnuts are a classic choice for fudge so you can certainly add them in if you like.
• Mini marshmallows – for a type of rocky road fudge.

Tools:

• Large Microwave Safe Bowl
• spatula
• spoon – Just use a normal metal or wooden spoon
• parchment paper
• kitchen spray (optional, helps to keep the parchment paper in the pan)
• 11×9 or 9×9 pan (depending on how thick you want your fudge)

NOTE: A candy thermometer is not needed for this quick fudge recipe.

How to make homemade fudge with 3 ingredients

Now combine your sweetened condensed milk and your butter in a large microwave-safe bowl. Then heat it up in the microwave for 2 to 3 minutes until the butter has melted and the mixture is hot, I usually give it a good stir at the 1-minute mark.

NOTE: You can certainly heat it on the stovetop burner instead of using a microwave. No double boiler is needed, however. Just set the burner to medium heat and go until it gets really hot and bubbly. If you want to check the temp it should be around 220F/105C. It does not need to get to 235 to 240F which is the soft ball stage like you need to with the old-fashioned fudge.

Chocolate time

Now add in your chocolate. This recipe is awesome you can use all semi-sweet chocolate chips if you like, or all milk chocolate, or all dark chocolate, or a combination of all of them, as long as you have around 420 grams total or 2 1/4 cups.

Place the chocolate in the hot condensed milk and butter mixture, and push it down a little bit with a spoon, then just let it sit for 3 to 4 minutes in the hot liquid. Similar to if you were making a chocolate ganache with hot cream and chocolate.

Stir the chocolate

Next, after the chocolate has bathed in the sweetened milk, take a spatula or spoon and start to mix, the chocolate. It should combine very easily with the liquid.

Once all melted and combined, the mixture will resemble a frosting or brownie batter.

Put the easy homemade fudge in a pan

Now let’s take an 8×11 or 9×9 pan and add some parchment paper to it, I like to spray the bottom of the pan first with kitchen spray, this just helps the parchment paper stick to it.

Next, pour your chocolate mixture into the pan and smooth it out with your spatula. Then all you need to do is put it in the fridge for 2 to 3 hours until it sets up completely. Easy as that!

Now take the large piece of fudge out of the pan and cut it up however you like. This dessert is fairly rich, so I generally cut mine up into small squares. Seriously this is probably the easiest fudge recipe you can make. It has an amazing creamy texture and just melts in your mouth.

Enjoy!

How long will this homemade fudge last?

You can store it in your same pan and just cover it with plastic wrap, put it in Tupperware or another airtight container, or create little gift bundles and give it away. The homemade fudge can be stored in the fridge or at room temperature.

It will last about 1 to 2 weeks at room temperature or 2 to 3 weeks in the fridge. Or you can freeze it as well if you like for up to 3 months.

Are you a chocolate lover like me? Check out all these different chocolate recipes here.

Also, I have an ebook called All Things Chocolate: 30 of my favorite chocolate recipes that you can buy as well if you like.

Can I use peanut butter chips for peanut butter fudge?

Yes, you sure can just use peanut butter chips instead of chocolate. You can also follow this simple peanut butter fudge recipe that uses actual peanut butter.

Here are a few more recipes you may like:

Peanut Butter Cookies

Homemade Cake Pops

Peanut Butter Cup Fudge

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

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