Fudge Recipe

I saw this Five Minute Fudge Wreath Recipe on the Rachel Ray show recently and I told myself I have to try it!  This seriously is the easiest recipe for fudge, and from the reviews I’ve read, the most delicious too!

What a cute and festive idea to make this fudge into a wreath shape using an 8-inch round cake pan and sticking a tin can lined with plastic wrap in the middle to create the hollow circle of the wreath!  Top with that holiday candy we get for cheap with coupons to complete this festive holiday treat.

This recipe is also very versatile…switch up the type of morsels you use to accommodate your likeness.  Don’t have currants? Add a different dried fruit, switch up the type of nut you throw in, etc.  Any variety of this seems to come out delicious.

What I love most about this fudge recipe is that it makes 2 pounds — this is an awesome treat to make, slice neatly and place in holiday tins from the dollar store or cute little boxes with a bow around it, making for cheap and delicious holiday gifts for teachers, co-workers, the mailman…the list goes on

Enjoy!

Five Minute Fudge Wreath Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 bag semisweet chocolate morsels (12 ounces)
  
• 9 ounces butterscotch morsels (3/4 of a 12 ounce bag)
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 ounces)
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 can or package of walnut halves (8 ounces)
  
• 1/2 cup currants (a couple handfuls) --> My ShopRite doesn't carry currants so I'm trying craisins and raisins in place of currants!
  
• 8-inch cake pan, lightly greased with softened butter
• Candied red and green cherries, for garnish (optional)

Directions:

1. Place a heavy pot on the stove and pre-heat it over low heat. Add chocolate and butterscotch morsels and milk and stir until morsels are melted and milk is combined. Save the empty condensed milk can. Stir in the vanilla and remove the fudge from heat. Add the nuts and currants and stir in immediately.
2. Cover the empty condensed milk can with plastic wrap and center it in the greased cake pan. Spoon fudge into pan around can, making sure to center the can if it drifts.
3. The fudge will set up almost immediately. Garnish can only be added in the first minute or two that the fudge is in the pan, so work quickly. Decorate your wreath with "holly" made from cut candied red and green cherries. A wreath left plain can be garnished with a pretty fabric bow when serving.
4. Chill covered in the refrigerator. Slice the fudge very thin when ready to serve – a little goes a long way!

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Photo & Recipe from: Rachel Ray

 

Melinda Dilione is a contributor at Living Rich With Coupons. She lives in New Jersey with her husband Mike and their little bundle of joy, Annabelle.

 

 

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