If you can spare 5 minutes and have the ingredients on hand, then you can make this delicious microwave fudge recipe! It’s a no fuss, easy cleanup recipe and comes out perfect every time. It’s also smooth, creamy and versatile.

Oh Fudge!

I’m not going to lie folks, I’m a really good cook and baker, but in the past I have struggled with making fudge. It either came out crystallized, runny or hard as a rock. I never seemed to have the strength in my hands to mix it like the recipes called for. So, I stopped making fudge. And then I came across a recipe for a 5 minute microwave fudge with few ingredients and had to try it. Not sure where it was hiding all my life, but I’m so glad I found it. It’s super easy and totally worth it.

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5 Minute Microwave Fudge

I highly recommend making this fudge. I have adapted my recipe from the ones posted by Eagle Brand and The Food Network. This is hands down the easiest and best no-fuss fudge recipe ever! It's smooth and creamy and incredibly delicious. It's prepared in one bowl for easy clean-up. It's also very versatile, allowing for many creative options. I posted some creative ideas at the end of this recipe.

I'm showing a high number of servings, because I normally use a loaf pan for the fudge to chill in. I cut the loaf of fudge into 4 pieces wide and 8 pieces long-equaling 32 pieces. The perfect serving size for cookie trays and holiday entertaining.

Course Christmas Candy, Dessert, Snack, Treat

Cuisine American

Keyword 5 minute fudge, Christmas candy, delicious, easy, frugal and delicious, fudge, Holiday Foods, microwave recipe, quick recipe, versatile

Prep Time 2 minutes minutes

Cook Time 3 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 32

Author Frugal and Delicious

Ingredients

• 12 Oz Semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 Can Sweetened condensed milk (14 oz)
• 1 1/2 Cups Chopped nuts
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1 Dash Salt
• 1+ TBsp Butter for greasing the parchment paper and to add to the fudge mixture

Instructions

• In a glass bowl, place the sweetened condensed milk and the chocolate chips
  
• Cook in the microwave for 3 minutes. Note: depending on your microwave strength, you may not need all 3 minutes to fully melt and combine the chips with the condensed milk. Don't over cook it or you will scorch the chocolate chips-making them hard and bitter tasting.
  
• Remove from the microwave every minute, to stir and combine the mixture.
  
• When the time is up and the chips have melted and combined, remove the bowl from the microwave and stir vigorously. This will also cool the mixture slightly.
  
• Add the salt, vanilla and butter. Stir until combined.
  
• Add the nuts or other creative ingredients-like marshmallows. If the mixture is too hot, the marshmallows will melt.
  
• Butter a piece of parchment paper to line the pan.
  
• Spread fudge mixture into a pan lined with the buttered parchment paper. Use an 8 or 9 inch square pan. Though, I normally use a loaf pan.

  Hint: I add a few extra marshmallows or other ingredients to the top of the pan and mix them in, because the mixture in bottom of the bowl is sometimes lacking in the proper amount of nuts, sprinkles or marshmallows.
  
• Refrigerate fudge until set.
• Remove fudge from the pan by using the parchment paper to lift it out.
  
• Place on a cutting board and cut into squares-using a long knife slightly greased with butter or non-stick spray (to keep the fudge from sticking to the knife). You can also use a pizza cutter or a heavy duty plastic knife.
  
• Use gloves to place the pieces of fudge. This is for sanitary reasons and also so you don't get your fingerprints on the shiny layer of fudge.
  

Notes

This recipe is very versatile. I have made numerous variations with perfect results every time.

You can substitute white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips or butterscotch chips for the chocolate chips. 

You can add a couple teaspoons of liquor in place of the vanilla-my adult family members loved it when I added Jack Daniels Whiskey! Oh yes I did!!

You can add 1/2 cup of rainbow sprinkles instead of nuts with the white chocolate chips to make it like a confetti birthday cake fudge.

You can add toasted pecans and coconut for a German Chocolate fudge. Or almonds with the coconut for an almond joy fudge. As long as the nuts and coconut combined don’t exceed the 1 1/2 cup amount. 

You can add mini marshmallows with part of the nuts for a rocky road fudge. Or just the mini marshmallows for a delicious and squishy chocolate marshmallow fudge that I affectingly refer to as hot chocolate fudge.

You can make a batch of the chocolate fudge and a batch of peanut butter fudge (using peanut butter chips) and layer the peanut butter fudge onto the chocolate fudge for a double decker fabulous chocolate peanut butter fudge. You can add chopped peanuts to the peanut butter fudge if you would like.

If you don’t have a microwave, you can melt the chocolate chips with the sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan on the stove top. Keep the heat to a medium low and be sure to stir it often. When it is melted and combined, add your other ingredients and follow the recipe above. 

Side note: As an old wives’ tale…do not try to make fudge or thermometer style candy on a rainy or snowy day. The excessive moisture in the air CAN play havoc with the outcome of the recipe. I have had it happen to me on a few occasions.   

This year’s version of 5 minute microwave fudge

This year I chose to make the chocolate marshmallow version of the fudge, which is why the photos in the recipe reflect this creation. I have to admit, it may be my absolute favorite combination so far! It’s incredibly delicious. I even used a combination of milk chocolate chips and mini semi sweet chocolate chips, with delicious success. It’s so good, I actually had to double wrap it in foil and tuck it away in the refrigerator, so I wouldn’t be tempted to take a piece every time I opened the refrigerator door.

Well folks, I hope you can spare a few minutes to make this fudge and love it as much as my family and I do. Happy Holidays Everyone! And may your days be as sweet and delicious as this fudge!