Layered Mint Fudge

Submitted by CookingONTheSide

"If you like mint, you'll love this fudge. I got it from Taste of Home. The prep and cook times do not include cooling time."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1 3/4 pounds
• Serves: 36

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons butter, softened
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk, divided
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup vanilla chips or 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 3 teaspoons peppermint extract
• 1 -2 drop green food coloring

directions

1. Line a 9-inch square pan with foil; grease the foil with butter and set aside.
2. In a heavy saucepan, melt chocolate chips and 1 cup milk over low heat; cook and stir for 5-6 minutes or until smooth. Remove from heat.
3. Add vanilla; stir for 3-4 minutes or until creamy.
4. Spread half of the mixture into prepared pan. Refrigerate for 10 minutes or until firm. Set remaining chocolate mixture aside.
5. In a heavy saucepan, melt vanilla chips and remaining milk over low heat; cook and stir for 5-6 minutes or until smooth (mixture will be thick). Remove from heat.
6. Add peppermint extract and food coloring; stir for 3-4 minutes or until creamy. Spread evenly over chocolate layer. Refrigerate for 10 minutes or until firm.
7. Heat reserved chocolate mixture over low heat until mixture achieves spreading consistency; spread over mint layer. Cover; refrigerate overnight or until firm.
8. Using foil, lift fudge out of pan. Gently peel off foil; cut fudge into 1-inch squares. Store in the refrigerator.

Reviews

[RonaNZ]

We are not the best fudge makers in the world and I'm sure this is meant to turn out better looking but, hey, it's chocolate and condensed milk and it tastes great! We (I say 'we' but my daughter made this really) divided the condensed milk into one third for the white chocolate and two thirds for the semi-sweet and put on a really low heat. The white chocolate batch seemed to work but we struggled with the semi-sweet. I wonder if melting the chocolate in the microwave first and then adding to warmed condensed milk would make it easier. Also I would do the chocolate in two batches in future since, as you can see from the photo, we couldn't get the second half to melt again - resulting in a rather rustic top layer! ;)

 

[Irish350]

I have been making this fudge for years. It is a wonderful recipe and a huge hit with my family. It tastes like Andes candy but better.

 

[Brooke the Cook in]

Oh so fudgy! I loved the texture of this fudge as it was much softer than other fudges that I make. My mint layer didn't seem to get as firm as the chocolate so it oozed out the edges a bit - but was so very good. Can't beat chocolate and mint together - was a great addition to my Xmas cookies!

 

[SweetsLady]

Dd and I made this after lunch! It is delicious!! I actually used cut up Dove dark chocolates as I had bought a bunch on sale after Halloween. It came out beautiful, too! I did each layer in the microwave on 70% power for 1 minute, stir, then 20-30 seconds, stirring each time. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[benjamin.wilkins]

You can replace the peppermint with many other extracts including raspberry, strawberry, cherry, amaretto, almond, etc. The LorAnn Oils that are used for hard candy & rock candy provide endless possibilities with this recipe!