100 Easy Fudge Recipes - no thermometer needed!

You don’t need a thermometer to make amazing fudge. These easy fudge recipes are made using just a few ingredients and have a smooth and creamy texture and a delicious flavor that rivals any old fashioned fudge.

If you are tired of standing over a pot of boiling sugar trying to make fudge only to have it never set up or to become grainy and gritty after it does set up, you will love these easy fudge recipes.

Easy fudge takes minutes to make using just a few ingredients, tastes great, has a smooth and creamy texture, and is never gritty or dry.

I love making easy fudge and I’ve shared over 40 fun and easy fudge recipes including Fudge Christmas Trees, Fudge Rocks, and Fudge Topped Pink Fuzzy Slipper Cookies, here on Hungry Happenings.

Back in 2018, I teamed up with my friend, fellow food blogger, cookie decorator, and fun food creator, Meaghan Mountford, of The Decorated Cookie to create a recipe website dedicated to easy fudge recipes.

To date, we’ve shared over 70 recipes at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com.

We’ve had so many of our readers ask for a printed cookbook of our recipes and we are happy to announce that our book is now available!

How To Make Easy Fudge BOOK

You can find all of our easy fudge recipes on our website, but if you prefer an easy to read ad-free version of the recipes, you can purchase our new book, How To Make Easy Fudge.

The full-color 71-page book is available in paperback from Amazon for $14.99 here – How To Make Easy Fudge Book.
If you prefer, you can also purchase an e-book directly from me for $9.99 via EJunkie here – How To Make Easy Fudge EBook.

The book features 60 delicious fudge recipes from HowToMakeEasyFudge along with tips for making, storing, and decorating your fudge.

As I mentioned, all of the simple fudge recipes that are in our book along with video and step-by-step tutorials are available on our HowToMakeEasyFudge website too. Including some of these basic fudge recipes.

chocolate fudge

To make easy fudge you start with dark, milk, or white chocolate then blend it with thick and sticky ingredients like sweetened condensed milk, frosting, Nutella, jam, fruit curd, nut butter, and more.

Some of our recipes are made using just two ingredients but you’d never know it because the flavor is outstanding and the texture is velvety smooth.

sweetened condensed milk fudge

To make sweetened condensed milk fudge you simply combine dark, milk, or white chocolate chips with sweetened condensed milk.
Then melt them in the microwave or on the stove-top (in a double boiler – a heat-safe bowl resting over a saucepan of simmering water).
Then you pour the fudge into an 8-inch or 9-inch square pan lined with non-stick foil or lightly-greased parchment.
Chill for 2 to 4 hours until well set or allow the fudge to cool at room temperature for about 8 hours.
Cut into squares and serve.
That’s it!

All of our recipes use this same basic premise, but we got creative using other ingredients instead of sweetened condensed milk. Plus we’ve added lots of yummy mix-ins to create these delicious fudge flavors:

more fudge basics

For more tips and tricks on how to make easy fudge, check out our fudge FAQ page. There you’ll find answers to questions:

How do I freeze fudge?
Why is my fudge too soft?
Why is my fudge too dry or grainy?
How do I prepare the pan for fudge?
What type of chocolate do I use?

Flavored White Chocolate Fudge

Can you believe you can make caramel fudge or maple fudge using just two ingredients? Yes, it’s true! You start with white chocolate then add maple syrup or caramel sauce. It’s so easy!

The pumpkin fudge and walnut fudge use a few more ingredients but they are really simple to make too.

Peanut Butter Fudge Varieties

If you have ever used my peanut butter fudge recipe to make plain fudge or a Peanut Butter Fudge Starfish, adorable Peanut Fudge Filled Chocolate Easter Bunnies, or Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Fudge Hearts, then you’ll know that peanut butter, white chocolate, peanut butter chips, and a pinch of salt make incredibly delicious fudge.

I used that same recipe to make some of these:

Unconventional Fudge Flavors

Some of these fudge varieties are made using ingredients like cashew butter, cookie butter spread, or even cookie dough, while others are made using butterscotch and caramel chips. We’ve found so many ways to make really delicious fudge using just a few ingredients.

I think you’ll be surprised when you try these fudge varieties.

Fruity Fudge

Can you believe you can use jam or fruit-flavored ice cream toppings to make fudge? Or, how about fruit-flavored curd? I know you will really love the fresh fruit flavors.

Check out these fruity flavors.

Boozy Fudge

For grown-ups only, try these boozy fudges!

Fun Fudge

Fudge doesn’t have to look ordinary. You can brighten it up by adding coloring and sprinkles and you can even decorate it to look like bears, unicorns, and more.