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100 Easy Fudge Recipes – no thermometer needed!

September 7, 2020 This post may contain affiliate links.

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.

Easy fudge recipes including cashew butter fudge, Nutella fudge, vanilla fudge, reindeer fudge, Cookie Monster fudge, butter pecan fudge, mermaid fudge, chocolate peanut butter 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.

holiday fudge recipes including fudge bunnies, peanut butter fudge starfish, fudge rocks, fudge Christmas trees and more

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.

How to Make Easy Fudge book - front and back covers.

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.

dark chocolate fudge, vanilla fudge, Nutella Fudge, white chocolate frosting fudge, and milk chocolate 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

  • Chocolate fudge recipe
  • Vanilla fudge
  • Nutella fudge recipe
  • White chocolate fudge
  • Milk 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!

chocolate pretzel fudge, cookies and cream fudge, rocky road fudge, chocolate strawberry fudge, marshmallow fudge, Reese's Cup fudge

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:

  • chocolate pretzel fudge
  • cookies and cream fudge
  • rocky road fudge
  • chocolate-covered strawberry fudge
  • marshmallow fudge recipe
  • Reese’s fudge

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?

easy maple fudge, pumpkin fudge, maple walnut fudge, and caramel fudge

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.

  • maple fudge
  • pumpkin fudge recipe
  • maple walnut fudge
  • caramel fudge

creamy peanut butter fudge, tiger butter fudge, chocolate peanut butter fudge, and buckeye fudge

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:

  • peanut butter fudge
  • tiger butter fudge
  • chocolate peanut butter fudge
  • buckeye fudge

butter beer fudge, cookie dough fudge, butterscotch fudge, coconut fudge, s' mores fudge, Velveeta Fudge, Biscoff Fudge, cashew butter fudge, salted caramel fudge

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.

  • Butterbeer fudge
  • cookie dough fudge
  • butterscotch fudge
  • chocolate coconut fudge
  • s’ mores fudge
  • Velveeta fudge
  • Biscoff fudge
  • chocolate cashew butter fudge
  • salted caramel fudge
  • mint chocolate chip (not pictured)

fruit flavored fudge including mango, raspberry, key lime, lemon, strawberry, orange creamsicle, and chocolate cherry

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.

  • mango fudge
  • chocolate raspberry fudge
  • key lime fudge
  • lemon fudge
  • strawberry fudge
  • orange creamsicle fudge
  • maraschino cherry fudge
  • pineapple fudge (not pictured)

boozy fudge image roundup

Boozy Fudge

For grown-ups only, try these boozy fudges!

  • Vodka fudge
  • Fireball fudge recipe
  • Jack Daniels fudge
  • Bailey’s Irish Creme fudge

mermaid fudge, rainbow fudge, Cookie Monster fudge, fudge bears, fudge unicorns, 4th of July fudge, cotton candy fudge, cake batter fudge, pool party fudge

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.

  • mermaid fudge
  • rainbow fudge
  • Cookie Monster fudge
  • fudge bears
  • fudge unicorns
  • red, white, and blue swirled fudge
  • red, white, and blue swirled fudge
  • cotton candy fudge
  • cake batter fudge
  • pool party fudge

 

Christmas fudge - reindeer fudge, Christmas tree fudge, fudge peanut blossoms, fudge snowflakes, peppermint fudge, snowmen fudge, Christmas Story fudge, grinch fudge, red velvet fudge, sprinkle fudge, peppermint bark fudge, eggnog fudge

Christmas Fudge

Christmas is the most popular time of year to make and give fudge and we’ve created some delicious and festive recipes.

Some of the holiday fudge recipes are published here on Hungry Happenings while others are on our How To Make Easy Fudge site.

  • fudge reindeer
  • fudge Christmas trees
  • fudge peanut blossoms
  • white chocolate fudge snowflakes
  • dark chocolate peppermint fudge
  • fudge snowmen
  • Christmas Story fudge
  • Grinch Fudge
  • red velvet fudge
  • Christmas fudge with sprinkles
  • peppermint bark fudge
  • eggnog fudge

Halloween fudge tombstones, Jack Skellington fudge, fudge cauldrons, Nutella fudge witch hats, Butterfinger fudge, fudge ghosts, fudge cats, fudge caramel apples, zombie fudge

Halloween Fudge

It’s so much fun to create fudge for other holidays too, like Halloween.

  • white chocolate brains filled with peanut butter fudge and jelly
  • Nutella fudge witch hats
  • chocolate-coated peanut butter fudge black cat pops
  • chocolate peanut butter fudge cauldron lollipops
  • cookies and cream fudge tombstones
  • emoji ghost fudge
  • Jack Skellington fudge
  • zombie fudge

valentine's day fudge including Poop Emoji fudge, conversation heart fudge, fudge hearts, cherry cola fudge, caramel fudge bears, "you rock" fudge, peanut butter fudge bears, frosting fudge. buckeye bears, and more.

Valentine’s Day Fudge

  • poop emoji fudge
  • conversation heart fudge
  • fudge hearts
  • cherry cola fudge
  • milk chocolate caramel fudge bears
  • “you rock” fudge
  • chocolate peanut butter fudge bears
  • strawberry frosting fudge
  • buckeye bears
  • Valentine’s Day sugar stamp fudge
  • emoji fudge with heart eyes
  • chocolate-dipped peanut butter fudge hearts

Easter fudge including orange fudge carrots, Reese's fudge bunnies, caramel fudge hatching chicks, sugar-free fudge bunnies, peanut butter fudge bunnies, caramel chocolate fudge bunnies

Easter Fudge Recipes

  • sugar-free fudge bunnies
  • hatching chick fudge
  • chocolate caramel fudge bunnies
  • chocolate Easter Bunnies filled with fudge
  • Reese’s fudge Easter bunnies
  • chocolate ganache covered peanut butter fudge bunnies
  • orange fudge carrots

fudge garden stones, fudge shamrocks, fudge serenity stones, fudge basketballs, fudge footballs, fudge jerseys, fudge apples, fudge stars, fudge rocks, and fudge turkeys

Other Holiday Fudge

  • fudge shamrocks
  • chocolate caramel fudge turkeys
  • milk chocolate fudge turkeys (recipe coming to HowToMakeEasyFudge.com soon)
  • fudge footballs
  • fudge football jerseys
  • fudge basketballs
  • fudge apples
  • red, white, and blue sprinkle fudge stars
  • red, white, and blue fudge stars
  • fudge serenity stones

I hope you found some delicious fudge recipes that you’d like to try on this list. Enjoy!

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