A homemade gift for your mom on Mother’s Day or her birthday will surely win her heart and an edible Cookies and Cream Fudge Garden Stone is a unique treasure she will surely love.
My original Hand Print Garden Stone was posted May 9, 2012. The second version with “If Moms Were Flowers, I’d pick you” garden stone with video tutorial was created 5 years later on May 1, 2017. There are so many ways to decorate your own edible Fudge Garden Stones, so get creative and have fun!
Back in 2012, I created my very first Cookies ‘n Cream Fudge Garden Stone using a traditional design with a child’s hand imprinted in the soft fudge. It was cute and very childlike but best of all it was tasty!
With Mother’s Day fast approaching I wanted to create some new video tutorials showing you how to make some of my more popular food crafts for the special day and decided to start with this edible garden stone.
I chose to use the same concept when making the fudge stone for my new video but decided to change the design to give you more decorating options.
Video
The recipe is still a simple 3-ingredient fudge but this time I chose to decorate it with M&M flowers and I used plastic alphabet garden stone stamps to imprint the phrase, “If moms were flowers I’d pick you!”
This version of the fudge garden stone would be perfect for older kids to make for mom on Mother’s Day or her birthday.
The yellow sunflowers and daisies are super easy to create using Mega M&M’s, traditional M&M’s, and M&M Minis.
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Supplies:
medium saucepan
9″-10″ round, square, or heart-shaped cake pan (I used a springform pan)
non-stick aluminum foil, parchment paper, or wax paper to line the cake pan
toothpick or skewer
Instructions:
- Heat white chocolate or confectionery coating and sweetened condensed milk in a medium saucepan over low heat just until half of the chocolate is melted.
- Remove from or turn off the heat and let sit for 3 minutes then stir until melted.
- Stir in the cookie crumbs.
HANDPRINT DESIGN:
- Spread into a tin foil pan or a tin foil-lined cake pan and smooth out the surface.
- Decorate around the edge of the fudge with candy, if using.
- Allow the fudge to sit at room temperature for 45 minutes.
- Have your child wash her/his hands. Press his or her handprint into the fudge.
- Use a skewer or toothpick to write a special message around the handprint. Or, for a cleaner look use plastic alphabet garden stone stamps (see the video tutorial below).
- I added a red heart-shaped sprinkle in between the “I” and “Mom,} but think it looks a bit small. Any heart-shaped candy would work or you could just etch out a heart in the fudge.
- Cover the fudge and let it sit for several hours until firm.
- Remove from pan and peel away the tin foil.
- Serve on a cutting board or platter.
- To add some color to your serving display, set your edible garden stone on top of green-colored coconut (add coconut to a zip-top bag and add drops of green food coloring, shake until evenly colored.)
- You can even wrap the fudge garden stone in cellophane and tie it with a ribbon.
- Cut with a knife into wedges or small pieces and enjoy. Wrap in plastic wrap and store in an airtight container for up to a few weeks.
NOTES:
- The fudge needs to firm up in order for you to be able to press the alphabet stamps into it.
- Use clear piping gel to attach the candies once the fudge has firmed up. If you know how you will decorate the fudge and can lay out the stamps so you leave enough room then you can press the candy into the fudge while it’s still rather soft.
- Once the fudge has firmed up you can cut and peel off the tin foil pan. I waited until it was decorated, but it’s not necessary.
Printable Recipe
Have fun with your kids by making this Cookies and Cream Garden Stone for mothers day! It's so much fun and even more fun to eat.
- 1 1/2 pounds (24 ounces) finely chopped white chocolate (or chips) or white confectionery coating
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk (1 can)
- 1/2-2/3 cup Oreo Cookie crumbs 5-8 cookies
- candy decorations: Jumbo Confetti sprinkles or M&M's
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Combine white chocolate with sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan.
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Heat over low heat until half of the chocolate is melted.
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Remove from the heat and let sit for 3 minutes then stir until melted.
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Add the Oreo Cookie crumbs and stir just to combine.
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Pour into a tin foil pan.
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Follow the tutorial to decorate your fudge garden stone.
More Fudge Fun
from Hungry Happenings
Cookies ‘n Cream Tombstones with clever epitaphs
Candy Rocks for Teacher Appreciation
Personalized Vanilla Fudge Apples
Your mom deserves the world and she has earned lots and lots of treats. So check out some more Mother’s Day Recipes and let her relax in a pool of desserts.
Thanks so much for sharing this on my site, Beth! I looked at it for a long time and was like edible fudge?? Nice work!
What a wonderful idea!! I love it! I hope you will be willing to share it at my Mother's Day Gift Idea Link Party at http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.com/2012/05/mothers-day-gifts.html. Thank you!!
That sound absolutely delicious & looks beautiful! Such a creative idea – love it! Thank you for leaving the link on my Handprint & Footprint Art blog 🙂 I shared it on Pinterest & will share it on Facebook sometime this week too.
This is awesome, how long does it keep if I put it in an airtight container?
The fudge will stay fresh for about 2 weeks.
That sound absolutely delicious & looks beautiful! Such a creative idea – love it! Thank you for leaving the link on my Handprint & Footprint Art blog 🙂 I shared it on Pinterest & will share it on Facebook sometime this week too.
Thanks for sharing! I knew you'd get a kick out of this idea considering the content on your blog.
Lol! I love it! Thanks again 🙂
This is extraordinary! I have been blogging for a little over 6 months now..and I'm finding my favorite creations are edible crafts! Yours are incredibly creative! With 4 grandchildren, and doing surprise crafts for my daughter with them over the years, your blog gives me much inspiration. The train sounds like a great way to travel. 🙂
What a super cute idea! Since I don't have a garden, this would be perfect for me! 🙂
Awesome!!
I really does look like a real garden stone. I love it!
Ummm…yeah….have I mentioned before that you are a genius? Totally cute creation. Super genius 🙂
Beth this is one of the cutest ideas I have ever seen. I have several grandchildren around here and I'm going to round them up and do this for their moms. But I'll have several little hands on each one. You are not only creative but brilliant!!!
Hi Nann, if you plan to have a few hands on the stones, I suggest pouring your fudge into a 10" round pan so you have plenty of room. I would not add the candy decorations until all the hand prints are created. Then you can put the candy in between the hands. Have fun!
That's amazing!!!!
Beth…seriously, YOU are so talented. This is down right awesome. I have no better words than that!
This is adorable! It would be a great gift for the teacher's at the end of the year too. Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂
Another ADORABLE idea!
I love this, I hope you will come and share it on my first link party " Summer Bucket List Ideas" http://www.missinformationblog.com/2012/05/summer-bucket-list.html
i really like your site, everythings so adorable! i just have one question,
"1 1/2 pounds – white chocolate" how much is it in grams? or cups?
thanks in advance
Thanks! There are 680.388 grams in 1 1/2 pounds (24 ounces.) I can't tell you how many cups because it will depend on the type of white chocolate you use. I can tell you that if you use small white chocolate chips, you'd need 4 cups.
What a great idea! I tried to watch the video in the post, but I couldn’t get it to work?
I’m so sorry to hear the video wouldn’t work for you. It’s playing on my end. It is available on my YouTube channel here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npv4yKYEDh8
This is brilliant and so personal. Any mom will love it.
Thanks! I love that you can personalize the fudge garden stones with any message you want to share with your mom.
So happy to hear it! Have fun. 🙂