Strawberry Fudge

This fun and whimsical strawberry fudge recipe results in little squares of pure decadence. Super sweet and loaded with strawberry flavour, it’s such a treat.

Flavoured with strawberry jelly crystals (jello), sweetened condensed milk, vanilla and white chocolate give this strawberry fudge a real strawberries and cream flavour. While the optional freeze dried strawberries add some real strawberry pieces into the mix. Everything gets mixed together in a saucepan on the stovetop and takes a maximum of 10 minutes. It’s just so simple.

If you love fudge, you’ll love this salted caramel fudge too.

Ingredients you’ll need

While I love using real fruit for most of my desserts, sometimes I just want something super quick and simple too – enter strawberry fudge. Cooking down strawberries to get enough puree to flavour a full batch of fudge takes time and a lot of patience, so today, we’re taking a shortcut and going for simplicity.

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• Jelly crystals (jello): This is what gives the fudge a large portion of it’s strawberry flavour. It also adds some sweetness.
• Sweetened condensed milk: The sweetened condensed milk gives the fudge it’s really creamy texture.
• White chocolate: White chocolate is used to give the fudge stability and allow it to set to a firm texture.
• Butter: A little unsalted butter just adds richness to the recipe.
• Extracts: This easy strawberry fudge has both pure vanilla extract to play on that strawberries and cream flavour and strawberry extract. Both are optional but add great flavour.
• Freeze dried strawberries: The freeze dried strawberries add extra flavour and also make the fudge pieces looks so pretty.

How to make strawberry fudge (step-by-step)

This easy fudge recipe is incredibly quick to make by just melting and mixing everything together in a saucepan over low heat. There’s no need to boil it, no need for special equipment, no candy thermometer and no baking.

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1. Butter, condensed milk & jelly crystals: Jelly crystals are a large part granulated sugar so you need to warm the condensed milk, butter and jelly crystals together, stirring over low heat until those crystals dissolve.
2. Add chocolate: Now add the chocolate and stir again until it’s all melted and combined (photo 1).
3. Flavourings: Now stir in the additional flavourings if you’re using them – vanilla extract, strawberry extract, a pinch of salt and freeze dried strawberries. Mix it all together (photo 2) and it’s ready.
4. Pour and set: Pour the fudge into a lined pan (I use an 8 inch square pan) (photo 3), then let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before chilling for at least 4 hours.

Now all you need to do is slice it up and serve. It freezes well, so keep any that you don’t want to give away or keep in the fridge in the freezer instead.

Can you make strawberry fudge in the microwave?

Technically, yes since this is just a melt and mix recipe. The only problem with making it in the microwave is overheating the chocolate which can either burn it and change the flavour or affect it’s setting properties. If you do try it in the microwave, make sure to use a microwave-safe bowl and just heat it in 30 second intervals stirring well between each one. You may not get the jelly crystals all dissolved which will give the fudge a little crunch but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Yield and storage

Strawberry fudge is super sweet; a great candy treat but you don’t need a lot to be satisfied. I cut mine into 25 pieces but you could also cut it into smaller squares by cutting 36.

This fudge needs to be stored in the fridge in an airtight container and will last at least a week or more. You can freeze it too.

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