Now when I think of fudge, my first thoughts always go to chocolate or peanut butter, but I have now been exposed to something totally different. Back at Christmas, my uncle tried a candy he had never seen before at his company’s employee dinner. One of his co-workers brought Dreamsicle fudge and he loved it. He brought me her recipe, but it made not one, but two 13×9 inch pans and that was just too much to experiment with so I found this recipe over at Confessions of a Cookbook Queen on Pinterest that made a much smaller amount and was basically the same recipe scaled down.
I must apologize because I only have photos of the finished product. The first two times I tried to make it, I burned it. I mean I REALLY burned it, so the third time I was very careful and didn’t take photos during the process. It is pretty much just basic candy making, but I just didn’t have the attention span that day to make it so I tried again later after wasting 3 sticks of butter and 6 cups of sugar.
3/4 cup butter
3 cups sugar
3/4 cup evaporated milk
12 oz. pkg. white chocolate chips
1 (7 oz.) jar marshmallow crème
3 teaspoons orange extract
12 drops yellow food coloring
5 drops red food coloring
In a heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar, and evaporated milk. Cook and stir on low heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 4 minutes.
Remove from heat, stir in white chocolate and marshmallow crème. Remove 1 cup and set aside. Add orange extract and coloring to the remaining mixture. Stir until blended. Pour into an 8 or 9 inch square pan that has been lined with foil and sprayed with nonstick spray. Drop reserved mixture by tablespoons on top and cut through with a knife to swirl.
Let pan cool in refrigerator for several hours until set.
How yummy! Thanks for sharing at Must Try Monday!
Delicious! Fudge is so touchy to make so don’t feel bad…your last batchlooks absolutely wonderful! 🙂
This fudge was really touchy, at least for me! 🙂 Thanks for visiting and for your comment.
This fudge looks really good!! I love how you swirled the two colors together to create the dreamsicle look. I would love if you would share this and any other posts at Showcase Your Talent Thursday http://whatscookinglove.blogspot.com/2012/04/showcase-your-talent-thursday-4.html. I hope to see you there!
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I love (and collect) Dreamsicles so I know I’d love this too!
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Your recipe looks awesome. Hope you have a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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found you on flour me with love: Christmas in july… this looks wonderful. Following you by email now.
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This fudge has been on my To Try list for a while now, I think this is the year I make it! Yours looks great:@)
Thanks for stopping by and commenting! This fudge certainly has a different flavor than what I am usually used to. I hope you enjoy it and please come back often.
Looks soooooo good – mouth-watering! Pinning!
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy!
It doesnt say anything about whipping cream. How much do you use? I would like to try and make this.
I am so glad you caught that. The instruction section should have said evaporated milk instead of heavy whipping cream. I have fixed it now. Thanks again! Happy Thanksgiving!