Simple and tasty Candy Cane Fudge that is infused with candy canes. Perfect for your holiday candy platter for parties.
As much as I love Christmas I have reached the denial stage.
The it’s here in a week and a half kind of denial.
While the majority of everything is bought…just a few stocking stuffers kind of thing, it still seems like it’s coming really fast all of a sudden.
Here’s what I have left:
1. Clean the house.
This is the one that will take the most time.
My parents are coming so you know I’d like to give the illusion that we don’t live like clutter bugs plagued with dust bunnies.
2. Buy candy for stockings remember that I’m buying for them and not me.
Must stay away from the Peppermint Crunch Junior Mints #weakness.
3. Figure out what the heck I’m going to feed my parents when they come.
I don’t think Kraft Dinner and sloppy Joe’s are going to cut it.
4. Speaking of feeding people I need to figure out what to have for Christmas dessert.
5. Try not to buy more stuff for people just because there doesn’t look like much under the tree.
It’s a big gift year so there is like three things. 🙂
My bank account helps with this.
I made some candy cane milk chocolate fudge last year and while it was good it was sweetened condensed milk based.
One thing I have learned in my candy making is I much prefer the cream and marshmallow based fudges.
So I went back to the drawing board with the fudge.
This time infusing the heavy cream with candy canes for 24 hours.
I prefer this to just adding peppermint extract to the fudge, the infusing really helps give it a true candy cane flavor.
You can add chocolate chips to it if you would like but I wanted just straight candy cane flavor.
Sprinkles are optional but why wouldn’t you want sprinkles?
Add this fudge to your last minute to do list.
It’s pretty easy and super tasty.
Hopefully your list is not as long as mine.
If it is…what do you have left to do?
P.S. It’s a great day to buy my cookbook Holy Sweet!
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Candy Cane Fudge
Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 15 mini candy canes
- For the Fudge:
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 oz. unsalted butter
- ¾ cup candy cane infused heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- 7 ounce jar marshmallow crème
- 10 mini candy canes, crushed
- Festive sprinkles for garnish
Instructions
- Candy Cane Infused Cream:
- For the infused cream:
- Simple add 15 mini candy canes to 2 cups heavy whipping cream and place them in a container with a tight lid.
- Place in fridge.
- Let sit for at least 24 hours, randomly shaking it to help the candy canes dissolve.
- You will have leftovers of this on purpose...it makes for great whipped cream (just whip it in your mixer) for hot chocolate.
- Line an 8×8 inch pan with parchment with an overhang so you can lift the fudge out later and coat with baking spray.
- Combine sugar, butter, and candy cane infused heavy cream into a large heavy bottomed sauce pan and bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Once boiling, attach a candy thermometer and reduce the heat to a hair above medium low and cook for 7-10 minutes until your thermometer reads 234°F (soft ball stage) , stirring constantly.
- Once you reach 234F remove from heat and add the white chocolate chips, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Add the marshmallow creme and mix until well blended.
- Fold in the crushed candy cane pieces.
- Pour into prepared pan. Throw so sprinkles on top to be festive if you like.
- Let cool to room temperature. Then lift out of the pan and onto a cutting board. Cut into whatever amount you want. I got 24.
KB says
That fudge is such a pretty color and it looks so creamy! I love the idea of infusing the cream with the candy canes. I wonder if it wouldn’t work the same if I used candy corn. Candy corn fudge? Yes please! 🙂
My to-do list is…long, to say the least. I have to wrap presents – ALL of them – minus the ones I did last night at 2 AM because I need to mail them on Monday. Buy a few more presents (not totally necessary, but I want to!). Decorate the tree. Do some baking, because I’m seriously falling behind on Christmas baking. Life is trying to take priority off cookies, and that’s totally unacceptable. 😛 Lastly I have to plan dinner for my brothers coming over. Thankfully, they fit the college-guy stereotype of not caring how much cleaning I’ve done – hah!
Peabody says
Yes it will totally work with candy corn…I’ve done it.
kazari says
So pretty!
I haven’t done any Christmas baking yet this year.
And the kidlet’s birthday is tomorrow, so that makes it not-quite-festive yet.
But all the presents are bought, most wrapped. One big Christmas grocery shop and we’re there, I think.
House cleaning is minimal, because not many people will come to our house.
If all goes well, I may have time to make a gingerbread house this weekend 🙂
Diane says
Um, I might be a little behind on my Christmas duties. It looks something like:
1. Figure out who gets gifts this year
2. Figure out what type of gift to get
3. Buy gifts – probably nothing that was thought of during step 2
4. Wrap gifts
5. Deliver gifts sometime before February
Oops. There is a possibility of more steps I missed.
1. Find fake tree or buy real tree
2. Decorate tree
3. Throw up our minimal house decorations
At least the cleaning thing isn’t on the list. Not because the house is clean, but because no one is supposed to come over here 😀
I should add make sugar cookie dough or fudge though… because I want those. Yum. Oh… adding find a sweet potato recipe, and ham glazing… I think I’ll be ready for Christmas in April.
Joy says
My list is just a few sticking stuffers and wrapping… Then delivering all these gifts out of my house because although I love Christmas I hate the clutter it causes
Liz S. says
Good luck with your to-do list! And enjoy the fabulous Candy Cane Fudge 🙂
I still need to plan a baked good for this year’s Christmas party… not 100% sure yet what I’m baking.
EH says
The flavor of candy cane and the creaminess of fudge? Yes, please!
I don’t have too much “have-to” left, but I’m getting that overwhelmed feeling that always comes this time of year. There’s still so much I would like to do, but just not time.
I’m thinking instead of making goodies and sending cards for Christmas, I’m going to do that for Valentine’s Day instead. It will be easier, and I think folks will be more surprised 🙂