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White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge

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All you need to make this easy white chocolate peppermint fudge recipe is 4 ingredients and 5 minutes! Serve this festive fudge at a Christmas party or gift it to your friends and family this holiday season.

White chocolate peppermint fudge cubes on a plate with a branch of holly in the background.

We all know the holiday season involves more sugar, sweets, and baking than we’re typically used to. But Christmas desserts don’t have to be complicated! You can make this super easy white chocolate peppermint fudge in only 5 minutes of hands-on time, with no baking required.

It’s the perfect festive treat for this time of year – quick enough to make when you’ve got a few minutes to spare, yet so delicious it’ll taste like you spent hours laboring over it. Just like our milk chocolate peppermint bark recipe.

What To Expect

  • Great for: Holiday gatherings and Christmas parties.
  • Ready in: 5 minutes of cooking and 2 hours of setting.
  • Serves: 64 bite sized pieces of fudge.
  • Flavor profile: Sweet and pepperminty.
  • How to make it: Warm the condensed milk, melt in the chocolate, stir in the peppermint extract, pour the fudge into a brownie pan, top with crushed candy canes, and let set for 2 hours before slicing.

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Why We Love This Recipe

The holidays are always busy, so easy, festive desserts like this one are a great time saver. It’s the perfect recipe for holiday parties or for gifting loved ones.

– Alex

Key Ingredients

  • Condensed milk – Typically, you can buy condensed milk in 14 ounce cans. The recipe below uses half a can (7 oz) to make about 64 squares of fudge – plenty for feeding a crowd at a holiday party or packaging as Christmas gifts. Use the leftover condensed milk to make a small batch of our sea salt caramel chocolate fudge, our 4 ingredient peanut butter fudge, or simply double this recipe to use the whole can of condensed milk in one go.
  • Crushed candy canes – You can crush candy canes yourself in a food processor, simply buy pre-crushed candy canes from the store – you can typically find them in the candy or baking aisle around the holidays.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

How To Make White Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Fudge

  1. Grease a brownie pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper (the cooking spray helps the parchment stay in place).
  2. Heat condensed milk in a small saucepan over medium heat, then add the white chocolate chips.
  3. Stir vigorously and continuously with a rubber spatula until the chocolate chips melt and the consistency is smooth, about 2 minutes. Scrape the bottom and sides of the saucepan as you stir to help prevent any of the chocolate from sticking and burning.
  4. Remove fudge from heat and stir in peppermint extract until fully incorporated.
  5. Pour the fudge into the parchment-lined pan. Spread it out into an even layer with a rubber spatula, or let it settle by itself if you’re okay with a more organic shape.
  6. Top with crushed candy canes and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before slicing.

Expert Tips

  • Essential tools: A rubber spatula is super helpful when making fudge! You’ll use it to scrape, stir, and smooth the fudge at different stages in this recipe. (It’ll even help you get all the condensed milk out of the can).
  • Stirring the fudge: Once you add the white chocolate chips, start stirring and don’t stop until it’s all melted and the fudge is a smooth and creamy consistency. Otherwise your chocolate may burn, and you’ll end up with more of a lumpy texture.
  • Candy cane topping: The candy cane topping adds a crunchy texture and festive look to this fudge, but you can totally skip this if you want an easy 3-ingredient fudge.
  • Crushed candy canes: If you can’t find crushed candy canes, you can crush your own! Simply break candy canes into small enough pieces to fit into your food processor and grind them until they’re the proper size.
  • Storing fudge: The fudge will last in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 1 week. If you choose not to top the fudge with crushed candy canes (see note above on candy cane topping), it will last 2 weeks.
A plate of white chocolate peppermint fudge topped with crushed candy canes.

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We hope you enjoy this recipe! When you try it out, please leave a review and a star rating in the comments below. Happy cooking! – Nicole and Alex

A plate of white chocolate peppermint fudge topped with crushed candy canes and sliced into cubes

White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge Recipe

Nicole & Alex Langdon
All you need to make this easy white chocolate peppermint fudge recipe is 4 ingredients and 5 minutes! Serve this festive fudge at a Christmas party or gift it to your friends and family this holiday season.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Set Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 64 pieces
Calories 39 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 
 

  • 7 ounces sweetened condensed milk
  • 12 ounces white chocolate chips
  • ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
  • ¼ cup crushed candy canes

Instructions
 

  • Lightly grease an 8-inch brownie pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper (the cooking spray helps the parchment stay in place).
  • In a medium saucepan, warm the condensed milk over medium heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Then add the white chocolate chips and begin stirring, scraping the bottom and sides of the saucepan as the chocolate melts. Stir vigorously and continuously until the white chocolate chips have melted and are fully incorporated, about 2 minutes.
  • Remove the pan from heat and stir in the peppermint extract until fully incorporated. The fudge should have a smooth, creamy consistency at this point.
  • Pour the fudge into the prepared pan. Use a rubber spatula to help spread it into an even layer, or let it settle by itself for a more organic shape. Then sprinkle the crushed candy canes evenly over the top of the fudge.
  • Set fudge in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before slicing.
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Notes

Essential tools: A rubber spatula is super helpful when making fudge! You’ll use it to scrape, stir, and smooth the fudge at different stages in this recipe. (It’ll even help you get all the condensed milk out of the can).
Stirring the fudge: Once you add the white chocolate chips, start stirring and don’t stop until it’s all melted and the fudge is a smooth and creamy consistency. Otherwise your chocolate may burn, and you’ll end up with more of a lumpy texture.
Candy cane topping: The candy cane topping adds a crunchy texture and festive look to this fudge, but you can totally skip this if you want an easy 3-ingredient fudge.

Nutrition

Serving: 1pieceCalories: 39kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 1gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 9mgPotassium: 27mgFiber: 0.01gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 10IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 0.02mg
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90% of Nicole’s thoughts are about food. She’s had a passion for cooking (and eating) for as long as she can remember! Growing up, she started cooking with her mom at a young age, learned family recipes from her Italian grandmother, took every opportunity to make cookies (so many bake sales), and always loved going out to restaurants to try new foods.

Nicole currently works part-time as a marketing professional for OmieLife while also working nonstop on The Candid Cooks. As a former mechanical engineer, Nicole has consistently found herself at the intersection of creativity and logical reasoning. She credits not only her passion for photography, design, and writing, but also her problem-solving nature and desire to learn, as the foundation on which The Candid Cooks was built.

Nicole’s hobbies include anything that gets her moving - mainly hiking, skiing, ice skating, and dancing - as well as reading fantasy novels and scrapbooking. Her favorite food is a big plate of nachos, as long as they’re cheesy enough!

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