Easy Chocolate Walnut Fudge

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This delicious and easy Chocolate Walnut Fudge recipe requires just 4 ingredients! Chocolate chips are melted together with condensed milk, chopped walnuts are added for crunch and vanilla bean paste for extra depth of flavor. Then simply pour the mixture into a pan and chill in the refrigerator until set.

Easy Walnut Fudge Recipe

Fudge is delicious all year-round, but I’ve found that people love it especially during the holidays. Follow my 4 ingredient chocolate walnut fudge recipe and I’ll show you just how easy it is to make at home! Ready to enjoy with your favorite cup of tea or coffee. Or you can parcel up and gift to friends.

My easy walnut chocolate fudge recipe does not require you to use a candy thermometer. This really cuts down on prep time as all you need to do is melt the ingredients together, pour into a dish then place in the refrigerator to set. Yes, it really is that simple!

I make my chocolate walnut fudge with condensed milk which adds the sweetness, and also means you don’t need to boil sugar to make the fudge.

If you don’t like walnuts, swap them out for pecans, hazelnuts, peanuts or almonds in this vanilla walnut fudge recipe. Any type of mix in would be great in this simple walnut fudge recipe. You can even make fruit and nut fudge by stirring some dried cranberries or raisins into the mixture along with the nuts.

What is your favorite flavor of fudge?

Recipe ingredients

• CHOCOLATE: I use 2 cups of semi sweet chocolate chips, but dark would work well here too. I like Toll House or Nestle Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips.
• CONDENSED MILK: for ease I use Eagle Brand Condensed Milk. You could also make your own Sweetened Condensed Milk at home, it’s surprisingly easy to make!
• WALNUTS: I prefer using the Fisher Brand Nuts as they’re a great quality nut. But you can use what you have in your own pantry at home.
• VANILLA: for the best depth of flavor use vanilla bean paste. Or you can substitute with vanilla extract. I don’t recommend using vanilla essence as it doesn’t have the same depth of flavor.

How to make chocolate walnut fudge

Line 8×8 inch casserole dish with parchment paper. 

Combine sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips over low to medium heat in a medium sauce pan.

Once melted together, add in the vanilla bean paste and walnuts.

Pour the fudge mixture into lined casserole dish.

Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before cutting.

Flavor variations

• Swap semi sweet chocolate for dark chocolate or even white chocolate chips.
• You can easily substitute the walnuts for pecans, hazelnuts, or any nut of your preference.
• If you don’t like nuts, or are allergic to nuts you can leave them out all together.
• I sometimes make a batch with walnuts and a batch of plain fudge. Then when gifting, I bag them separately, so if someone has a nut allergy, they can still enjoy the plain fudge.
• Add a touch of extra garnish and top each square of fudge with a whole walnut. This is best done before the fudge has set.
• You can even add some dried fruits like cranberries or raisins to the fudge and make a fruit and nut fudge. Just stir the dried fruit through the mixture along with the walnuts.
• You can add pretty much any mix up into this fudge mixture, try dark chocolate chips with pecans and finely shredded orange zest, or white chocolate chops with walnuts and dried cranberries.

Recipe hints & tips

• Don’t swap the condensed milk for any other type of milk, or the recipe won’t work and set properly!
• Always line the pan with parchment paper as this stops the fudge from sticking and makes it easier to remove from the pan and cut into squares.
• The quantity served will depend on the size of the squares you cut.
• I like to cut small pieces, so I cut mine into 24 pieces, to make 24 individual servings.
• Don’t cut down on the chill time, the mixture will need that time for the fudge to set properly.
• Properly cold fudge is a lot easier to cut into even-sized pieces.

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