A creamy, smooth hot chocolate fudge — made without a candy thermometer! This cozy hot chocolate fudge is made with two types of chocolate, mini marshmallows, and a packet of hot chocolate right in the mix, and is as easy as it is delicious!
Winters here on the Mason Dixon line have been a little funny the past two years. Not a lot of snow, which is good/bad, depending on how badly I need to travel the roads.
We had a 70-degree Christmas last year, and have been recently waffling between weather that swings wildly between above average and bitter cold, between sunshine and snow squalls that rip-roar their way across the skies, disappearing as abruptly as they arrive.
Recently I’ve found myself hopefully scanning my weather app for snowflakes — real snow that will cover the ground and maybe even require a shovel for the driveway (a selfish thing to hope for when your husband does all the shoveling). The skies seemed to be promising something, it’s been so drab, overcast, and Punxsutawney Phil promised another six weeks of winter, so maybe a snowstorm will come in time.
I’m ready for some cozy weather in the next six weeks, the kind that absolutely requires a cup of hot chocolate just to make it through the day.
I’ve had hot chocolate on my brain a lot, recently, and after re-discovering a love for easy (read: no candy thermometer required) fudge recipes, I thought I’d try incorporating the flavor into an easy batch of hot chocolate fudge.
This recipe calls for only 7 simple ingredients.
I used both semisweet chocolate and milk chocolate chips in this hot chocolate fudge to give it a good balance and keep it from being too dark or too sweet (as milk chocolate has the tendency to do). There’s also a full packet of hot chocolate mix stirred right in for ultimate hot chocolate flavor.
I used “mallow bits”, which are adorable little hot chocolate marshmallows that you should be able to find in your grocery store alongside the hot chocolate mixes. The marshmallow has a wonderful effect on the final fudge — it makes it extra creamy, rich, and fudgy, and gives it a real melt-in-your-mouth quality.
It’s a sweet and simple hot chocolate fudge, and pretty darn enjoyable, snowstorm or not.
Enjoy!
Hot Chocolate Fudge
Ingredients
- 1 14-oz (396 g) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup (175 g) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup (175 g) milk chocolate chips
- 1 Tablespoon butter
- 1 pouch hot chocolate mix I used a .73 oz Swiss Miss packet
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cup (60 g) mallow bits* divided
Instructions
- Line an 8x8 pan with aluminum foil and lightly grease or butter the foil. Set aside.
- Combine sweetened condensed milk, semisweet chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, and butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir frequently.1 14-oz (396 g) can sweetened condensed milk, 1 cup (175 g) semisweet chocolate chips, 1 cup (175 g) milk chocolate chips, 1 Tablespoon butter
- Once chocolate begins to melt, stir in hot chocolate mix. Stir well until hot chocolate powder is dissolved, chocolate and butter are melted, and ingredients are well combined.1 pouch hot chocolate mix
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Stir ½ cup (20g) of the mallow bits into the fudge mixture and immediately pour into your prepared 8x8 pan.1 ½ cup (60 g) mallow bits*
- Pour the remaining mallow bits over the top of the fudge immediately, press down slightly so that they stick to the surface.
- Allow fudge to cool completely before cutting (this will take several hours at room temperature, or you can speed up the process and refrigerate 1-2 hours).
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.
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PJ Tomlian
I’m dying to make this recipe but can’t locate the Jet Puff Mellow bits – could I substitute actuall mini/small marshmallows if I cut them up a little? And how many walnuts (chopped) should I add for my nut-alcholic family? Thank you.
Sam
Hi PJ! The cut up marshmallows should work. I would add somewhere around 1/2 c of chopped walnuts. 🙂
leah
My family loves it and it tastes great! But the hot chocolate mix make it a little gritty. I used this recipe as a way to use up extra heresy kisses
Sam
I’m glad you enjoyed it overall. 🙂
Geri
I need a good recipe for Baileys Irish cream fudge. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Geri
Sam
Hi Geri! Unfortunately I do not have one. 🙁
Janice
I made this 3 days ago at medium low, stirring occasionally, it got burned in 4 minutes. Today I did it again, this time I used a double boiler, came out perfect. Yummy!
Sam
I’m sorry it burned the last time, Janice. Candy can be very tricky, but I am glad it worked out for you the second time. 🙂
Mikaru86
This looks great. I’ve been thinking of trying a regular chocolate variant of the fudge after I made the gingerbread fudge and my coconut variant (both with white chocolate). What would you recommend for substituting the hot chocolate mix? Just some cocoa powder (how much?) or also some extra sugar?
Sam
Thank you! You could actually omit the hot chocolate mix entirely if you aren’t too worried about getting that specific packaged hot chocolate flavor — I think I’d recommend doing that and adding another 1/3cup (60) or so of each chocolate. I’m hesitant to suggest a substitution for the hot chocolate mix because I haven’t tried it… I don’t think I’d add any more sugar as it’s plenty sweet enough without it. Sorry that I can’t be more exact with that substitution, but I hope that helps, and like I said you could just omit the hot chocolate mix entirely.
Mikaru86
Perfect, I was going to scale up the chocolates anyway, since I’m using 200g bars, so I’ll just do that and maybe throw in a few teaspoons of the instant drink cocoa mix. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Sues
Yum yum! I pretty much NEED this fudge in my life right now!