Candy Cane Fudge Recipe | Easy No Bake Christmas Dessert (2024)

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This super easy Candy Cane Fudge is the perfect holiday gift idea! Made with just five ingredients, this Christmas dessert is the perfect way to celebrate!

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Oh it’s the time to get your food gifting skills READY! This time of year is all about the giving of the sweet treat, and I ain’t mad about it! It seems like every weekend of the month I receive a little container, or small platter of cookies that are baked by neighbors and friends…and I love it. People usually make family recipes, or personal favorites around the holidays and taking a bite of a dear friend’s, Grandma’s shortbread recipe is enough to make my heart go pitter-patter. ALL THE NOSTALGIA!

Of course, I love my family recipes, but every year I try to throw in a new recipe to try along with all of our classics…and this year Candy Cane Fudge has officially become a newbie front runner.

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Not only is is adorably festive, it’s sweet and minty and EASY! There is nothing worse than a complicated recipe when you’re knee deep in your holiday baking.

While I am fairly confident that I can make a good looking dessert, I am NOT a fantastic gifter. I am not, and have never been, someone who puts a ton of detail into the presentation. I am more about what’s on the inside that counts. Toot toot!

Anyhow, that’s where these adorably festive and hugely functional Limited edition Glad® holiday containers come into play. Here’s the deal… while a gorgeous cookie platter is all well and good, once you rip open that cellophane, those cookies are officially exposed to the elements and their shelf life decreases every minute. (I made that sound super intense, didn’t I?) So the Glad Holiday containers are not only seasonal and cute, they are functional…which in my mind’s eye most people would prefer.

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Not only are they BPA free, they’re microwave and dishwasher safe.

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And a fun tip I like to do is pick up a whole slew of extra containers at Walmart when you’re there doing all your holiday shopping and keep them in your pantry for when you entertain.

There is always leftover food, and no one like to give away their bowls, hoping they will get them back one day. Oh and one more tip…if you’re like me and making time to go out to shop has become another stress in your life Walmart now has a Grocery Pickup Service, where you order online and you can have it delivered or pick it up! What a great time saver!

So my long-winded point here is not to ficus so much on all the fancy platters, and the gift tags. All anyone wants is the sweet treat inside!

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And this Candy Cane Fudge is an easy treat that your kids can help you make! It’s a minty white chocolate fudge, with crumbled candy canes throughout for some crunch!

They’re pretty, festive and delicious!

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    Candy Cane Fudge

    • Author: Shelly
    • Prep Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
    • Cook Time: 0 minutes
    • Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
    • Yield: 24 pieces 1x
    • Category: Dessert
    • Method: No Bake
    • Cuisine: American

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    This super easy Candy Cane Fudge is the perfect holiday gift idea! Made with just five ingredients, this Christmas dessert is the perfect way to celebrate!

    Ingredients

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    • 3 cups white chocolate chips
    • 1 (14- ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
    • 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
    • 1 1/2 cups crushed candy canes
    • 12 drops red food coloring

    Instructions

    1. Line an 8×8 dish with foil and coat lightly with nonstick spray. Set aside.
    2. In a heat-safe bowl placed over a pot of simmering water melt the white chips and sweetened condensed milk together, stirring very frequently. Remove from over the heat when the chips are just melted. Stir in the peppermint extract until combined, and then stir in the candy canes.
    3. Add a drop or two of red food coloring and swirl it through.
    4. Press the mixture into the prepared pan and chill for 2 hours until set.
    5. Cut into pieces.
    6. Store airtight at room temperature for up to 5 days.

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    Candy Cane Fudge Recipe | Easy No Bake Christmas Dessert (2024)

    FAQs

    How to make craft candy canes? ›

    1. To create your yarn wrapped candy cane you will need to cut 5 lengths of your macrame string to 30cm. ...
    2. Tape your string and wire together roughly 5cm from each end. ...
    3. To start wrapping your string and wire, take one end of your yarn and lay alongside the string bundle. ...
    4. Keep wrapping towards the other end of the string.

    What have candy canes got to do with Christmas? ›

    A common story of the origin of candy canes says that in 1670, in Cologne, Germany, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral, wishing to remedy the noise caused by children in his church during the Living Crèche tradition of Christmas Eve, asked a local candy maker for some "sugar sticks" for them.

    What is fudge candy? ›

    Fudge is a dense, rich confection typically made with sugar, milk or cream, butter and chocolate or other flavorings. The base for fudge is boiled until it reaches the soft-ball stage (135 to 140 degrees F), then stirred or beaten as it cools to minimize the formation of sugar crystals.

    How to make candy canes step by step? ›

    Instructions
    1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. ...
    2. Set up your workstation. ...
    3. Mix and heat candy cane “dough.” Combine sugar, corn syrup, water, cream of tartar/vinegar, and a pinch of salt in your saucepan. ...
    4. Add peppermint oil. ...
    5. Dye the dough (Method 1). ...
    6. Dye the dough (Method 2). ...
    7. Form the red and white stripes.
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    How to make candy cane xmas decorations? ›

    Candy Cane Christmas Tree

    Use styrofoam circles for the base, and tape the bottom ends of the candies around each tier until you've covered the whole thing. Decorate your tree with green pinwheel candy ornaments for added zhush.

    What are the ingredients in candy canes? ›

    SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, ACACIA (GUM ARABIC), CORN STARCH, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE (SHELLAC), COCONUT OIL, PEPPERMINT OIL, CARNAUBA WAX, WHITE MINERAL OIL, PARAFFIN OIL, BEESWAX, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, RED 40, RED 3, BLUE 1. YELLOW 6.

    How many candy canes are made for Christmas? ›

    72 percent of people eat a candy cane starting on the straight end, while 28 percent start on the curved end. 1.76 billion candy canes are produced every year for the holiday season.

    What do the colors of a candy cane mean? ›

    In 1847, he made a candy to symbolize Christ. The cane's "J" shape stands for Jesus; when turned upside-down, it becomes a shepherd's staff. The white color signifies purity; the red represents Christ's blood, shed for the world's sins, and three red stripes symbolize the trinity.

    How do you make fudge creamy and not grainy? ›

    You can fix it. Just place the fudge mixture back in a saucepan on the stovetop with about 1½ cups of water and slowly melt the fudge to a smooth liquid. Bring the liquid to a boil and then to the soft-ball stage and proceed with your recipe (ie: the cooling and stirring steps).

    What makes fudge taste like fudge? ›

    Fudge typically contains sugar, butter or cream, milk or condensed milk, cocoa powder (or melted chocolate), flavoring such as vanilla extract or peppermint oil, and sometimes nuts or marshmallows for added texture.

    How to make a candy cane from cardboard tube? ›

    Wrap the first tube around your finger or a pen to create a tight coil. Repeat for the second tube. Slide the white coil onto an icing spatula or a ruler, and carefully stretch it out. Starting at one end, wrap the red coil around the white coil, working your way to the other end.

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