If you’re looking for an easy recipe to make a sweet treat for your Valentine, then I have just the thing for you here. The recipe is very simple to do but it’s still doubly thoughtful because not only have you been thoughtful enough to make them something, but you have been thoughtful enough to incorporate their favourite chocolate bar into it.
WHAT YOU NEED:
380g/13oz white chocolate
397g/14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
30g/1oz butter
1/2 tsp salt
Approx 5 bars of your Valentine’s favourite chocolate bar
WHAT YOU DO:
1) Break up the white chocolate and place it into a pan along with the butter, the condensed milk and the salt.
2) Stir continuously on a low heat until it is all melted and smooth. No need to worry about it reaching a certain temperature or anything like that, once it’s smooth, it’s done.
3) Pour it into a lined shallow tray. The one I used is 29cm x 19cm. You don’t want to go any bigger than that because the fudge will be too thin, but you could go smaller for chunkier fudge pieces.
4) Place it in the fridge for half an hour so that it starts to set.
5) Cut the chocolate bars into thin slices. You may find it easier to get a clean slice if the bars are slightly chilled, however if they are too cold then the chocolate can crack up when you’re slicing. Be prepared for a few failed slices which you will be forced to eat there and then. Sorry. Five standard size bars allows for some “wastage”.
6) Place the chocolate bar slices onto the fudge tray, gently pressing them into the surface, and allowing enough space in-between to cut them up later. We’ve actually used three different types of bar here because they are for three different people.
7) Refrigerate for several hours, or overnight, until set. Cut into squares. If you spotted some powdered sugar in my top picture of the finished fudge, it’s because I was impatient and wanted to photograph it, so I didn’t leave it long enough to set. That’s why I needed some help from the powdered sugar; you probably wouldn’t have even noticed if I hadn’t mentioned it would you, but now you’re going to go back up and have a look.
Anyway, so that’s my Doubly Thoughtful Valentine Fudge. If you’re looking for more ideas for sweet Valentine treats, then I recommend popping over to Niki’s Sweet Side. She has beautiful recipes on her site, and her little collection of Valentine recipes that I have linked to are worth looking at, even if just to admire their prettiness. Go on, you know you want to…
You’re such a sweetheart Vanessa! Thanks for linking back to my Valentine’s Day Recipes! I’m going to link your post to mine as well, if that’s ok with you! 🙂 Thanks a bunch girl!
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Thanks Niki, I aspire for my recipes to be as pretty yours! 🙂
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Oh I think this fudge is beautiful Vanessa! Hey are you on Google+? If not, you should really think about joining! We have a lovely community of bakers and cooks that you would probably really enjoy 🙂 If you’re on there, or if you join I would be more than happy to send you an invitation to our community if you’re interested, let me know 🙂
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I’m not on Google+ I try and resist signing up to too many things because I don’t have enough time to do everything I want to do already! But thank you, if I decide to join, I would certainly love to join your community there 🙂
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What a clever idea. Did you make this one up yourself?
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Partly, I made up the bit of using the chocolate bar slices on top – the original recipe used dark chocolate in the fudge base instead of white, and pistachios stirred into the mixture instead of something on top, which I’m sure would be yummy, but I wanted to do something where people could individually personalise it for their Valentine recipient, and so I did the chocolate bar thing and switched the base to white chocolate to make more of a contrast from the slices on top. (Sorry if you were hoping for a yes or no answer! Hehe).
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Isn’t it fun to change up recipes? That’s when I finally knew I could cook–when I could add my own ‘flavor’ to things.
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Oh………………………………..my gosh! That looks AMAZING!
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Thanks Laura. I love white chocolate, so combining white chocolate with a favourite bar in one mouthful is so yummy!
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It certainly is! …. is there any more?
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I don’t know, is there? 😉
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I sent the husband to the store today for some ingredients. I told him to bring me a couple of his favorite candy bars, he seemed confused so I just laughed and went on about my day. It’s probably wrong to send someone after their own treats but uhh…oh well! 😀
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I love to hear that people are trying out the recipes I post! Even if you are slightly missing the point of the thoughtfulness here 😉
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Hehe welllllll he didn’t KNOW what it was for, I just said grab me a couple of your favorite candy bars ….. 😀
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looks amazing 🙂
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Thanks very much! 🙂
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I can sense a sugar rush coming on!
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Big time!
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I’m with Gabriela – what a sugar rush, just from looking at those! 😀
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Yep, one square and you’ve had enough for the day!
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Just one? – ooops!
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Oops indeed!
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Those look so good! Even though I can feel my teeth hurting from that much sugar. 😉
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You know it!
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Looks very, very rich. Not that that’s bad…
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Yep, indulgently so! 🙂
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