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25 Easy Fudge Recipes

by Lisa Longley

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posted: 12/04/14

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by Lisa Longley

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updated: 03/13/26

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These Easy Fudge Recipes come in all flavors, but they are all ridiculously simple! You will love these full proof fudge recipes.

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Easy fudge recipes are my favorite kind of fudge to make. Honestly, is there anything better than an easy fudge recipe? No candy thermometer needed! Some sweetened condensed milk, some chocolate, a couple other ingredients, and you have yourself a wonderful new creation from a really basic fudge recipe. These 25 Easy Fudge Recipes do just that; easy deliciousness.

a four level high pyramid of chocolate fudge

4.90 from 395 votes

Easy Chocolate Fudge

All of these recipes are spun off of the most basic of all fudge recipes. It is a classic and only four ingredients.

4.96 from 25 votes

Nutella Fudge

This chocolate hazelnut fudge is melt in your mouth delicious. If you are a Nutella fan, you will absolutely love this fudge!

three small pieces of fudge topped with mini marshmallows, photo says: hot cocoa fudge

5 from 5 votes

Hot Cocoa Fudge

This Hot Cocoa Fudge actually tastes like hot chocolate! It would be the perfect recipe to gift around the holidays.

Samoa Fudge

When you can’t wait to get your Samoa Girl Scout cookies, just make this Samoa Fudge recipe! It is easy to make and full of the best flavor combination of caramel, chocolate, and coconut!

Close up photo of squares of S'mores Fudge, marshmallows, and chocolate chips.

4.91 from 10 votes

S’mores Fudge

One of my most popular posts, this fudge totally tastes like s’mores and it is amazing and delicious!

4.72 from 21 votes

Spicy Mexican Chocolate Fudge

Spicy and chocolate totally belong together. Your family will absolutely love this fudge recipe.

5 from 1 vote

Peanut Butter Nutella Fudge

You shouldn’t have to pick between Nutella and peanut butter, this swirled fudge is easy, rich, and fantastic!

4.88 from 24 votes

Mint Chocolate Fudge

This Mint Chocolate Swirled Fudge is super crazy popular and absolutely delicious!

Close up photo of Rocky Road Fudge pieces

5 from 3 votes

Rocky Road Fudge

Just adding some nuts and marshmallows makes my original fudge Rocky Road Fudge, and it is so delicious!

4.93 from 102 votes

Bailey’s Fudge

This Bailey’s Fudge is a simple recipe that any Bailey’s lover will be head over heels for.

a pile of white rum Chata fudge on a wood board, with cinnamon sticks next to it, two tall shot glasses full of rum Chata in the background and a bottle of rum Chata in the distance

4.54 from 26 votes

Rum Chata Fudge

If you love the sweet cinnamon flavor of Rum Chata, this fudge recipe is for you! It is easy to make and so perfect for the holidays.

This Jack Daniels Fudge Recipe is so easy and delicious!

4.80 from 48 votes

Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Fudge

This Jack Daniel’s Fudge was MADE for whiskey lovers.

easy fireball fudge recipe, fudge made with whiskey

4.78 from 40 votes

Easy Fireball Fudge Recipe

This recipe is the perfect flavor of Fireball and chocolate together. So delicious and easy to make.

4.75 from 27 votes

Chocolate Amaretto Fudge

Amaretto is a dessert drink in my opinion, so it pairs perfectly with chocolate in this amazing and simple recipe!

a pyramid of peanut butter fudge piled into a small blue dish with handles on a white napkin and a wood block

4.98 from 43 votes

Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

Peanut butter lovers will be all over this four ingredient fudge recipe.

a stack of four pieces of cookie butter butterscotch fudge

5 from 1 vote

Cookie Butter Butterscotch Fudge

Cookie Butter and butterscotch make the best flavor combo. This fudge is so easy and will become a family favorite!

5 from 1 vote

Grasshopper Fudge

If you love Thin Mints, you will absolutely love this fudge that tastes just like the best Girl Scout Cookie!

4.67 from 6 votes

Cherry Vanilla Bean Fudge

My favorite part about this Cherry Vanilla Fudge is the big pieces of cherry in it. It is perfect.

5 from 11 votes

Rainbow Fudge

I love this Rainbow Fudge around St. Patrick’s Day or for Pride in June! Plus, look at how pretty it is!

three layers of pieces of carrot cake fudge in a teal dish

5 from 9 votes

Carrot Cake Fudge

This Carrot Cake Fudge is made with a secret ingredient and is perfect for making around Easter.

5 from 2 votes

Easter Egg Fudge

Another great fudge recipe for the spring is this Easter Egg Fudge! It is made with Robin Eggs, and is so pretty and delicious!

Red White and Blue Fudge

My Red White and Blue Fudge is great for the Fourth of July! You could even top it with star shaped sprinkles!

pieces of peppermint fudge

5 from 3 votes

Peppermint Fudge

If you like the flavor of candy canes, you will definitely want to make this Peppermint Fudge around Christmas time!

eggnog fudge on a plate

4.53 from 19 votes

Eggnog Fudge

Finally, this Eggnog Fudge is truly delicious! I love all things Eggnog and this guy does not disappoint.

Lisa is the founder of Simple Joy. Lisa, is a self taught cook and avid lover of all things food, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For the last 10 years Lisa has been reading cookbooks, experimenting in the kitchen, and learning everything she possibly can about cooking. The result has been the ability to create recipes, both classics and new twists, that readers fall in love with and make with ease. Lisa loves not only providing delicious and easy recipes, but also giving the why behind what we are doing in the kitchen. She gets such great joy in sharing my love for food.

Lisa has been featured in many media outlets. These outlets include Country Living, Real Simple, Today, Parade, Good Housekeeping, Buzzfeed, Delish, Elle, and many others.

Prior to becoming a food creator, Lisa was a social worker. She received her master’s in social work from the University of Milwaukee and worked in child welfare.

Lisa is the mom to four amazing kids: Gavin, Elliot, Quinn, and Piper. Gavin, Quinn, and Piper are happy, amazing kids she loves spending time with.

Her husband, Nathan, is her partner in life and in business. He is her rock in more ways than one and supports all of her crazy dreams.

Lisa and Nathan lost their second child, Elliot, when he was 8 days old. If you want to know more about Elliot, you can read it here. If you want to read more of Lisa’s experience of grief, you can read this post.

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sue|theviewfromgreatisland says

POSTED ON 12/04/14 AT 10:34AM

I haven’t even had my breakfast yet and now all I can think about is fudge …this is a fabulous collection!

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- Lisa Longley says
  
  POSTED ON 12/06/14 AT 01:22PM
  
  Thanks Sue!
  
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Amy @Very Culinary says

POSTED ON 12/04/14 AT 12:34PM

I’ll take one of each, please!! Pinned.

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- Lisa Longley says
  
  POSTED ON 12/06/14 AT 01:21PM
  
  Thanks Amy!
  
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Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

POSTED ON 12/07/14 AT 07:59AM

Thank you for including me! And, um, YUM!

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- Lisa Longley says
  
  POSTED ON 12/07/14 AT 08:28PM
  
  Of course Dorothy!
  
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Pam says

POSTED ON 12/21/14 AT 07:05AM

Can’t wait to try some..

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Marty says

POSTED ON 02/04/15 AT 06:47PM

Dear sweet lord, those are quite the appetizing pictures mmm :)

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- Lisa Longley says
  
  POSTED ON 02/05/15 AT 05:38PM
  
  Thanks Marty!
  
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jossy says

POSTED ON 06/24/15 AT 07:30AM

For us nigerians,how can we get all the recipes to make these fudges? Really interested.

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- Lisa Longley says
  
  POSTED ON 06/25/15 AT 06:28PM
  
  Hi Jossy, just click on the pictures or the links and you will be taken to the recipes!
  
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dewi says

POSTED ON 06/28/15 AT 08:19AM

wow… looks delicious, can’t wait to try, but it is halal ?

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bob says

POSTED ON 08/12/16 AT 12:01AM

SO GOOD!!!!!

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Ev Rios says

POSTED ON 10/19/16 AT 08:41PM

Great recipes! Can’t wait to try some! Quick question: What’s the shelf life of the fudge? (Assuming it’s not quickly devoured!) Thanks!

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- Lisa Longley says
  
  POSTED ON 11/17/16 AT 02:05PM
  
  It depends on the fudge, but for most of mine I say two weeks.
  
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Sheila Disotell says

POSTED ON 09/29/19 AT 02:36AM

Wish you guys had a hard or paper receipe book. Would love to give as gifts. But I love all of them . I’m excited for some Christmas fudg

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