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posted: 11/24/14

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This Hot Cocoa Fudge is delicious, easy, and FIVE ingredients! This fudge actually tastes like hot chocolate! It would be the perfect recipe to gift around the holidays. If you were making a delicious care package for someone you could include it with some perfect cut sugar cookies decorated for Christmas, these amazing chocolate covered cherry brownie bombs, and this chocolate peppermint bark!Delicious easy FIVE ingredient fudge that tastes like hot cocoa!

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Have you guys been watching Scandal??

Okay. It’s pretty much like the greatest show ever. It’s so great, in fact, that I decided at the beginning of this season that I wanted to celebrate the premier and I got sushi and wine. Sushi + wine + Scandal = The Greatest Thursday Night Ever.

It’s sooooooo good, that I asked my dear sweet loving husband who has never watched an episode of Scandal before to watch the premiere with me. It’s sooooo good, that I had him watch the season finale of last season, pausing like every two minutes so that I could give him the back stories on all the characters so that he would be pumped for the season premire.

And he was!

Delicious easy FIVE ingredient fudge that tastes like hot cocoa!

But!! Now I have to wait for him to watch it all the time! #firstworldproblems right?

So literally each Friday morning when I go to work out and want to watch the brand spanking new Scandal while I do it (because seriously, work outs watching my shows while Quinn watches something educational and Piper naps is my HAPPY time), I get slapped in the face with the reality that I can’t watch it without Nathan.

Damn you, Scandal and your totally addictive ways!

Delicious easy FIVE ingredient fudge that tastes like hot cocoa!

Anyway.

The perfect way to get over the fact that you need to wait 8 hours to watch Scandal is by making some easy fudge. And when I say easy, I mean, seriously easy. Like fool proof.

I was going for a fun hot cocoa fudge with this, and this totally tastes like a nice hot cup of hot cocoa. There is some cocoa powder mixed in, which deepens the chocolate flavor and gives it that characteristic hot cocoa taste. Then you throw the marshmallow bits on top, and it really seals the deal.

Almost enough to make me forget how many more hours ’til Scandal.

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5 from 3 votes

Hot Cocoa Fudge

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tsps vanilla extract
  • 1 cup marshmallow bits

Instructions

  • Line a 9 by 9 inch pan with aluminum foil.
  • Over medium low heat, add the sweetened condensed milk to a small saucepan. Whisk in the cocoa powder.
  • Stir in the chocolate chips and stir consistently until well combined. Stir in the vanilla extract.
  • Pour into the pan, and add the marshmallow bits, gently pressing them into the fudge. (You may not need all of them.)
  • Refrigerate for at least four hours, covered, before removing the fudge from the pan by lifting the aluminum foil, peeling it off the fudge, and cutting the fudge to serve.
  • Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks.
Author: Lisa Longley

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  1. Terri says

    Your recipe sounds so easy to make, who wouldn’t love a piece of hot cocoa fudge?? I can never get my fudge to set when I have to use a candy thermometer. Going to make this for the holidays, thank you for the recipe.

    • Lisa Longley says

      If I need a candy thermometer, I’m much less likely to make the recipe . . . :) But I have found that 3 cups of chips + 14 ounces of sweetened condensed milk is a winning combination.

  2. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

    Oh my gosh, Mel loves Scandal almost as much as I do. We watched all 3 seasons in less than a month over the summer!! LOVE this fudge too, pinned obvi.

  3. Matt says

    Wow, this is cool. Delicious and easy to make. Thanks!

  4. Mir says

    I love happy time, i.e. when the kids are occupied and I can Netflix binge! Scandal is an excellent choice.
    This fudge is also an excellent choice! I love this fudge. It’s so what my holiday season needs!

  5. ColleenB. says

    Your Cocoa Fudge recipe looks amazing and like that it’s so easy to make but I haven’t been able to find the marshmallow bits. I looked high and low down the baking isle at WalMart but all they had was just the regular marshmallows. I even asked the lady that was working on that isle where they may be at and she hadn’t a clue as to what I was talking about.
    Was wondering what grocery did you find your mallow bits at?

    • Lisa Longley says

      Thanks Colleen! I just get mine at the regular supermarket. And you can find them at Target too. Sometimes they are more with the ice cream toppings, like the fudge and the caramel sauce.

      • ColleenB. says

        Thank you Lisa.
        Someone had also emailed me suggesting to look where they sell the hot cocoa mix packets.
        I will be on a mission for sure cause I just gotta get me some of them mallow bits; not only for your fudge recipe but for my snack mix. :}
        Thanks again and wishing you and your family a Very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving. If traveling; do be safe

    • wayne1952t says

      5 stars
      At Wal Mart they’re with the hot cocoa mixes

  6. Tonia from TheGunnySack says

    Ohhhh yeah! That is my kind of fudge! I love those tiny marshmallows!

  7. Michelle@TheRibbonRetreat says

    Yummy! This fudge looks incredible! I love hot cocoa and can’t wait to try this fun recipe! Thanks for sharing! PINNED!

  8. mary says

    OMG! This fudge is awesome! Its even better with walnuts & it tastes like tootsie rolls.

    • Lisa Longley says

      So glad you like it Mary!

  9. cathy says

    I put peppermint mini marshmallows on top and OMG. I’m hooked. The peppermint marshmallows not only gave it a really pretty pink/white look, but it was a nice touch for the holidays.

    • Lisa Longley says

      Genius Cathy!

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