Friday Food Day: Peppermint White-Chocolate Fudge

Any day is a great day to make fudge in my book. I happened to make this little bit of heaven for Valentine’s Day but you can certainly make it for any occasion. Did you have a good week at work? Make this fudge. Did you have a bad week at work? Make this fudge. I think you get the picture.

It literally only took me about 15 minutes to put this together, and it was simply delicious. It is very rich, so a little goes a long way.

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) package of white chocolate chips or high-quality white chocolate bar
• 1 (16 ounce) container vanilla frosting
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 8 drops red food coloring
• 2 Tablespoons crushed peppermint candies

 Directions

1. Line an 8X8 pan with waxed paper.
2. Melt white chocolate chips in a double boiler or melt in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval.
3. Stir in the frosting into the white chocolate chips.
4. Stir in peppermint extract.
5. Spread into prepared pan evenly.
6. Drop 8 drops of food coloring evenly spaced on top of the fudge.
7. Using a knife swirl the food coloring.
8. Sprinkle top of fudge with crushed peppermint candies and press down slightly.
9. Cool for about an hour in the fridge.
10. Once firm, turn fudge onto a cutting board and cut into small squares.

And that’s life in a nutshell … fudge makes everything okay in the end. Enjoy!

MommaNut

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