This Strawberry Fudge is an easy no boil recipe that's made with a base of white chocolate. I've added strawberry flavouring and freeze dried strawberries for the strawberry element. It's basically impossible to get fresh strawberries to work in this kind of recipe, so I had to settle for flavouring. However, freeze dried strawberries are real strawberries and they also provide an intense hit of strawberry flavour! Plus, they look so pretty sprinkled on top of the fudge. I also coloured the fudge pink with some food colouring to make it look extra pretty. This would be such a cute gift for Mother's Day or Valentine's Day!
How to make Strawberry Fudge
In a pan on a low heat, melt the white chocolate and condensed milk together. Then stir in the sieved icing sugar, pink food colouring and strawberry flavouring.
Pour the mixture into a lined tin and sprinkle the freeze dried strawberries on top. Then put it in the fridge to set overnight.
Tips for making the Strawberry Fudge:
- The strawberry flavouring I used was by a brand called LorAnn. There are lots of different strawberry flavouring available so different brands will have varied strengths, so please read the instructions to find out how much to add to the mixture. Or add a little, then taste the fudge mixture and add more if needed.
- If you can't get hold of strawberry flavouring, you can add extra freeze dried strawberries and stir them throught the fudge.
- The pink food colouring is not essential, but it does look pretty!
Recommended equipment & ingredients*
- 8" Square tin
- Mixing bowls
- Kitchen scales
- Freeze dried strawberries
- Pink food colouring
- Strawberry extract
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Strawberry Fudge
Ingredients
- 550 g White chocolate
- 397 g Condensed milk
- 100 g Icing sugar
- Pink food colouring
- Strawberry flavouring I used LorAnn
- 18 g Freeze dried strawberry pieces
Instructions
- Line a 8" square tin with greaseproof paper. I grease the tin first with a little butter to help the paper stick to it
- Put the condensed milk and white chocolate in a pan and melt together on a low heat, stirring together as it melts
- Once it's fully melted and combined, take the pan off the heat and stir in the icing sugar, pink food colouring and strawberry flavouring
- NOTE: I used 7 drops of LorAnn strawberry flavouring, please check the instructions on the flavouring you are using for how much you need to add. You can also add a bit and stir it in, then taste the mixture to see if more is needed or not
- Pour the fudge mixture into the tin and smooth it out to an even layer
- Sprinkle over the freeze dried strawberry pieces, very gently press them into the fudge with your hand
- Put in the fridge overnight, or for 3-4 hours to set
- Remove from the tin and slice into pieces to serve. Store in the fridge for 2-3 weeks
Kate D
Yum!!!! MUST make some strawberry fudge.....Love the colour.
Kat BakingExplorer
Thank you!
Lisa Niblock
I have been eyeing those freeze dried strawberries and raspberries and trying to come up with an excuse to use them! I love the idea of them on top of this amazing looking strawberry fudge! Yum! I wish someone would make this fudge for me! You have a lucky partner!
Kat BakingExplorer
Thanks Lisa!
Kim
This fudge looks delicious, such a nice colour and looks so pretty with the freeze dried strawberries.
Kat BakingExplorer
Thanks Kim!
david
The fudge doesn't set and I've followed the recipe twice and still the same ,
Personally just a waste of my time and money
thebakingexplorer
Hi David, I'm sorry to hear you've had trouble with this recipe. It absolutely does set as you can see from my photos. Can I ask, did you definitely use condensed milk? Sometimes people can mix it up with evaporated milk, and this would definitely affect the fudge setting.
Tani
How long do you have to cook the white chocolate and condensed milk mixture? Is there a temperature that has to be reached (i.e., 117C)?
thebakingexplorer
Hi Tani, you just melt it all together on a low heat, once it is fully melted and combined you can take it off the heat. There is no temperature that needs to be reached. This is a no boil fudge recipe 🙂
Julie
Made this fudge today & it’s delicious all my family love it 😊
Tasneem
Can I use fresh strawberry puree instead of flavoring ?
thebakingexplorer
Hi, no unfortunately not, it won't set with the extra liquid. You could stir freeze dried strawberries into the fudge to add a strawberry taste if you can't get hold of flavouring.
Katrina
Does this actually need all that chocolate
thebakingexplorer
Hi Katrina, yes! That's the recipe, let me know if you try it 🙂
Kat Griffin-Ryan
I would love to make this but marshmallow creme isn't easy to come by in UK! Could I use melted marshmallows instead?
thebakingexplorer
Hi Kat, what recipe is this for? I am from the UK 🙂
Melissa
Hi .. I want to try this but what is the strawberry flavouring and where can you get this from please .
thebakingexplorer
Hi Melissa, there is a link to a strawberry flavouring in the recommended ingredient and equipment section of this blog post 🙂
Lisa
Beautiful Strawberry Fudge 🍓 First attempt at making fudge and will definitely be making this again. Thanks for the recipe!
Christine
Hello, from Canada here and our sweetened condensed milk comes in 300 ml/g tins. Not sure if you can answer this but if I make the recipe with amounts stated as is except for the milk, would this simply result in a firmer set? Or could I add 97 ml/g of heavy cream to make up for the missing amount without affecting the overall result too much?
thebakingexplorer
Hi Christine, I've never tried this so I'm not sure what the results would be, but in most cases changing ingredient quantities and types means you won't get the same results! If you're concerned about wasting condensed milk, the good news is you can freeze it 😀
Leigh
Hi I made this fudge yesterday but today it’s still hasn’t set.i followed the recipe exact.can I take it out the tin reboil it and then try set it again.
thebakingexplorer
Hi Leigh, I'm sorry this happened, but no I wouldn't recommend doing this. You can chill it in the fridge for a more set finish, or eat with a spoon - it'll still taste good!