Mini Egg Fudge!
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Delicious & scrumptious three ingredient mini egg fudge that is seriously easy to make at home
Easter
So, its less than a week away until its Easter 2016… so its time for my last few delicious Easter related recipes of the year. I actually find this a little tragic, as I LOVE Easter chocolates such as Mini Eggs & Creme Eggs and it breaks my heart a little that they’re going to be off the shelves in less than a week.
But anyway, an easy recipe today that even the worlds biggest fudge novice can make & enjoy as its not like normal fudge.. its cheats fudge! Normal fudge is something I would consider is similar to my Easter fudge, whereas cheats fudge is just SO EASY to make
We all know I love an Easter baker, so this is just the best of the best because it really is only three ingredients. I have many other delicious easy recipes for easter though such as my easter brownies recipe, or even my easter cookie dough for two recipe.
Mini Egg theme
After the success of my mini egg drip cake, and no-bake Mini Egg cheesecake recipes recently, I knew my Easter fudge this year had to be mini egg related. Mini eggs are probably one of my favourite easter treats to be honest, and whilst some people think they are overrated, that just means there are more for me.
I have my mini egg nyc cookies that are going viral year on year, and my mini egg cookie bars. There is just something about the chocolate that is delightful. However, you can use any ‘mini egg’s in any sort of bake like this. There are chocolate orange versions now, white chocolate, all sorts of brands of ‘eggs’ that are useable and will work the same.
“Cheats fudge”
It’s a simple mix of a chocolate, condensed milk and the chocolates. The darker the chocolate the harder the set, but usually a rule of 400g to a tin of condensed milk is ideal for dark chocolate. When it comes to milk chocolate, I use 500g of milk chocolate to condensed milk, and then typically 600g of white chocolate. However, because of the mini eggs, we can get away with a little less like the milk chocolate.
The fudge itself is white chocolate based as I thought that would make it more Easter-y as its light in colour, and brings out the Mini Eggs well. The crunch of the Mini Egg is delicious against the fudge texture, and of course it’s super addictive. By cheats fudge, I do not by any means mean that its low fat.. or sugar free, because no its not.. I mean that its incredibly easy to make, and you don’t need a sugar thermometer to make it like normal fudge.
The recipe itself is based on my other ‘cheats fudge’ recipes such as my biscoff fudge, my cookie dough fudge, my mint aero fudge and I just can’t get enough of them. To the haters out there, you can use my vanilla fudge recipe and add mini eggs to that instead.
Tips & Tricks
Some find it sweet, so I cut fairly small squares of fudge so that you don’t feel so bad about eating it.. theres a method in my madness see. I also state below that this can last 2-3 weeks in the fridge, but it NEVER lasts that long in reality. The fudge can also freeze for 3+ months
If you want to make this with milk chocolate, I would use 450g of chocolate, and if you wanted to use dark chocolate I would recommend using 400g of dark chocolate. You can also use fewer mini eggs if you want as well.
Last year I posted my classic Easter fudge recipe, which in itself is delicious – and is made like proper fudge.. so if you fancy giving that a go then do, but if you want something easy and quick to make for your Easter sweet treat, then give this delicious recipe a go!
Mini Egg Fudge!
Instructions
- Line a tin with parchment paper – I use a 9×9″ square tin as it makes a nice depth of fudge!
- Put the chocolate, chopped, into a heavy based pan, along with all of the condensed milk.
- Melt on a low heat, stiring often so that the chocolate doesn’t catch on the bottom and burn and so that all the ingredients mix together well.
- Once melted, leave the mixture to cool for about 5 minutes, stiring occasionally to prevent a skin.
- Once cooled, pour in 3/4 of the crushed Mini Eggs and quickly stir through pour into the tin and smooth over the mixture.
- Pour on the rest of the crushed Mini Eggs and press into the top of the fudge and store in the fridge for at least 3-4 hours to set, or overnight!
- Once set – remove from the tin and cut into the squares (I cut 1″ squares) , return to the fridge for another couple of hours to finish setting – ENJOY!
Notes
- This recipe will last better in the fridge for up to 2-3 weeks if it manages to last that long.
- You can also easily half or double the recipe, the setting times will just change slightly.
- If you don’t let the mixture cool enough, the Mini Eggs will start melting quickly so don’t worry if they do, it’ll just start marbling the mixture slightly – stop mixing as quickly as you can and set it in the fridge to prevent a mush!
- You can easily swap the Mini Eggs to any other Easter Treat you fancy!
- I use this tin!
- Recipe Updated March 2022 - The recipe used to use 400g of chocolate and 100g icing sugar
ENJOY!
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Just wonfer could I do the baileys fudge and add mimi eggs. Adult version for work colleagues
Do you have to use cooking chocolate for this? Or can it be any white chocolate?
Any work!
Please help how could I make just a vanilla fudge would it just be leave out the mini eggs?
How much vanilla would u suggest using.
Hiya! You definitely can do this, though you may want to use a slightly smaller tin. Hope this helps! x
Could you make this with a mixture of dark and milk chocolate? I’ve made the bailey’s fudge before and usually use a mixture of milk and dark. I’m worried this will be too sweet if using only milk chocolate? Thanks!
Hiya! Try using 200g each milk and dark chocolate – hope this helps! x
Does this recipe work using vegan condensed milk? Have you tried that out?
Hiya! I have not tested this yet – would you also need to use vegan chocolate? x
Hi, every time I try to make fudge this way it doesn’t set, what am I doing wrong 🥺 x
HIya! Are you definitely using full fat condensed milk? x
Hello Jane,
Not sure what I did wrong but the white chocolate and condensed milk mixture went very thick amd oily and started separating.
What have I done wrong?
I followed your instructions and ingredients exactly….?
Hiya! Usually this is down to overheating, You could try adding it to a pan on a low heat and mixing like crazy. Add a tad more melted chocolate if needed. Hope this helps! x
Hello Jane,
Would love to try this out. I was just wondering if you can use milk chocolate instead of white, does it need the same amount stated in the recipe?
hiya! Yes absolutely, this should be fine! Hope this helps! x
Could I use m and m’s? I was thinking about green and red for Christmas?
Hiya! Yes this should be fine! Enjoy! x
Can you do this with milk or dark chocolate and would the quantities be the same?
Hiya! Use 450g milk chocolate, or 400g dark chocolate. Hope this helps! x
would this recipe be vegan or vegetarian?
These look amazing. I can’t wait to treat the kids with these, oh and the wife of course…
Do you pop these straight into the fridge to set or do you have to wait for the fudge to cool down first? X
Straight in the fridge!