Bailey’s Fudge!
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Easy Baileys fudge – perfect for Christmas!
Baileys fudge!
So its officially ONE WEEK UNTIL CHRISTMAS! Like I am buzzing. Honestly, I am far too excited. I’m moving into my new house today, so I thought something like a delicious recipe would be the perfect thing to have, but to be honest… it was eaten ages ago.
However, I’ve made several batches since, and there is some in my fridge waiting to go to the new house for Christmas. Honestly, I wonder why I haven’t shared this sooner. There have been oodles and oodles of requests for this recipe for SO LONG but I thought as a last minute Christmas idea, it would be perfect.
It’s something that takes minutes to make, and then a few hours to set, but it means you can make it ahead so easily. It’s one of those things that you can munch on if you’re craving something sweet, or put it out on the dessert table, or give to people as presents.
Chocolate
I used slightly more chocolate in this recipe in comparison to most of my fudge recipes, but thats because of the added liquid of the Baileys. I used quite a lot of Baileys, so it kind of needs it to set perfectly, but it’s worth it. I used dark chocolate as it works best, but see notes below on how to change this.
When using the dark chocolate, it MUST BE 70% cocoa content. I use supermarket own chocolate as it’s much cheaper, and tend to stay away from brands such as Lindt as I find they melt much wetter and have a more liquid texture.
There is a chance to use milk chocolate, but you need to use at least 800g worth, and again, stay away from branded chocolate. It may still set slightly soft, but you can set it in the fridge to make it firmer.
Baileys
I know Baileys is always a hit around Christmas as my no-bake Baileys cheesecake and Baileys cupcakes recipes for example go a little crazy, and even my Baileys cake which I didn’t post that long ago has down well! I simply adore it.
One thing a lot of people said at my work was that they’re not massive baileys fans, but they still liked this fudge. I’m not sure why, but something about Baileys being in fudge made it acceptable and delicious, so I was super happy with that!
Ingredients
- 397 g condensed milk (one tin)
- 600 g dark chocolate (see notes below)
- 125 ml Baileys
Instructions
- Line a tin with parchment paper – I use a 9" square tin as it makes a nice depth of fudge!
- Put the condensed milk and dark chocolate into a heavy based saucepan – 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.
- Or melt the chocolate together carefully in the microwave/double boiler, and then add in the condensed milk and mix well until smooth.
- Once melted, tip in the baileys and combine well with a bit of beating.
- Pour into the tin and smooth over the mixture. Store in the fridge for at least 5-6 hours (or preferably overnight) to set!
- Once set – remove from the tin and cut into the squares – I cut my tray into small squares of fudge! Return to the fridge for another couple of hours to finish setting if its still a little soft– ENJOY!
Notes
- Updated recipe December 2021
- Original recipe
- 397g condensed milk, 300g milk chocolate, 300g dark chocolate, 75g icing sugar, 125ml baileys
- Add the condensed milk, two chocolates to a pan and melt together. Off the heat, add the baileys and mix until smooth. Then, add the icing sugar and beat again.
- Alternatively, add the icing sugar in with the condensed milk at the beginning if you are worried about icing sugar lumps.
- 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!
- I used the regular Baileys, but you could use the chocolate Baileys, salted caramel, pumpkin spice flavours etc, or any other Irish liqueur!
- When baking with dark chocolate, you should use 70%+ cocoa content chocolate.
- If you want to make this with purely milk chocolate, you should use 800g.
ENJOY!
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Take it they aren’t child friendly because the Bailey’s won’t be cooked off?
You are correct!
I made this fudge but it won’t set please send any suggestions? On google it said to add cream but that made it sloppier. Can this be rescued?
What exact chocolate did you use?
Hi there there’s a few of your fudge recipes I want to do but I brought caramel condensed milk is this only to use I want to make the kinder one and Baileys, love your recipes working my way through them .. thanks Lizzie x
The taste can be different, and sometimes I find it sets softer (so you may need to add more chocolate) but otherwise it should work x
I am going to make this fudge recipe. Are you using sweetened condensed milk or carnation evaporated milk. If I want a little more firmer can I use a few more milk chocolate chips.
Condensed milk for sure, never try and use evaporated milk as they are completely different things! And yes you definitely can add more chocolate!
Does this need to be kept in the fridge once done, as mine is a little sticky. I think it is because I used ‘light’ condensed milk
The light condensed milk will have likely caused that yes, and yes fridge is best.
I tried the recipe used exact ingredients milk and plain chocolate and it was a disaster.would not set I did everything according to advice it was just a squidgy mess.
What exact brands of chocolate did you use? This is likely the problem.
This is so easy to make and tastes amazing! I do t really like Baileys but this is so nice. Only trouble is, once you’ve had one piece, you can’t leave it alone! Going to make some in gift bags for Christmas x
Hi if I wanted to leave the baileys out of this, could I put in cream instead fir a creaminess, if so how much and single or double . Thanks
Hey! No so this sort of fudge you can’t use cream as it won’t set – you can leave out the baileys, and reduce the chocolate to 500g x
Hi I’m going to make these for gifts it says feeds 50 but how big are the pieces to feed 50? Just so I can work out how many batches to make.
Thank you
I would guess they are about 1″ in size!
I made this today along with some others of your fudge but I’m having the same problem, I get bits of icing sugar in the mix even though I’ve sifted it! Have you any suggestions? Thankyou
Oh no!! Sometimes it can happen, but generally I just find beating it works well! You can try leaving out the icing sugar and using more chocolate instead if you would prefer? I would say you would need at least 200g more chocolate!
I have just made it and I am having the same issue with the icing sugar!
What alcohol % would these be, I take it they are not suitable for kids
Hi,
I recently made this recipe using chocolate orange flavoured baileys, and it tasted amazing!!
My only issue was the texture, it was to soft,
I used exactly the right ingredients but it didn’t set how I was hoping any suggestions on how to get a harder consistency?
I did leave it in the fridge for 8 hours and tried the freezer but I found it became more sticky after being frozen.
What base chocolate did you use? It can be that the chocolate didn’t have enough cocoa solids and mixed with the other baileys it may have gone a little soft? x
I used supermarket own chocolate?
Could you make any suggestions?
Did you use the 300g dark and milk, or just 600g milk?
No I used 300g dark and 300g milk,
I did used lighter carnation milk though would this have made a difference?
Ah yes that could definitely make it stickier – I find it’s a similar thing to use double cream and then single cream, the fat content is lower so it won’t set the same. x
Hi Jane,
Just tried this recipe after loving both of your Maltesers and Caramac fudge. For some reason when this one has set it has white streaks on the surface. Can it be fixed and where did I go wrong?
Does it look like the chocolate is blooming? It could be that the chocolate has become too hot maybe and is blooming, or it’s not mixed enough? x
I don’t think it’s bloomed. Can you over mix ? It looked fine when I put in the fridge just as it set it developed white patches will it still taste good? Is there anything I can do to fix it? I used the best chocolate I could get and would hate it to go to waste.
It won’t effect the taste so it will be absolutely fine. If you are bothered, you can drizzle chocolate on top to hide it!
Could I use my paddle attachment to beat this?
You might over beat it and cause it to split, as I find it easy enough to do it by hand! X
Could you use whisky instead of baileys for this?? Wanting to make it as a birthday gift 🙂
I’m not 100% sure – the baileys works as it’s a creme liquor, whereas whiskey obviously isn’t. It may be worth using half the amount (as you would still get the taste) and then it’s more likely to set!