On the Seventh Day of Parenting - Mini Gifts Made Simple

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This year the children and I have been making fudge to give as mini gifts to friends and family, and also to have on hand in case of visitors with unexpected presents!

It's hugely simple - I can't even remember where I found the basic recipe, but it's used a lot on this Fudge group on Facebook. We use the basic recipe and then mix it up a bit with different additions and flavours.

Basic Fudge Recipe
Ingredients:

Pop your ingredients in the slow cooker

2 x cans Condensed Milk - I buy mine from Lidl, because it's cheaper and not made by Nestlé!
800g Chocolate - the cheaper the better



Method:
Place ingredients in slow cooker on high.
Stir every 10 minutes, for approximately 1 hour.
Line a tin with clingfilm, and pour in the fudge.
Cool and refrigerate overnight.
Cut into squares.

Variations

Chocolate Orange

Use 300g Orange Chocolate (or 2 x Terry's Chocolate Oranges)

500g of Plain or Milk Chocolate 

Top with Terry's Sensations

Gingerbread 

800g of White Chocolate

2 tsp dried Ginger

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Nutmeg. 

 Top with Mini Gingerbread Man sprinkles.

Gingerbread Fudge

Christmas Pudding 

400g Plain Chocolate

400g Milk Chocolate

1/2tsp Nutmeg

1/2 tsp Mixed Spice

1 tbsp Brandy Butter

Stir in 1 mini Christmas Pudding at the end, then top with a second.

Orange & Cranberry

800g White Chocolate

100g Dried Cranberries

1/2-1 tsp Orange Extract or Cointreau

Top with some sparkly sugar or sprinkles.

White Chocolate & Cranberry Fudge

We pop the fudge into cellophane bags and tie up with a nice ribbon.

The fudge we made at Easter

If made in advance, the fudge lasts a while in the fridge, or can even be frozen. Wrap it, unchopped, in baking paper, in a freezer bag to store. If frozen, pop in the fridge to defrost slowly.


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