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Mint Chocolate Fudge

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posted: 02/19/14

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Mint Chocolate Fudge is a delicious and easy treat to make. Good luck eating only one piece! This quick spin on my Easy Fudge Recipe is bound to become a family favorite.

a small cake stand with a pile of mint chocolate fudge

One of my favorite desserts to make is this super easy fudge. It’s almost impossible to screw up and there are so many different things that you can do with it. It’s like a blank canvas.

I’ve made it so many different ways now (you can check out my fudge recipes here) that I tend to think that I won’t have another one in me. But then I will be laying in bed at night and more fudge will creep in.

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These were amazing! It reminds me of my moms mint brownies she always made for Christmas! I have made this twice in one week already! Thank you for sharing this recipe.

How to Make Mint Chocolate Fudge

  1. Prepare the pan. Line an 8 by 8 inch pan with aluminum foil. You can also cut two pieces of parchment paper and lay them across each other in the pan making an X. This helps lift the fudge out of the pan. You can see an example of this in my Carrot Cake Fudge video.
  2. Melt the chocolate chips. You are going to be working with both chocolate and white chocolate chips. Melt them (separately) in the microwave, according to the instructions on the package. (See my tips for melting chocolate below.)
  3. Add in the mint extract and the green food coloring. Working quickly, you want to stir in the mint extract to the chocolate chips and the green food coloring to the white chocolate.
  4. Combine the chocolate. To get the beautiful swirls you see here, add a few spoonfuls of each at a time to the prepared pan. Once you’ve added all the chocolate, give the pan a little shake to make the whole mixture is even.
  5. Make the swirls. Very gently, run a butter knife through the chocolate to make a swirl pattern.
  6. Let set overnight. Cover the pan with foil and let the fudge set up on the counter or in the refrigerator overnight. Then remove from the pan and cut.
a small white bowl full of mint chocolate fudge

Melting Chocolate

Melting Chocolate Chips

It is important when you are melting chocolate that you don’t overheat it. The bags of chips you buy at the store typically have instructions on them for melting, but if they don’t, you can melt these in the microwave.

Start by melting for 1 minute at half power. Stir very well and then put it back in the microwave for 30 seconds at full power. When you take it out stir again very well. If there are still lumps, put it back in for another 30 seconds.

It is very important to stir well between intervals. This stirring will do more for melting the chocolate than having it in the microwave and will keep you from overheating over scorching the chocolate.

Melting White Chocolate

White chocolate isn’t actually a thing, as there is no such thing as a white cocoa bean. The white chip morsels that you buy are much more fragile to work with than actual chocolate. When you add liquid to them it is very easy for them to seize up. When that happens it becomes an unlovable ball of goo.

As with the chocolate above, melt for 1 minute at half power. Then do a lot of stirring and let the melting that already happened in the microwave and your stirring power do the work. Put the chocolate back in the microwave if you need to, but focus on getting it as smooth as possible out of the microwave.

Then work really quickly adding the green food coloring and combining it in the pan with the other chocolate. See below for what to do if your chocolate does seize.

When White Chocolate Siezes

If your white chocolate does seize up, add a little bit of vegetable shortening or Crisco to it. A little will go a long way, so add only a teaspoon at a time until it becomes smooth again.

three pieces of mint chocolate fudge stacked on top of each other

Other Great Fudge Recipes

If you can’t get enough fo fudge, try some of my other favorites.

4.91 from 20 votes

Mint Chocolate Fudge

Serves: 36 pieces
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Prep: 10 minutes
Total: 8 hours 10 minutes
Mint Chocolate Fudge is a delicious and easy treat to make. Good luck eating only one piece!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
  • 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk be sure not to buy evaporated milk
  • 1 teaspoon mint extract
  • green food coloring

Instructions

  • Line an 8×8 pan with foil so that it is sticking out over the edges.
  • Seperately, and following the instructions on the bag, melt the chocolate in the microwave. A lot of the melting will occur from stirring the chocolate, stir very well after every 30 second interval, and be careful not to over heat the chocolate. It will likely be melted after less than a minute.
  • Add half of the sweetened condensed milk to one bowl of melted chocolate and half to the other.
  • Add the mint extract to the chocolate bowl, and add the green food coloring to the white chips. Stir until fully combined.
  • Randomly add the fudge mixture from each bowl to the prepared pan. Shake the 8×8 pan a little to make it even. Very gently run a butter knife a few times through to give it a swirled effect.
  • Refrigerate overnight. Pull the foil (with the fudge) out of the pan and away from the fudge. Cut off the rough edges (just a very small amount to make a clean edge). Then cut the block of fudge into four large pieces. Cut each fourth into 9 pieces for a total of 36 pieces of fudge. Serve or store in an airtight container.
Calories: 101kcal (5%) Carbohydrates: 14g (5%) Protein: 1g (2%) Fat: 5g (8%) Saturated Fat: 3g (19%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g Monounsaturated Fat: 1g Cholesterol: 7mg (2%) Sodium: 23mg (1%) Potassium: 63mg (2%) Fiber: 0.02g Sugar: 13g (14%) Vitamin A: 32IU (1%) Vitamin C: 0.3mg Calcium: 46mg (5%) Iron: 0.04mg
Author: Lisa Longley
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

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  1. Kass says

    5 stars
    This turned out delicious!

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m so glad to hear it!

  2. Susan says

    5 stars
    I would like the nutrition values please

    • Lisa Longley says

      It is in there now.

  3. Pat says

    5 stars
    Have you used the mint chocolate chips???

    • Lisa Longley says

      I haven’t, but I’m sure they would work just fine!

  4. Pat says

    HI Lisa,
    Enjoyed your crock pot lasagna receipt, great idea to do it in the crock pot! I used spinach, yellow peppers, and carrots instead of meat, and lentil lasagna noodles for less carbs and more fiber. Turned out delicious.
    Adapting receipts to be vegetarian is what I do a lot of times.
    Thank you for your joy and enthusiasm!
    God Bless,
    Pat Clohecy

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m so glad you liked it!

  5. Amanda H says

    Hi! I’m having issue with the fudge not getting to pouring consistency. I’m assuming it never got hot enough. I got the chips melted smooth and it became a sort of dough after adding the condensed milk. When I reread the recipe I followed them perfectly (except sometimes it mentions pans and other times microwave), so I read your entire article thinking I should have put the SCM in while melting the chocolate, but it actually didn’t mention adding the sweetened condensed milk at all. Can you please help me?

    • Lisa Longley says

      Thank you for catching the inconsistency about pan vs. bowl. Step 3 talks about adding the SCM. The fudge may not be pourable. You can spoon it into the pan and then swirl it and it will be just fine!

  6. Rose Shifman says

    Hello Lisa,
    Thank you very much for your recipe for the mint chocolate fudge.
    My question is how much food coloring do I add to the white chips as it does not say?
    Thank you,
    Have a great day and I wait for your response.
    Happy Good Friday and Happy Easter!

    • Lisa Longley says

      Hi Rose! A few drops will do, but it’s really up to you and how green you want it.

  7. Tisha Marie says

    I’d love to try this but I don’t have a microwave. What tips you have for a stove top recipe?

    • Lisa Longley says

      My recipe for plain fudge has stovetop instructions: Fudge Recipe.

  8. Casey says

    5 stars
    This fudge tastes amazing and is so easy to make! Great recipe 🤤😍

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m so glad that you liked it, Casey!

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