Christmas Peppermint Bark Fudge – Recipe from Yummiest Food Cookbook (2024)

For the real taste of Christmas try Peppermint Bark Fudge – “After Eight” and candy canes flavored, dark and white chocolate layered, no-bake adorable fudge! So easy and fast to make, 6 ingredients only!

For those who like minty Christmas flavors of “After Eight” and candy canes, Peppermint Bark Fudge will surely complete their holiday joy.

With only a few basic festive ingredients, minimal time spent, and without any baking, you can have a perfect dessert that will be loved by young and adult members of your family. It is ideal for festive occasions also because it can be prepared a few days earlier.

How Do You Make Peppermint Bark Fudge?

This simple Peppermint Bark Fudge recipe requires less than half an hour of your time, and basic „Christmas“ ingredients what is easy to find at this time of the year. Firstly, when planning to make this fudge, count that you will need about 2 hours of cooling before cut and serve.

This recipe is for 9×13“ pan, and it brings about 30 55gram-pieces of fudge (about 2×2 inch squares). Peppermint Bark Fudges are quite “strong”, they can also be cut into smaller pieces, depending on your taste.

If you prefer to make a smaller amount, use 8×8 inch pan and half the amount of ingredients. But don’t worry, even if everything is not eaten, fudge can stand for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator and you can also freeze them for up to 3 months.

Except for the pan, you’ll need a large heatproof bowl (stainless steel or tempered glass) set over a saucepan of simmering water. The water should not touch the bowl. In a bowl put butter, chocolate, condensed milk, in this order, for faster melting, stirring constantly.

In about 6-7 minutes, the mixture should be thick. Place the first layer in the pan, smooth the surface.

Wash the bowl and dry it well before start melting ingredients for the second layer. When a white chocolate layer is thick, place over dark chocolate and smooth surface again.

Unwrap candy canes and put in a quart-sized Ziploc bag. Crush with a pestle or rolling pin, and sprinkle over the fudge. Leave the fudge in a refrigerator until firm enough to cut.

Chocolate Blocks or Chocolate Chips for Melting?

For Christmas Peppermint Bark Fudge, it is important to use good quality chocolate, as it affects the flavor and texture of the fudge (I prefer “Lindt” or “Nestle”). Although chocolate chips are used in many similar fudge recipes, I advise you to use exclusively chocolate bars.

The difference is that chocolate chips have added stabilizers that prevent them from properly melting, whereas chocolate bars don’t.