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Maple Fudge

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 12/15/20Updated: 12/07/23

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Maple Walnut Fudge for the holidays!

Maple Fudge is creamy, delicious, easy to make and the perfect holiday treat. With or without walnuts, this fudge is delicious!

Maple Walnut Fudge

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

If you are looking for a delicious fudge recipe to give to friends and neighbors as well as enjoy in your own home, skip the traditional chocolate fudge and try this delicious maple fudge.

When it comes to fudge making, walnuts are always my nut of choice.  They are a perfect compliment to the maple fudge. But if you are not a fan of nuts you can easily leave the walnuts out of the recipe.

sliced Maple Walnut Fudge

Ingredients

  • Sugar
  • Evaporated milk
  • Butter
  • Maple Flavored Extract or Mapleline
  • White Chocolate Chips
  • Miniature Marshmallows
  • Walnuts
uncut Maple Walnut Fudge

How to Make Maple Fudge

  • Prepare your pan by lining a 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper. Make sure the parchment hangs over the edge of the pan. This makes fudge easy to remove from the pan.
  • Melt butter, sugar and milk together in a large, heavy pan.
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it comes to a rolling boil. 
  • Boil for 5 minutes.
  • Remove pan from heat and add in white chocolate chips, marshmallows, maple flavoring, and walnuts.
  • Stir to combine fully.
  • Pour into lined pan.
  • Top maple fudge with remaining walnuts and gently press into fudge.
  • Refrigerate about 1 hour or allow to set up at room temperature.
  • Lift parchment paper to remove fudge from pan and cut into squares.

Tips

  • The trick to successful fudge making is a good heavy pan and lots of stirring. No candy thermometer is needed for this recipe.
  • This recipe can be made with real maple syrup in place of the extract or Mapleline. I prefer the stronger maple flavor of Mapleline. The fudge is also more a a light tan. Maple syrup will give you the off white color pictured.
Maple Walnut Fudge pieces

I love adding fudge to my holiday cookie plates I giveaway each year. Fudge keeps better and longer than cookies and people are always so pleasantly surprised with something other than cookies. 

Check out more of my favorite candy recipes:

  • Cookies and Cream Candy Bark
  • Easy Holiday Fudge
  • Sugar Cookie Popcorn

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Maple Walnut Fudge

Maple Fudge

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Delicious and rich maple flavored fudge with walnuts.
serves: 24 pieces
Prep:5 minutes minutes
Cook:3 minutes minutes
Total:8 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

  • 2 C sugar
  • 1 cup Evaporated milk
  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • 2 tsp maple flavored extract or Mapleline
  • 3 cups bag white chocolate chips
  • 3 cups minature marshmallows
  • 1 1/2 cups walnuts lightly chopped, divided

Instructions

  • Line a 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper so that paper hangs over the edges of the pan.
  • In a large, heavy pan, melt butter, sugar and milk together.
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it comes to a rolling boil.  Boil for 5 minutes.
  • Remove pan from heat and add in white chocolate chips, marshmallows, walnuts and maple flavoring.
  • Pour into lined pan. Top with remaining walnuts and gently press into fudge.
  • Refrigerate about 1 hour or allow to set up at room temperature.
  • Lift parchment paper to remove fudge from pan. Cut into squares.

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 139kcal (7%) Carbohydrates: 18g (6%) Protein: 1g (2%) Fat: 7g (11%) Saturated Fat: 1g (6%) Cholesterol: 6mg (2%) Sodium: 24mg (1%) Potassium: 64mg (2%) Sugar: 17g (19%) Vitamin A: 70IU (1%) Vitamin C: 0.3mg Calcium: 35mg (4%) Iron: 0.2mg (1%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Candy
Cuisine:American
Maple Walnut Fudge
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  1. Ardie says

    Posted on 9/14 at 10:44 am

    Can another flavoring be used. I do not like anything maple. I thought about maybe rum….

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne Wilkes says

      Posted on 9/14 at 10:59 am

      sure, use whatever flavor you like.

      Reply
  2. Jennifer says

    Posted on 1/18 at 3:22 pm

    This didn’t work for me, either. It tasted good, looked good, but was not at all set up. Very soft and squishy. I heated it to well above the right temperature. I am at 846′ elevation.

    Reply
  3. Kristi says

    Posted on 12/19 at 7:54 pm

    This recipe didn’t work for me at all! I better stick to those using a candy thermometer maybe.

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 12/20 at 9:24 am

      Kristi, I am curious, what is the elevation you live at? I have changed the recipe to include a temperature to cook the fudge to.

      Reply
      • Kristi says

        Posted on 12/21 at 5:03 am

        I’m at about 5300 feet. I appreciate the temperature add and will try it again with that. I made my first successful divinity this year using the correct temp for my altitude so I bet that’s a huge part of it. Thanks!

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