This 4 Ingredient Red Velvet Swirl Fudge is perfect for any occasion. Nothing beats an easy to make fudge recipe during the holidays, especially one that looks so impressive. This might look hard but it’s incredibly easy, quick and absolutely delicious!
Welcome to Day 5 of Christmas Week. This annual event was started was something I started way back in 2012. This year we have over 35 bloggers sharing festive sweet recipes for the event. Plus we all chipped in for a huge Amazon Gift Card Giveaway so be sure to enter at the bottom of the post!
I cannot believe this is the last day of Christmas Week. It’s been so much fun, and a bit fattening too. I’ve had blast hosting the event. And baking for the event. And eating for the event. I mean blogger HAVE to test their recipes. It’s a hard job but someone has to do it.
I’ve made some great recipes this week. Oddly most seemed to have the word “crack” in them. I got a bit carried away with those types of recipes. It’s hard not to because they’re so easy and wicked delicious at the same time. Plus they contain chocolate so that is a surefire hit.
I hope you’ve enjoyed Christmas Week as much as we have. So many amazing recipes to peruse and check out. I cannot get over how many recipes I whipped up this week. Not to mention how many recipes I’ve tasted and perfected this week. I’m honestly surprised I can fit through the door at this point.
No matter how many calories were consumed one thing is certain, I could not ask for better partners in crime for this amazing event. The bloggers involved with Christmas Week stepped up and blew my mind every single day. So THANK YOU to all my lovely friends who joined me this week!
A huge shout out to Aly of Cooking In Stilettos for helping me update recipe links this week. It’s a big job to go through posts every day to ensure all posts went up and had correct information. Aly stepped up when my week spun out of control for personal reasons. Thank you Alycat!
A bunch of us bloggers got together to chip in on a killer prize for Christmas Week. We’re giving away 1 x $500 Amazon Gift Card, 1 x $250 Amazon Gift Card, and 1 x $50 Amazon Gift Card. You heard that right. $800 in prizes for Christmas Week. We’ll pull 3 winners, one for each prize.
So be sure to scroll to the bottom to enter. Don’t freak out or get overwhelmed by the number of entry options. The only required one is a blog comment. The rest are just extras for people who really dig contesting. If you’re not into following lots of peeps all you have to do is comment on this post.
However, if you do dig following lots of bloggers, and getting extra entries for giveaways then have at it. Enter as many times as you like. Bloggers love to be followed on social media so we gave you lots of options for following all of us. I can promise you these bloggers rock. So following would be cool.
If you’d like to get to know the bloggers involved you can scroll the links below. There’s over 35 of us participating in Christmas Week this year. It’s a great group of bloggers and I’m so happy they all joined me for this adventure.
Participants for Christmas Week:
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- Poet in the Pantry
- The Redhead Baker
- Pineapple and Coconut
- All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
- Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Cupcakes & Kale Chips
- The Little Ferraro Kitchen
- Crumb: A Food Blog
- The Bitter Side of Sweet
- Amee’s Savory Dish
- Comfortably Domestic
- Food Done Light
- Farm Fresh Feasts
- Flour On My Face
- Mother Would Know
- Food Lust People Love
- My Catholic Kitchen
- Daily Appetite
- Try Anything Once Culinary
- That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Savory Experiments
- Cooking In Stilettos
- Food Babbles
- Mind Over Batter
- Rants From My Crazy Kitchen
- Lauren Kelly Nutrition
- Big Bear’s Wife
- Everyday Southwest
- From Gate to Plate
- Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Savoring Italy
- Dixie Chik Cooks
- The Tomato Tart
- Aloha Flavor
- CopyKat Recipes
Recipes from Day 6 of Christmas Week! Please visit all our talented participants:
- Christmas Wreath Cupcakes from The Redhead Baker
- Gingerbread Sugared Almonds from Crumb: A Food Blog
- Fresh Cranberry Mini Scones from Farm Fresh Feasts
- Chocolate Praline Pretzels from Food Lust People Love
- Cranberry Tangerine Mojito from Mind Over Batter
- Creamy Espresso Hot Chocolate from Rants From My Crazy Kitchen
- Gingerbread Cookie Bars from From Gate to Plate
- Stained Glass Cookies from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Macadamia Coconut Macaroons from Aloha Flavor
- Peppermint Popcorn from Poet in the Pantry
- Mexican Chocolate Panna Cotta from Cooking in Stilettos
- Peppermint Mocha Truffles from Try Anything Once Culinary
- Chocolate Mocha Roulade from Mother Would Know
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- 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
- Red gel food colouring start with 1 dab then add from there to adjust colour
- 1 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Line an 8 inch pan with foil or parchment paper, set aside.
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Grab two medium size bowls.
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Place milk chocolate chips into one bowl. Add red gel food colouring and stir until combined. Start with one little dab to start. You can always adjust the colour later. Always best to start with a bit and add more. Once you add too much you can't go back. Set aside.
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Pour white chocolate chips into the other bowl. Set bowl aside.
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In a small saucepan heat the sweetened condensed milk over medium-low heat. You want it to bubble gently across the top of the milk, and heat through without browning or sticking. This takes a few minutes. Don't walk away from it, stir it occasionally and keep a close eye on it. It can go from warming gently to burning pretty quickly.
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Add the salt and vanilla. Stir. Take off heat. Pour half the milk over the milk chocolate chips, and half over the white chocolate chips.
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Use a different spoon to stir each one quickly until the chocolate chips melt and the mixture is smooth and thick.
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Drop random spoonfuls here and there in the pan. Just drop them all over so they look like patchwork. Keep adding spoonfuls randomly until all the mixture is in the pan.
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Take a knife and gently pull it back and forth slowly to create patterns in the fudge. There's no right or wrong way to do it. I drag mine in lines one way, then turn the pan and run them the other way.
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Place the pan in the fridge for about 2 to 3 hours, or overnight. You can score it before it completely hardens if you like.
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Once fudge is chilled cut into squares.
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Serve with a big old red velvet loving smile!
Recipe adapted slightly from Eagle Brand Foolproof Chocolate Fudge
Here’s a recap of all my Christmas Week Recipes:
Mini Peanut Butter Cup Christmas Crack
Craving More Fudge Recipes? Check these out:
Thanks so much for joining us for Christmas Week!
Toodles! xx
Janet says
Yum! These look totally delicious!
Phyllis says
peanut butter fudge
Amy says
I love your swirl, I wish mine looked this nice.
Don says
Stumbled across CopyKat’s site a couple of months ago and now I get to check out a bunch of sites like this one, where people just love trying new dishes. Yay.
Gonna try the red-velvet fudge this weekend.
Sara says
I love making pizzelles!
Amanda says
I love making peanut blossoms!
Mary Anne LaRocque-Ouamar says
I love making chocolate thumprints with a twist, I sometimes use mini peanut butter cups Or gummy candy! Also am finally following in my Granny’s 👣 and making her Chocolate TV Rolls!
Kim Beaulieu says
I love all the stuff you make. Gummy candies in thumbprints would be amazing. Very cool idea. What are Chocolate TV Rolls? I’ve not heard of those.
Kaleigh says
Love making holiday/seasonal cupcakes or cake!
Terri C says
I think my favorite treat to make is peanut butter fudge. Everyone looks forward to it.
Carissa Gomes says
Traditions are important in our home. I would love to start new ones to keep families together. I am going to attempt the Red Velvet Swirl recipe as it would look beautiful on table at Christmas.
Nicole says
cookies, specially snickerdoodles!
Barb says
peanutbutter fudge
debbie says
It’s hard to choose just one but I do love a big pan of gingerbread.
Ashley London says
Looks delicious. Can’t wait to try to make this!
Dawn says
I love making caramel corn during the holidays and only holidays because it’s so addicting! There are always friends and family over to help me eat it.
Amy S. says
Gingerbread cookies!
Kim says
Decorated sugar cookies of course! Classically delicious and beautiful.
Karen @ Karen's Kitchen Stories says
Those are pretty incredible looking, and they do sound easy even if they looks so “fancy pants.” Love that! I may just have to whip some up ASAP. Thanks so much for hosting this fun event.
Karrie Smith says
I love making sugar cookies!
Kirsten says
Kim,
You make both hosting and creating gorgeous treats look effortless, but I know there has to be a ton of behind the scenes work involved–at least in the hosting.
I’m pretty sure in making those lovely swirls as well. My marbling skills leave a lot to be desired. It’s ok, everyone has to have something that they are good at.
Thanks for the fudge, thanks for the opportunity, thanks for being you!
Cindy Sandberg says
Can’t wait to try the red velvet fudge, it looks so yummy
Karen Oliver says
These look delicious. I will be making them soon.
Laura @MotherWouldKnow says
I could sit and stare at the photos of this fudge all day long. And that would be much better for my waistline than getting up, going to the pantry and making myself a batch to eat right now. But it wouldn’t be as much fun and I’ll all about the fun:)
Chelsea kithcart says
Red velvet cake !
Becky says
My daughter just made this fudge following the directions and we realized the way it’s written that you would end up with a milk chocolate and pink swirled fudge. Generally with a red velvet recipe you add the red to the chocolate. I have a feeling the recipe should have stated to add the red to the milk chocolate chips and leave the white chips white. They both taste the same but we were expecting the red and white fudge like the picture.
Kim Beaulieu says
Hi Becky. Thanks for reaching out. You are completely correct. There was an error in the recipe. I apologize for any inconvenience. I had someone email about them so I’ve corrected the recipe. I really appreciate when people like you let me know if I have errors. That way I can fix issues right away. The downside to blogging solo is I have no one to proofread for me so occasionally I make mistakes. Thanks for the heads up and for being so nice about it. Not everyone is so kind. It’s much appreciated.
Lauren Moore says
Just made these and our red Fudge seems to have separated, it looks all oily and wouldn’t swirl properly. Any ideas why, I’m wondering whether it was the food colouring but it shouldn’t be?
Kim Beaulieu says
Hi Lauren. Sorry, I just saw this. I took a bunch of time off over the holidays because my daughter was home on military leave for a month.
It could have been the food colouring. I also noticed when I made this is a super hot kitchen once that it would not set up as nicely. I’ll make a fresh batch next week and see if there’s an issue I should be aware of. I know this one is super popular around Valentine’s Day too so I’ll do a test to see if there’s something written up incorrectly. Thanks for letting me know and I’ll definitely share my results. I am so sorry you had trouble with this. I know how frustrating it can be when recipes don’t turn out properly.
Voni says
Amaazing 😍
Kim Beaulieu says
Thank you.