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White Chocolate Fudge with Cranberries and Pistachios-full of red and green color, perfect for the holidays!

White Chocolate Fudge with Cranberries and Pistachios-full of red and green color, perfect for the holidays!

 

I love my foodie friends. They force me to step out of my comfort zone. I’m not one to put fruit in my chocolate. Except for strawberries. There’s just something special about a chocolate covered strawberry. OK, and Pineapple dipped in chocolate is to die for. And apples, yup, apples and chocolate go well together. But Cranberries?

When I think of Cranberries, I think of Thanksgiving and cranberry jelly or cranberry relish or my mom’s cranberry-apple dish that she really needs to give a name to but the kids love!


So this month for the Chocolate Party the combination is Chocolate and Cranberries.

I started asking around, cranberries, chocolate, hummm, then I had a light bulb moment. Fudge! You can throw almost anything into fudge. Shugary Sweets is practically the queen of Fudge. You have to check out her Peanut Butter Fudge, this is no ordinary Peanut Butter Fudge, I promise, you’ll drool on your keyboard when you see it. She even has a Cinnabon Fudge. Do I even need to say anything else about this one? So she’s my go to girl for fudge.

She made an Apple Pie Fudge for our Apple Challenge recently. Looking over the recipe I knew I could easily just change out a few things and let me tell you…This fudge is amazing. For an 8×8 pan, it makes a ton! I took a plate over to our police department to share (get out of the house before I ate it all.) Most of them looked at me like I was crazy. A few just gave me “that smile” and politely took a piece. All it took was for one of them to take the first timid bite. I felt like I was in that old Life Cereal commercial. He likes it, he likes it, hey Mikey! They were all coming back for seconds, getting a piece to take home “for later,” yeah right!

You won’t be disappointed in this fudge, the colors are perfect for the holidays, the taste is out of this world, it would make a perfect gift…if you can bear to part with some.

White Chocolate Fudge with Cranberries and Pistachios-full of red and green color, perfect for the holidays!

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White Chocolate Fudge with Cranberries and Pistachios

White Chocolate Fudge with Cranberries and Pistachios

Ingredients

  • 3 cups white chocolate chips
  • 3 cups granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • dash of salt
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/2 cup chopped pistachios

Instructions

  1. Place chips in the bowl of your mixer. Have your whisk attachment ready to go. In a large (I used medium but it was close) saucepan, heat sugar, butter, salt and whipping cream till butter is melted, stirring occasionally over medium heat. Once butter is melted continue heating until you bring to a rolling boil. Continue boiling for 4 minutes (set a timer) stirring continuously. Watch that you don't let it boil over. If using a candy thermometer, the temperature should reach 230 degrees.
  2. Pour hot sugar mixture into your mixing bowl and whisk on med speed for about 2 minutes, until all chocolate is melted. Add vanilla, cranberries and pistachios and stir, just till combined. Pour into a parchment lined 8 x 8 pan.
  3. Let set until cooled then refrigerate for 2 hours until cooled. Remove fudge from pan using parchment paper to lift. Slice and enjoy. Store in airtight container.

Notes

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© Karen Aromatorio
adapted from Shugary Sweets 

White Chocolate Fudge with Cranberries and Pistachios-full of red and green color, perfect for the holidays!

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When I was younger, I was constantly in the kitchen helping my mom bake. It was fun getting to play with the flour and always getting to lick the spoon. I’ve always expressed an interest in baking and now I feel that it’s the right time for me to take over. I am a college student working towards a nursing degree as well as a full-time aunt to the sweetest little kids (they might pop up in some of the posts). I’ve learned most of what I know about baking and cooking from my mom, and I am continuing to self-teach through trial and error, which means plenty of sweets to be eaten. Read more...

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  3. Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says

    Aimee is definitely the fudge queen. Her Cinnabon fudge is seriously to die for. She sent some home with me this summer and I didn’t share it. It was sooo yummy! I love that you used her fudge base and added the cranberries and nuts. It is so festive and pretty looking!!!

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    • Joan Hayes says

      Kelli, you definitely want a plan for this fudge, it’s addicting and you won’t even realize you’ve eaten 5 pieces when you go to reach for the sixth one!

    • Joan Hayes says

      Carol, I wish I could share with you but this had to leave the house quickly! I’m loving the chocolate party, fresh new ideas just in time for the holidays!

  9. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says

    This fudge looks rockin’, Joan! I love the combination of white chocolate + pistachios (my favorite nut!) and cranberries. These remind me of the holdiays so much!

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  17. Food Done Light says

    I love when I click on a recipe from a link party without knowing who’s it is and it is someone’s blog I love. Saw your white chocolate fudge on Love Bakes Good Cakes. It was screaming to me – make me, make me. I am going to have to. I LOVE white chocolate.

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