White Chocolate Fudge with Cranberries and Pistachios-full of red and green color, perfect for the holidays!
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.
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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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
recipe source ChocolateChocolateandmore.com
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Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
This would make a great treat to send in with my husband for work! I think I’ll be adding this to the Christmas platters this year! I’m stopping by to let you know that your project will be featured at this week’s All my Bloggy Friends. I can’t wait to see what you share this week, Joan. 🙂
Suzanne Perazzini says
These are a truly great addition to the Chocolate Party. White chocolate has a special place in my heart.
Debbie K. says
Yum-Yum! I will have to try making this. Looks sooooooo good!!!
Dawn's Craft Place says
Oh my word I was with you when I heard cranberries and chocolate, but I am convinced…
This looks so decadent I would like a big hunk to sit and enjoy.
Thanks for linking up with us and sharing this yummy treat
Lemons and Anchovies says
I might be in the minority here but I didn’t develop a taste for white chocolate until just a few years ago. But now when I want a sweet treat I find myself craving it. This fudge would be welcome any time, especially with your addition of pistachios. Love this!
Kathy Moody says
I love cranberries, and it sounds fabulous with white chocolate!! YUM!!Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent this week.
cakewhiz says
i love my friends for taking me out of my comfort zone too and this month’s chocolate party ingredient was definitely a challenge from me…lol.
i love this fudge that you made… it looks insanely delicious and i am sure it would be great for gift giving during christmas 🙂
Carrie Burrill says
Joan what a fabulous fudge!! This is going to be a must make for the holidays!
Chocolate Sweets says
What a great twist on fudge sweets
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Jes @ Urban Sacred Garden says
Yum Joan! This looks A-mazing. Can’t wait to make some for the holidays. 🙂
Poppedijne says
I just made this and it is overly sweet.Would at least put 1 cup less sugar in. Was to be a gift but don’t think people will like it it being soooooo sweet.
Joan Hayes says
So sorry, you could definitely cut back on the sugar or add more pistachios to cut the sweet a bit.
Bety says
Beautiful and cozy blog!
I found a picture in Pinterest …. and so I came to your blog
Great recipe!
Joan Hayes says
Thanks for visiting Bety!
Celeste says
This looks so yummy! I found you via Pinterest, and so glad I did! I’m going to have to try this. I love white chocolate and cranberries!
I shared a link to this post on my blog as well:)
https://www.doodlela.com/2013/04/keeping-it-simple.html
Joan Hayes says
Thanks Celeste!
Ruth Cobb says
This looks so good. Pretty too. I have a question for you. I tried the standard marshmallow cream fudge which we make every year and it turns out creamy. Well, I tried it without changes with white chocolate chips and while the flavor was good, it set too hard. What can be added to keep it creamy. I thought of corn syrup. Didn’t want to experiment without some concrete ideas because the ingredients are so expensive. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.
Shirley says
Oooooo…………I’d love to make Herb Onion Batter Bread. 🙂
Debbie says
Do we use salted or unsalted pistachios?
Joan Hayes says
You can use either. If you are using salted pistachios, omit the extra salt for sprinkling on top.
Christie - Food Done Light says
This years batch is on the counter cooling. Used dried cherries instead of cranberries. Can’t wait to eat it. Even the spoon tastes good.
Christie - Food Done Light says
Just brought some to my hair dresser and forwarded the info about your blog to them. They loved the fudge.
Olivia says
This recipe seems so incredible, is it any chance to get the ingredients in grams? In my country it is not possible to buy chocolate chips, so for me it is hard to get chocolate proportion right, I would be super grateful!
Thank you,
Olivia
Joan Hayes says
I’m sorry, I don’t know the conversions but there are several conversion calculators on line.
Lia says
I just got the fudge from the fridge and cut it up. The consistency was perfect and I have never tried to make fudge before, so this was a really excellent recipe!