Did you know you can make candy cane cotton candy from just using crushed candy canes?! AND would you believe it if I told you, I actually prefer eating it in the form of spun sugar rather than a cane? Ho ho ho!! So, we teamed up with some of our favorite bloggers for a big ol’ cookie exchange (#ChristmasCookieSquad) and made one of our favorite holiday treats… candy cane peppermint bark fudge, topped with candy cane cotton candy! This fudge recipe is super easy to make (easy + holidays = happy) and when topped with a little puff of spun candy cane, it’s a total hit at any party! The best part is, when you make cotton candy from candy canes, it doesn’t disintegrate as fast, so you can leave it out on a dessert table and it will look fresh for awhile! Recipe below! And check out more sweet recipes from our Christmas Cookie Squad!!
Freutcake’s Linzer Christmas Cookies
Julie’s Peppermint Drops
Lovely Indeed’s Elf Quote Christmas Cookies
Paper & Stitch’s Blood Orange Vanilla Bean Meringues
Inspired by Charm’s Cream Wafer Tree Cookies
The Sweetest Occasion’s Italian Meatball Cookies
The Effortless Chic’s Almond Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
Studio DIY’s Color Dipped Gingerbread Cookies
Sugar & Cloth’s Everything Sweet Sugar Cookies
Candy Cane Peppermint Bark Fudge
Ingredients
Chocolate
- 2 1/4 cups semi-sweet morsels, one 12 ounce bag
- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk, 8 ounces
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
White Chocolate
- 2 1/4 cups white chocolate morsels
- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk, 8 ounces
- 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
Instructions
- Stir the chocolate, condensed milk, baking soda and peppermint extract together in a heat-proof bowl.
- Set it on a double broiler (on low), until almost melted.
- Remove from heat and stir in the remaining (unmelted) chunks of chocolate.
- Pour into 8x8 pan and let it sit in the refrigerator.
- Do the same with the white chocolate and pour into of the cooled chocolate layer.
- If you have a cotton candy machine (we used this one!), crush the candy cane and then add it into your machine. Follow the directions on the cotton candy machine to complete.
- Put each little cotton candy puff on top of the bark and enjoy!!
Cotton Candy!? You just took fudge to a whole new level! Pure genius.
xo Michael
Hehe, thanks Michael!!! You know I’m loving those trees you made!!!
Can I just say how awesome it is that you used cotton candy in your recipe! Love it! Such a fun group of bloggers!
Haha!! Thank you!! It’s literally cotton candy made from crushed candy canes!! This was too fun 🙂
Oh, yes! Fudge is one of my many favorites! Can’t wait to try this.
Thanks Leah!!! XOXO
Will you be posting your ‘ pumpkin cinnamon buns recipe’ soon? chris
Well now we’re passed pumpkin season, haha!! Maybe I’ll save this for next year hehe 🙂
Looks so delicious omg! Almost too pretty to eat!
Thanks Anisha!! We had a blast making these!!
Hi! These are super adorable and I can’t wait to make them for our ugly sweater holiday party. 🙂 One question…in the directions there is no mention of the condensed milk. Do you heat that as well over the double boiler or stir in after it is all melted? Thanks, Eden! Such a beautiful dessert!
Oh my goodness!! Thank you Kimberly for letting me know!! I fixed it! So you mix the condensed milk with the chocolate, etc. and stir before you melt on a double broiler. I tried adding it in after the chocolate was melted and it doesn’t work at all! So it has to be done before while the ingredients are all still room temp. They will melt together so your chocolate won’t lump together. Chocolate can be so tricky!!
Okay first of all I didn’t even know you could make cotton candy at home, but with PEPPERMINT??? this is all kinds of amazing.