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Making Swirled Fudge
Different Flavours
At Calico we have recipes for hundreds of different flavours all made from the three basic mixes. Here are some ideas for you.
Chocolate and Caramel / Vanilla Swirl
If you’re going to make caramel or vanilla and chocolate flavour fudges one after the other you can swirl them together for a great effect and taste! When both flavour fudges are made and still warm and fluid, pour half the lighter coloured fudge into one tray and the other half into the other tray.
Then make the chocolate fudge and pour half that over the first tray and then the other half over the other half tray of fudge.
Take a dessert spoon and going right to the bottom of the fudge tray spoon the lighter fudge right up and over the top of the chocolate – just do this once and you will have some light fudge and some chocolate on the surface of the tray. It’s a fudge flip!
Next comes the swirl . . . you should by now have both fudge flavours sitting on top of the tray – using the other end of the spoon or a skewer gently swirl the fudge together in a figure of eight till the colours marble together. Don’t over-do it or you’ll lose the swirl effect.
Try A Coloured Swirl!
Swirls can be made by simply adding a few drops of colouring and flavouring to a pack of vanilla fudge and mixing them in until you get a marble effect. Alternatively a swirl can be made by mixing chocolate fudge with a coloured fudge.
Coloured swirls work well for mint fudge, strawberry fudge, orange and chocolate fudge or simply chocolate and vanilla. The basic technique is the same for all swirls. The instructions below are specifically for mint and chocolate swirl.
Chocolate Mint Swirl
Take one pack of vanilla fudge and flavour it with peppermint oil and a little green colour, you can make a great swirled fudge with chocolate by following the instructions above.
Peppermint flavours vary considerably but if you start by adding 1/8 of a teaspoon of peppermint essence to plain chocolate fudge, you can increase the strength of your fudge to suit. Flavours do get stronger as the fudge cools so beware, don’t add too much peppermint!
