Check out what our friends at Beyond Frosting had to say about this recipe:
“You are a genius. Pure genius I tell you. Frosted animal cookies were my favorite childhood snack when I was a kid… actually they are the only reason I grew as a child. And now fudge is my favorite treat (so much so I have gotten the process down to 5-minutes. … I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am to try this awesome recipe.”
I find this to be a very fun gift to give to people during the holidays. Sure, the fudge doesn’t look Christmasy, but whatever, everyone has always been very happy to receive it. 🙂
Ingredients
2 C Mother’s Circus crackers
For the strawberry fudge
1 pk (11oz) Hershey’s White chocolate chips
1 tbsp Land O Lakes butter
⅔ C Eagle Brand Sweetened condensed milk
1 C Kraft Marshmallow cream
1 pk Jell-O Instant Strawberries and Cream pudding mix
For the white chocolate fudge
1 pk (11oz) Hershey’s White chocolate chips
½ tbsp Land O Lakes butter
⅓ C Eagle Brand Sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Grease a 9×9 glass pan with Crisco and/or line with parchment paper (I do both- it makes it easier to remove the fudge once it is set). Set pan aside.
- Use a Ziploc bag and rolling pin or wooden spoon to crush circus animal crackers into smaller pieces. Set aside
- To prepare the strawberry fudge, combine white chocolate chips, butter and sweetened condensed milk in a pot. Heat on medium low heat and stir until completely mixed. White chocolate can burn easily, so watch carefully.
- Once fully melted, add marshmallow cream and instant strawberry fudge and whisk until smooth. Pour ⅔ of mix into bottom of glass pan. Set remaining ⅓ aside.
- Press ⅔ of the circus animal crackers into the strawberry fudge base.
- Prepare the white chocolate fudge by combining the white chocolate chips, butter and sweetened condensed milk in a pot. Heat on medium lo heat and stir until completely mixed. White chocolate can burn easily, so watch carefully. Pour mixture over top of strawberry fudge. Poor remaining ⅓ of strawberry fudge on top and swirl with a knife.
- Press remaining circus animal crackers into the top of the fudge and add additional sprinkles.
- Allow fudge to set in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before cutting to allow chocolate to soften slightly. I suggest removing fudge from pan before cutting.
Quick Tip – Use a warm knife to cut through the fudge in order to have the cleanest looking slice.
Thank you Beyond Frosting for this recipe!
