The 12 Posts of Christmas, Day 8: Maple Fudge

Inside: Can you ever have enough Christmas candy? We think not! Make our maple walnut fudge–quick, easy, and yum. And it makes a great gift, too.

Make maple walnut fudge. — Maple walnut fudge–you know you want to try a piece.

Growing up I remember fondly when the Christmas catalogues would arrive, among them one from Swiss Colony. So many delicious foods in those pages, but I’d always pause at the pancake mix and maple syrup gift box. What does this have to do with Christmas? I wondered. Maybe breakfast on the big day? We usually had cinnamon rolls.

Somewhere along the way, though, the idea must have taken hold because here I am suggesting maple walnut fudge would be a good idea for Christmas. But I need to come clean. The maple is actually from imitation maple extract. I know, I know. . . But it tastes pretty good. And you can make yourself feel better knowing the walnuts are real. And the biggest reason of all? It’s fudge!

Ready to make a batch?

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Maple Walnut Fudge

Author: Amy Harke-Moore

Recipe type: dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep time: 10 mins

Cook time: 5 mins

Total time: 15 mins

Serves: 36 pieces

Ingredients

1½ cups of walnut pieces divided, 1 cup ground into a course meal + ½ cup walnut pieces reserved
2 Tablespoons of coconut flour
1½ cups of an erythritol stevia blend, like Truvia
¾ cup of heavy cream
12 tablespoons of butter
1½ teaspoons of maple extract

Instructions

Prepare an 8 x 8 inch pan by lining with parchment paper that has been greased. (Greased side up.) Set aside.
In a medium sauce pan, whisk the coconut flour, walnut meal, and erythritol stevia blend together.
Add the cream and butter, continue stirring, and bring the mixture to a boil over medium high heat.
Boil two minutes and remove from heat.
Mix in the maple extract and walnut pieces and let cool slightly. (About two or three minutes. Don't wait too long or it will get hard.)
Pour into pan and level out.
Cool overnight and cut into 36 pieces. Store in the refrigerator.
Enjoy!

Notes: If you have no dietary restrictions, you might try using three cups of sugar instead, though I have not tested this! Make sure you keep the fudge in the fridge. When left out for a while during our photo shoot, the fudge softened. Mike actually melted a piece for 20 seconds in the microwave and used it for a topping on a slice of cheesecake. Pretty tasty!