This Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Fudge is your favorite liquor and chocolate COMBINED! Make this easy homemade fudge recipe with condensed milk in five minutes! It’s so fast and delicious. You won’t be able to eat just one piece.
For even more great easy fudge recipes make sure you look at these 25 easy fudge recipes.
One of my most popular recipes this time of year is my Bailey’s Fudge. Actually, all of my fudge recipes are really popular this time of year, but especially the Bailey’s Fudge. Guys. People like their liquor and their chocolate together. Maybe a reason why this Red Wine Chocolate Cake is so popular.
I recently got a comment on my Bailey’s Fudge recipe from someone asking me to make Jack Daniel’s Fudge. And I was immediately intrigued.
Guys.
I like whiskey.
Also . . . . at the risk of all of you coming together to start an intervention for this weird blogger stranger who’s posts you sometimes read . . . . I started another blog . . . . that is only cocktails.
Shake Drink Repeat is my new little fun side hobby because I have an abundance of free time.
Guys. I like sarcasm too.
SDR is a work in progress, but my hope is that in the future (read: After Christmas when I have more time), it will be the home of tons of fun and obscure cocktails that you can play with at home.
Anyway.
Let’s talk about this fudge!
HOW TO MAKE EASY HOMEMADE FUDGE
The key to making an easy homemade fudge is to start with sweetened condensed milk. The basic ratio is 14 oz sweetened condensed milk to 3 cups of chocolate chips. But when you start throwing in other liquids (like whiskey) or other things (like Nutella) you have to tweak things a little bit.
HOW TO MAKE JACK DANIEL’S WHISKEY FUDGE
- Make sure that you stick to the recipe. I know, this is not a novel idea, but it’s pretty important.
- When you measure the sweetened condensed milk, use a glass measuring cup and measure to the 8 oz mark. Do NOT use the whole can.
- Make sure you buy SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK. It looks incredibly similar to the evaporated milk, but they work very differently. Your fudge will not set if you use evaporated milk.
- Before cutting this fudge, stick it in the refrigerator (covered) for an hour. It will make it cut much more smooth.
- To get the crisp edges you see on my fudge, I actually used a pairing knife and sliced of a tiny bit. You don’t need to do that if you aren’t a food blogger. It still tastes great with rough edges.
Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Fudge
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups chocolate chips I used milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk see note
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup Jack Daniel’s whiskey
Instructions
- Line an 8 by 8 inch baking dish with aluminum foil.
- In a large bowl melt the chocolate chips in the microwave according to package instructions.
- Stir in the sweetened condensed milk, the vanilla extract, and the whiskey.
- Pour the mixture into the baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil and let set completely (about four to eight hours). Refrigerate for 1 hour before slicing. This last step of refrigeration is optional, but makes the fudge slice nicely.
- Enjoy and store in an airtight container for two weeks.
Recipe Video
Notes
Brooke says
This turned into separated oil sludge as soon as I added in the sweetened condensed milk. I wasn’t surprised as that’s happened to any fudge recipe I’ve made using sweetened condensed milk. Was hoping this one would be different. Clearly it’s worked for others though!
I’m so sorry this didn’t work for you. That has never happened to me and I’ve made countless batches of fudge using this method. I’m wondering if your chocolate was overcooked. Chocolate does all sorts of wild things when it gets too hot. One method that has been really successful for me has been to focus on stirring the chocolate while melting. It helps it melt faster and allows you to avoid over-heating it.
Brooke says
Hi! Yep. I stirred like crazy. And I actually have made a ton of chocolate truffles etc so have a lot of experience tempering chocolate etc. so I’m no stranger to the weird of chocolate. Couldn’t get this to work at all. Attempted again yesterday.
Again, I’m really sorry. Without the being there it’s hard to pinpoint what the issue is.
Colleen says
I’ve made a ton (might not be much of an exaggeration) over the last several years and I come back here all the time to check and make sure I’m doing it correctly. Thank you for this great idea.
I’m so happy you like it!
Suzanne Phillips says
I have a very easy and fool proof fudge recipe but have to try the whisky recipe
thanks for the recipies.
Susan says
What do you do with the remaining sweetened condensed milk? Most recipes use the entire can.
Most recipes do! But if you use the whole can here and the Jack Daniels, it won’t set. I typically discard it.
Jill says
Susan, you can put it in coffee like creamer.
Jana says
Save it and after about 4 batches you will probably have enough for the fifth batch. Seriously, put in a container and store in the refrigerator.
Robin says
Hi Lisa, do you think Kamora or a coconut rum would work?
Swapping in any alcohol should work.