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.
Notes
Megan says
Well, I *was* going to make your eggnog fudge to giveaway as gifts…but this changes everything. I just might have to make both!
walmart_gal says
I made the eggnog it is to die for on our second batch , to give away ,,,,hope it makes it out the door, use hand mixer works great easy on the arms.
So glad to hear this!
Clare says
How many grams is a cup please.using uk measurements to work out quantity of choc chip! Many thanks.
21 ounces or 595.34 grams
Laura says
So just to check, for the condensed milk, we would put in 595.34grams in??
It is 236 mls
averie @ averie cooks says
Sign me up for a whole batch please!
In all your spare time, SDR….wow. Amazing. Bravo!!!
We’ll see how it goes ????
bestgammy says
unwaxed Dental Floss is great for neatly cutting fudge
Sheila Jackson says
can you use Fireball?
I haven’t tried it with Fireball, but as long as you keep the quantities the same, it should be fine! Sounds delicious!
Evelyn Edgett says
I love to surprise my husband (aka the Redneck) with special gifts, and I know that making this with Jim Beam will make a wonderful gift–thank you for the recipe!
I hope he loves it!
Frank B says
I am going to try this recipe with JD Honey and have a couple batches available for my college graduation PARTIES
I hope it turns out great!
Genny says
How did it turn out?
Tim Galvin says
Lisa,
A friend had shared this recipe with me because of a song we had done last year called Chocolate & Whiskey. Sounds like we were all on the same wavelength! Here is a clip of the song for you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Link to lyric video: https://www.facebook.com/galvin.tim/videos/10215113506575781/
Sincerely,
Tim
That’s so funny Tim!
Terri says
OMG I love this song!!!!! And it’s so true!
Noreen says
I love the song. Any chance I can get the music. I’m hearing a ukulele playing that song. It fits me to a T and I so want to do a parody for a situation that I have coming up.
Thanks so much!
It’s actually a song that I bought the rights to through Pond5.com called “Happy World.”
Vern C. allen says
You say do NOT use the whole 14oz can but then you say measure to the 8 oz mark on a measuring cup…..they are one in the same!
I promise you it is not.
Lora says
Yes, 14 ounces do not become 8 ounces, no matter how you pour them. ;) I may have to try this! Hubby already likes Jack Daniel’s ….
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Denise says
Some measurements on food products are weight and some are volume. 14oz volume would not weigh 14oz.
Pat Wootten says
Can you use 1/2 cup of Jack Daniels? If I did what would happen? I have everything to make it with but I want to see if 1/2 cup will work first.
You definitely can, but it might not set properly.
Pat Wootten says
I made it with 1/3 cup of Jack. It turned out great. Thank you.
Mary Lay says
How can 14 oz. and 8 oz. the same?
Robyn says
The can is sold by weight.
The recipe calls for -fluid- ounces, or volume.
Sweetened condensed milk is heavy.
Think of the riddle about which is heavier, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers.
Obviously, the weigh the same, but it takes a lot more feathers.
The volume of bricks versus feathers is different.
But it’s still a pound, by weight.
In this case, the sweetened condensed milk is on the brick side of the comparison.
Patrick says
OMG – Just believe what you are told, or at least look for yourself. It normally comes in a 14oz can, sometimes a 12, or 13.3oz can, depending on the brand. Maybe someone makes an 8oz can but that is a rarity, all of my local stores carry 14oz cans. SMH
Bobby Todd says
A 14 oz can is by weight, by volume it is 1 1/4 cup, 10 oz.
mary h. silva says
hahahahahaha!!! i love your zero tolerance… plus, i was looking for this comment:)))
the woman said DO NOT use the whole freakin’ can!!
whilst making mine, i’m still reading some of the other comments and OMG!
ummm, just as good right off the spoon! ooh with pecans:)
Toby says
That would be completely incorrect. 8pz is a cup, not 14, that’s almost 2 cups.
Mike Baker says
One 14oz (WEIGHT) can = 1 1/4 cups (VOLUME); reserve 1/4 cup from the can, and you’re good to go
Skeeter says
NOT..
Kathi says
I would like to use unsweetened cocoa powder instead of chocolate chips. How would I adapt this recipe and the others?
I’m sorry, I don’t have a good answer for you. This recipe really requires the chocolate chips.
peggy Jurica says
UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE CHIPS ?……OR SWEET?
I used milk chocolate chips, but you could also use unsweetened. It’s just a matter of preference.
Kris says
I use little serving cups.. it makes it bite sized.. and noone I touching the other fudge.. perfect for parties!!!
Alice S. says
If you will read in a cookbook, it usually tell you how to substitute cocoapowder and shortening to replace other types of chocolate.
Lisa says
You just leave it out on the counter to set and then refrigerate after that?
It fully sets on the counter top (or the fridge) but it will slice better if you put it in the refrigerator first.
Marie Bales says
Is it being left out for it to fully set or is it going in the refrigerator to fully set
It fully sets on the counter top (or the fridge) but it will slice better if you put it in the refrigerator first.
Vernie says
Lisa, The recipe calls for 3 1/2 cups of chocolate chips and to melt it in the microwave according to the package instructions….well the package instructs us to only melt 2 cups of choc chips at a time. I did the whole 3 1/2 cups at one time but think maybe it was for too long, as it didn’t completely melt in the allotted time suggested for 2 cups, so I kept doing 15 second intervals…by the time I got the milk, vanilla and whiskey into the melted chips, it turned lumpy. I’m sure it will taste okay but it is not pretty. Any suggestions for next time?
I cooked it all at once, and then you just want to not over cook. It won’t melt totally on it’s own, and you want to do a lot of stirring to help it along.
Chuck McDonald says
Had the same thing happen to me on the first batch I began yesterday. I melted 3-1/2 cups of chips, just to the point I could not detect any chunks. I added the eagle brand and boom clumps, hard to stir, added Jim Beam and Vanilla worked it till I could pour it. 8 hours on the counter, not set, 9 hours in the fridge about the consistency of thick peanut butter. Can;t cut it I just pushes all over the place. Thank goodness I have enough for another try.
SO just to have a better run, I melt the chips with all the wet ingredients together.Right?
BTW the no set product does taste amazing
Just to clarify, you for sure only added 8 oz of the sweetened condensed milk and it’s *definitely* sweetened condensed milk and not evaporated milk? Those would be the biggest reason that I could imagine not setting. I melt my chocolate chips completely before adding the other ingredients.
Star says
I had he same problem. I measured 8 wet ounces of sweetened condensed milk into my measuring cup. It took the entire can, my hand to god, and never set. It tasted really good, but 12 hours later it was still way to soft to be fudge. I’m wondering if you are using a dry 8 ounce measure instead, or by weight? I will try that on my second attempt.
It’s 8 fluid ounces. I poured the sweetened condensed milk into a glass measuring cup until it reach the 1 cup mark or 8 ounces. I’m so sorry this didn’t work out for you.
STEVE says
Use a double boiler to melt the chips. Do not use a microwave.
Lauren says
Steve, I was going to suggest the same thing. It’ll cook more evenly on the stove. We don’t have a microwave at home, so I find myself trying to adapt a lot of recipes online that call for nuking a thing.
B says
I put the chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla in a make shift double boiler( glass bowl in a sauce pot) and melted it that way. I Like it better. I can control the heat.
Jane says
tHe exact same thing happened to me. The chocolate was completely melted but turned lumpy when I added the other ingredients. after it was set you could still feel the lumps. felt like it had choc chips in it.