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
Pat says
In reading the instructions does it mean it lasts 2weeks in refrigerator or you need to let it sit in refrigerator 2 weeks before eating. Thanks
Enjoy right away, and store up to 2 weeks.
Pat says
Thank you, making it today.
Danielle Fairlee says
Two batches made in anticipation of my adult sons’ holiday arrivals! Followed the recipe but first batch is milk chocolate w/ Maker’s Mark and second batch is semi-sweet chocolate with FIREBALL! ???? Bowl scrapings tasted amazing! Look forward to serving it up on Christmas Eve!
I hope you guys love it! Tell me how it tasted with the Fireball!
Todd says
What if I want to really up the JD content? More to the tune of a half cup to that same amount of chocolate.
You can try it! But you run the risk of it not setting.
Carolynn says
Did it set right? Or what adjustments did you do to make it work if i may ask??
Ian Parsons says
Hi is it 3 and a half cups or 1 and a half please?
It is 3 1/2 cups of chocolate chips.
Ruth Ann says
Milk chocolate chips instead of semi sweet???
Yup!
Marel says
I made these yesterday and tried them today, they were so goood! Such a simple recipe for an amazing taste. It’s very sticky though, the chocolate leaves marks on fingers..
Nyuki Shotts says
I keep it in the fridge,it’s still a lovely texture,but not sticky.
Christina says
For those of you wondering about melting the chocolate, I melted mine the same as other fudge recipes suggest – 3 minutes stirring at the minute marks. Then 15 second intervals after that if the chocolate is not smooth yet. Mine worked perfectly.
I’m still waiting to try the end result, but wanted to add that tip. :-)
Joni says
On the whiskey fudge have you ever added nuts? I think pecans would be great. Especially toasted pecans.
I haven’t tried that, but it sounds delicious!
Andrew King says
If you use pecans, Revel Stoke makes a pecan whiskey. I used both last year and had a lot of positive feedback from family and friends.
Nyuki Shotts says
Excellent fudge! Quick,easy and tasty! In regards to cutting it,I used a pizza cutter,which gave the pieces that nice sharp edge,and was very quick. I also melted the chocolate over water,which seems to work better for me as you can continually stir it,but that’s just a personal preference.I used half milk chocolate and half semi-sweet,just because I wanted to use one pack up.
Martha cruz says
Would it be possible to use j and b rather than j.d.?
That shouldn’t be a problem!