Winters here on the Mason Dixon line have been a little funny the past two years. Not a lot of snow, which is good/bad, depending on how badly I need to travel the roads. We had a 70-degree Christmas last year, and have been recently waffling between weather that swings wildly between above average and bitter cold, between sunshine and snow squalls that rip-roar their way across the skies, disappearing as abruptly as they arrive. Recently I’ve found myself hopefully scanning my weather app for snowflakes — real snow that will cover the ground and maybe even require a shovel for the driveway (a selfish thing to hope for when your husband does all the shoveling). The skies seemed to be promising something, it’s been so drab, overcast, and Punxsutawney Phil promised another six weeks of winter, so maybe a snowstorm will come in time.
I’m ready for some cozy weather in the next six weeks, the kind that absolutely requires a cup of hot chocolate just to make it through the day. I’ve had hot chocolate on my brain a lot, recently, and after re-discovering a love for easy (read: no candy thermometer required) fudge recipes, I thought I’d try incorporating the flavor into an easy batch of hot chocolate fudge.
This recipe calls for only 7 simple ingredients. I used both semisweet chocolate and milk chocolate chips in this hot chocolate fudge to give it a good balance and keep it from being too dark or too sweet (as milk chocolate has the tendency to do). There’s also a full packet of hot chocolate mix stirred right in for ultimate hot chocolate flavor. I used “mallow bits”, which are adorable little hot chocolate marshmallows that you should be able to find in your grocery store alongside the hot chocolate mixes. The marshmallow has a wonderful effect on the final fudge — it makes it extra creamy, rich, and fudgy, and gives it a real melt-in-your-mouth quality.
It’s a sweet and simple hot chocolate fudge, and pretty darn enjoyable, snowstorm or not. Enjoy! This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you purchase anything through these links I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Please view the disclosure policy for more information.
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