The easiest 5 ingredient Microwave Salted Caramel Fudge recipe!! Super quick and totally delicious!
Do you know what I love? A quick and easy recipe that is completely no-fuss! And that’s exactly what this Microwave Salted Caramel Fudge recipe is. It also helps that it’s super yummy too!
I used to make fudge on the stovetop but now I’m a complete microwave convert. It honestly could not be any easier to make fudge in the microwave. Heat, stir, heat, stir… you get the point, right!?
If you’d like a plain caramel fudge, then simply leave the sea salt flakes out of this recipe. BUT OH MY GOSH!! Please don’t!! The salt is what makes this fudge AMAZING!
Oooh and if you’re a really lovely person (which of course you are!!), then this makes the perfect gift for a friend. It will last up to a week in an airtight container in the fridge – so you can make it ahead of time and then relax knowing you’ve got something totally delicious sitting in the fridge.
Anyway, that’s it from me today! I hope you love this Microwave Salted Caramel Fudge as much as I do (and sorry.. but it really should come with an addictive warning!!). xxx
PS. If you want to experiment with some more microwave fudge recipes, check out my Milo & Tim Tam Fudge and my Baileys Chocolate Fudge. So simple and sooooo good!
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Microwave Salted Caramel Fudge
The easiest 5 ingredient Microwave Salted Caramel Fudge recipe!! Super quick and totally delicious!
Ingredients
- 150 g unsalted butter
- 395 g tin sweetened condensed milk
- 500 g brown sugar
- good pinch of sea salt (plus extra for sprinkling)
- 250 g white chocolate melts
Instructions
Grease and line a 18X28cm rectangular slice tin with baking paper and set aside.
Place the butter, condensed milk and brown sugar into a microwave-safe bowl. Melt together in the microwave for 8 minutes (take out and stir every 2 minutes).
Stir through the sea salt and white chocolate melts.
Pour the fudge into the prepared tin and sprinkle over the extra sea salt.
Place into the fridge to set for 2 hours before cutting into pieces. T
Recipe Notes
This fudge can be stored for up 1 week in an airtight container in the fridge.
Do you have the recipe in cups
Hi Kelly, the most accurate way of making this recipe is in grams. However, if you don’t have scales, you might like to use an online converter which will help you change to cups. xx
How do you stop the fudge from being grainy
Hi Dinna, cook it on a slightly lower temperature or try a different brand of brown sugar or white chocolate and see if that makes a difference. xx
To keep it from getting grainy make sure to scrape sides of bowl when stirring so the sugar is melted and doesnt get any grains in it from sides of bowl.
Need to cook longer.
I doubled this recipe and needed 12 minutes on my 1200w microwave. Keep storing and testing the fudge before you add white chocolate yo ensure all the sugar has cooked and dissolved properly.
Hello, and thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe. May I please ask that you convert the grams to American standard measurements for us goofy ones out here.
Thank you so much again..
Lucy
This fudge is much easier to make than on the stove with a candy thermometer!
I was afraid the fudge was going to be dry as I was cutting it but it’s great and this creamy and salty fudge is fabulous!
Thank you!
Wonderfully easy to follow recipe and the results are absolutely delicious. I have made fudge in the past on the stove top and this microwaved method is so much safer and easier. I used a silicon baking mould which made turning out and cutting so much easier. Thank you for sharing!
Yay!!! That makes me so happy! Thank you for your lovely comment! xx
Just made the salted fudge and it is delicious thanks for the recipes
Yay! So glad you liked it! xx
I looooove Caramel!!! They look so yummy.:)
if you are making Baileys fudge how much baileys do you put in
Hi Ethel, please see this recipe: https://bakeplaysmile.com/microwave-baileys-chocolate-fudge/
Thank you I will give it a try
I made this fudge today and it is amazing,the best I have made and I have tried lots of recipes.I used Alfie white chocolate bar broken into small pieces and it worked brilliantly.Thank you for sharing this with us!
Yay!!! I’m so happy you enjoyed it Cath! Thank you for leaving such a lovely comment! xx
Can you use Caramelised Condensed Milk in this recipe? Not sure if you would cut out some of the sugar if you used that?
Hi Jessica, I’m not sure what you mean exactly? I recommend using sweetened condensed milk (it’s a thick sticky liquid). xx
I was just about to ask the same question. In Europe /UK we can buy caramelised condensed milk – exactly the same tin as normal condensed milk but a dark caramel colour – wonder if they have cooked it for longer! Would like to know if you can use it in this recipe instead of the brown sugar.
Hi Jessica, to be honest, I’m not sure as I haven’t seen or tried the caramelised one! I’d love to know how you go!
I’ve used the tinned caramel to make fudge, just make sure you don’t over cook it (using condensed milk you can tell it is cooking as it changes colour), so go be how thick it is getting to tell if it is ready. It won’t fact the flavour either. Good luck and enjoy!
Just made this yummy concoction! Omg it’s sooooo good! I didn’t quite have enough soft brown sugar so added some Demerara which need an extra 2 mins to melt down but the result is awesome! We’ve all scraped out the bowl and waiting patiently for it to cool in the fridge! Thanks for sharing! X
Oooh delicious!!!! So glad you liked it Paula!!!
Hi, I have all the ingredients to make the fudge but just have white baking chocolate from Tesco. “Will this be okay melted?”
Absolutely!!!
This recipe should totally come with a warning! Absolutely addictive and oh soooo good!
What a great little gift idea for birthdays and thank you pressies!
Thank Luce
Oh thank you!!!! Hehehe and yes I agree… it’s FAR too addictive!!!
This looks delicious and sounds so easy to do. Perfect for a thank you gift for friends who have been very kind since I had a major surgery last week, yet easy enough to do without straining myself. So making this tomorrow! Thank you for the recipe.
Good luck!! I hope you’re feeling much better soon! xx
I am wondering if this recipe is stovetop friend,y? My microwave is in the way out and heats unevenly, I have the ingredients ready to go but don’t want to ruin it with the way my microwave is working,
Thank you
Hi Pauline, I’ve only ever made this in the microwave sorry!! But there’s absolutely no reason it wont work on the stovetop. xx
Hi, Thanks for this recipe,looks yummy, what was your microwave wattage please.
Hi Dianne, it’s a 900 watt microwave. 🙂
Can you substitute the white chocolate for milk brown chocolate
Absolutely!
oh my gosh Lucy thanks so much for sharing your recipe. Super easy and oh la la delicious – and that is just eating off the wooden spoon. No sticky pot to clean and just a fridge full of deliciousness. Look forward to trying some of your other fudge recipes.
Yay!!! Thanks Jan! xx
Easy to make but sets very quickly so have to make sure the tin is ready to go immediately. Everyone loved this and I got first prize in the local SWRI competition for fudge this week. I want to try the Baileys one now.
Fantastic!! And congratulations!!!
I made this as was looking for faster fudge recipes to make for my daughters school fair as time will be limited. I’m wondering if I did something wrong, I thought I followed the instructions to the letter. But it’s just not nice, not a good texture and leaves a nasty aftertaste. It’s not a gritty/grainy texture but it’s not smooth and you can tell it’s got the white chocolate in it. Any tips to do it better? What power is the microwave you use.?
Hi Katie, the taste would be due to the quality of the white chocolate used (this may also cause the texture you mentioned). Try a different brand of white chocolate and see how that goes. My microwave is 900 watts. 🙂
Hi just wondering does one have to use the chocolate? As I think it will be an added extra of more sugar…thanks
Hi Stephanie, yes the chocolate is needed in this recipe 🙂
Hi is there a margarine that a person can use….as butter is so expensive?
Hi Selma, I haven’t made this with margarine but hopefully someone else may be able to help you!
Hi Lucy,
I live in South Africa and I can’t seem to find white chocolate melts. Reading some of the comments, I see you’ve said that baking chocolate would work for this recipe but I was wondering if using ordinary white chocolate would work too?
It looks delicious and I’m dying to try it out!! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Hi Aimee, that will be absolutely fine! xx
i love that you asked this as a fellow saffa…
was wondering along the same lines… although “googling” it, it seems as though Woolies may be an option, but its only 200g as opposed to the 250g needed…
http://www.woolworths.co.za/store/prod/Food/Food-Cupboard/Sugar-Flour-Baking/Baking-Ingredients/White-Chocolate-Drops-200g/_/A-6009195030704
will try get to the shops and see…
I don’t know what I did wrong but it has set rock hard I followed everything on the recipe.
Hi Tara, it could be that your microwave is a higher wattage than mine (mine is 900) or the brand of ingredients used. It is quite a firm fudge though!
So it’s most likely over cooked? Mines 1000w microwave.
I softened it in the microwave but the texture wasn’t right.
Hi Tara, yes if it’s gone far too hard then it would most likely be overcooked (or due to small differences in the brand of ingredients used). xx
Just made this. The taste is amazing and I love it. I still had grains of sugar in the texture and wonder if it is because I used Demerara instead of regular brown sugar. Will persevere!
Yay!!!! And yes I think that would be exactly why!! x
Hi. I used soft light brown sugar and had the same. Any ideas? Thanks x
My microwaves broken. Do you think I could do it on stovetop over medium heat? Looks absolutely delicious!
Absolutely!
Just made this with my 5 and 7 tear old boys who wanted to make a gift for their teachers! Didn’t have any white chocolate and only demerera sugar! I am now keeping everything crossed it sets and tastes ok (hotfooting it down the farm shop if it doesn’t work out) Thanks for such a straight forward fudge recipe xxx
Yay! Thank you! What lucky teachers! xx
This is so easy to make and lucky as soon as I read this I went to the pantry and we had all the things!!!! Thank you so much for sharing because this is soooo tasty! The only bad thing about it is that it take a touch more than 10 mins!
Xxx thx
Yay!!!! I know… it’s so naughty and addictive!!!
Hats off to you, thumbs up and belts loosened!!! Fab recipe
Absolutely love the easiest of this recipe but mine went all crumbly while cutting it. The flavour was delicious but the texture was not smooth/creamy/ soft . Any idea what I did wrong ?
Hi Veronica, try cooking it slightly less next time. It can have a lot to do with the power of your oven (but also even the brand of ingredients used). xx
Hi! I made this today and the texture was really grainy. I tried cooking longer but it just got over cooked! Gutted. Had I cooked it too long in the first place? X
Hi Terri, it depends a lot on the wattage of your microwave and the brand of ingredients used. If you’re ever in doubt, cook it for sightly less time or on a lower power. Unfortunately, microwaves can be SO different!!!
This is the best recipe ever, reminds me of my childhood , how Fudge s suppose to taste, oh just love it , easiest to make.
Thank you!!!! xx
Oh boy! Made this glorious fudge for our craft club as a tea break treat. Its the best recipe for fudge I’ve ever used! Thank you so much ! Xxxx
Yay!!! I’m SO happy to hear that!
Hello.
Do you use soft dark brown sugar or light brown sugar in this recipe please?
Hi Bonnie, you can use either! I used the normal (lighter) brown one when I made it for these photos.
Wondering if you’ve ever tried to freeze this fudge to use on a tray at a later time. Thanks, looking forward to trying this!
Hi Kyla, no sorry I haven’t!
I’m made your recipe with my Cub Scouts yesterday. They all loved it!
That’s so awesome!!!