Easy Microwave Maple Fudge

  3.9 – 28 reviews  • Fudge Recipes

In a short amount of time, you may quickly make this fudge in the microwave.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 3 mins
Additional Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 28 mins
Servings: 64
Yield: 64 1×1 inch pieces

Ingredients

  1. 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners’ sugar
  2. 3 tablespoons milk
  3. 1 tablespoon maple extract
  4. ½ cup butter
  5. ¾ cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

  1. Line a baking dish with plastic wrap.
  2. Sift the confectioners’ sugar into a large, microwave-safe bowl. Add the milk, maple extract, and butter to the bowl, but do not stir.
  3. Heat in microwave on full power for 3 minutes.
  4. Stir the walnuts into the fudge mixture until the fudge begins to thicken; pour into the lined baking dish. Smooth the top of the fudge with a spatula. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes. Remove the fudge from the pan using the plastic wrap as a handle. Cut into small squares and store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 50 kcal
Carbohydrate 7 g
Cholesterol 4 mg
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Protein 0 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Sodium 11 mg
Sugars 7 g
Fat 2 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Tonya Walker
It needs more Maple flavor. Maple was barely detectable.
Gary Baldwin
I cut the recipe in half…just enough to satisfy my sweet tooth urge and put some away for another day!!! It had a great flavor except was very sweet and sort of grainy. I didn’t mind that it started breaking into smaller pieces when cut. I will try again!
Mr. Billy Harmon
Am I the only one? 16 ounce is 2 cups! Put it together, knew it couldn’t be right. After 3 minutes solid liquid, so added 2 more cups powdered sugar it came out perfect. Beat it hard til it got thick. Other problem was the butter burned in tiny areas so used a spoon to remove. Not sure why the recipe has not been corrected. Also have only seen powdered sugar in 32 ounce bags. I didn’t need to put in fridge as it hardened on counter.
Jerome Riddle
Instead of Walnuts I just put in some quick oats.
Samuel Hensley
I made it! I substituted maple syrup due to no extract. It was wonderful and easy. Thanks so much.
Jennifer Martin
Very easy and tasty. A little too sweet for my taste. I would probably add a pinch of salt next time to counteract the sweetness a little. I did not have issues with texture like some of the other reviewers, but I was a little disappointed at the size of the batch. It doesn’t make a whole 9-inch pan so you would need to double the recipe if you wanted it to serve to a group. Will definitely make this again.
Ronnie Delacruz
Couldn’t find maple extract so used maple syrup. My fudge didn’t harden up but it was still tasty and not too sweet. I used it as a glaze on some cookies. Cut the recipe down to 12 servings. Will try again.
Chelsey Wright MD
I used less sugar and butter, real maple syrup (3T) It was so tasty! This recipe is worth doing this again.
Shannon Meyer
I have made this many times minus the walnuts. It comes out with great flavor and decent texture – just make sure you don’t leave it out of the fridge or it will soften like a stiff frosting rather than fudge. 5 stars for taste – 1 star for functionality and texture.
Lisa Holmes
The taste was good, however the consistency was a bit runny and the texture wasn’t very smooth. I didn’t add walnuts to mine, but I will when I try making it again. The smell is heavenly.
Tracy Weeks
I have made this fudge twice and am convinced the success is related to the power of the microwave. Mine is 1200 watts and the powdered sugar was like small rocks. I then put it in my food processor and it came out great. Otherwise I followed the recipe to the letter. The only problem now is staying out of it.
Thomas Parker
It didn’t turn out for me at all. It was too gritty and sweet.
Christopher Hale
I followed the recipe as written and it turned out great. One tip – my icing sugar comes in 1kg packages, so I converted it to 3 2/3 cups. Very simple and tasty.
Elaine Thompson
WOW, hard to rate this, other then saying I won’t be making this again. I do apologize to the author but something is totally wrong with this recipe. After making it to a T, and seeing what unfolded as the result, I went back and saw, another person mentioning it was gritty. And yes. This recipe is gritty. But more so very buttery. It had the flavor of maple but butter too with the crunch of the walnut pieces. I think and don’t quote me on this. I’m not a fudge expert maker. But I feel there is to much butter. While the recipe set up in the beginning and after being in the frig for 4 hours, it was still soft and slightly crumbly when cutting. 15 minutes doesn’t do this recipe justice. Before adding in your walnuts, please make sure you get all the sugar lumps that it creates out of the mixture before adding. I know I sifted my powdered sugar very well and it came out very lumpy. I think getting the lumps out as it was cooling and mixing around trying walnuts was just a little understaking. The only thing positive was that this recipe was sweet and had nice flavor if you can get past the overwhelming butter taste. Sorry.
Stacey Keith
Yummy.
Joshua Lee
I tried this recipe with no walnuts and using pur maple syrup. I also only put 13 ounces of sugar. It turned out delicious and amazing, while not being too sugary. The only glitch is the texture. It came out a little gooey and not hard. I wouldnt bring this to a party or give it as a gift. But for a nice family treat, its amazing. Yums from the whole family.
Brian Hall
Very good! I used whipping cream instead of milk and it gave it a smooth texture … The icing sugar did go a bit lumpy but we didnt mind at all … We will make it again soon!
Mathew Hardy
I haven’t made this fudge yet but am tomorrow. I do have one important question. I will find out the hard way anyway lol but I intend to use mapleine (maple flavoring) which may be stronger than an extract. I will let you know how it turns out. Let me know if this is not a good idea in next 15 hours. thanks 🙂
David Ortiz
This is a fast & easy way to whip up a sweet treat for a houseful of boys! This recipe has ALWAYS come out well every time I’ve made it (I use real butter and Mapeline). It’s easy to keep the ingredients on hand “in the event of an emergency”. 🙂
Patricia Woods
i was expecting something that tasted great but even though they look good, they just didn’t do it for me…ended up throwing them out
Tony Schultz
Very tasty and easy to make fudge. NOTE: For anyone looking for pure maple exract, you can find it online at www.surfasonline.com That is the only place I have ever seen it.

 

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