Slow Cooker Pretzel Fudge Recipe
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Our latest fudge recipe is a moreish chocolate pretzel fudge made in the slow cooker. Using just sweetened condensed milk, chocolate and salted pretzels, it’s a delicious fudge that you won’t be able to put down.
Pretzel fudge is a great alternative to rocky road, full of that lovely salty flavour and with a great consistency too. It has pretzel pieces both in the fudge and for decoration on top and is a fantastic treat for any fudge fan.
Can you vary this recipe?
You could easily vary this easy fudge recipe by changing the fudge flavour and adding pretzels at the end and on top. You could use our peanut butter fudge recipe to make chocolate peanut butter pretzel fudge, or our caramel fudge recipe to make caramel pretzel fudge. Or salted caramel fudge could make a salted caramel pretzel fudge recipe. You could also use chocolate covered pretzels for an extra burst of chocolate flavour.
How long does slow cooker fudge keep for?
This slow cooker fudge usually keeps well in the fridge, in an airtight container for a couple of weeks. The flavour matures over the first couple of days of it being in the fridge so you get the full flavour after it’s been in the fridge for a few days. However, as this has the pretzel pieces in it, you may prefer to keep it out of the fridge so that the pretzels don’t lose their crunch.
Can you make this fudge in the microwave?
Many people make fudge in the microwave but I much prefer the control I have when I make it in the crock pot or slow cooker. If you don’t have a slow cooker, make it in the microwave by putting the ingredients in a microwave safe bowl and heating on short bursts in the microwave, stirring in between. Then follow the instructions as per the recipe below.
Can you make slow cooker fudge with evaporated milk?
Our slow cooker fudge works because condensed milk has a really high sugar content, needed to create that beautifully rich fudge. Evaporated milk isn’t the same, doesn’t have that sugar content and isn’t thick enough to help the fudge thicken and set. You can’t use evaporated milk in these recipes – so get some condensed milk instead.
Do you cook slow cooker fudge high or low temperature?
We always cook fudge on a high slow cooker temperature setting and it takes around 40 minutes in total. You could make it on the low setting but it would take longer and would still need to be stirred regularly. You may as well keep the slow cooker on high and be done in under an hour!
When cooking, is the slow cooker fudge lid on or off?
When making slow cooker fudge, you need to remove the slow cooker lid otherwise excess moisture would be retained in the slow cooker pot and the fudge wouldn’t thicken as it needs to.
If you’re looking for other fudge recipes to try, here’s our peanut butter fudge, salted caramel fudge and candy cane fudge. You can see all our recipes to date here – including so many more slow cooker recipes too.
What equipment do you need to make slow cooker fudge?
Slow cooker fudge doesn’t need anything special to make it, and you probably already have everything you need at home, but this is the equipment we use:
- A slow cooker
- A wooden spoon
- A spatula
- A square baking tin
- Baking paper sheets
- Food scales
- Good quality knives to cut the fudge into pieces
- Airtight containers for storage
- Food gift bags to package it up and give the fudge as gifts
Once you’ve got everything you need to make the fudge you can just keep making it again and again – in so many different flavours too!
So here’s our easy Slow Cooker Chocolate Pretzel Fudge recipe made with just three ingredients:
Ingredients
- A 397ml tin condensed milk
- 400g milk chocolate – can be bars or sweet chocolate chips
- 70g pretzels, broken into pieces
To decorate
- A handful of pretzels
Instructions
- Break the chocolate up and add to the slow cooker bowl with the condensed milk.
- Turn the slow cooker on to high and leave to cook for 40 minutes with the lid off, stirring every ten minutes with a wooden spoon.
- When thick and well combined, stir in the pretzel pieces.
- Pour into a tin lined with parchment paper / baking paper or a silicone baking tray and top with the remaining pretzels
- Put in the fridge to set – preferably overnight.
If you’d like to save, pin or print this Slow Cooker Pretzel Chocolate Fudge recipe for later you can do so below. Happy baking!
Slow Cooker Pretzel Fudge Recipe
Ingredients
- 397 ml condensed milk
- 400 g milk chocolate can be bars or sweet chocolate chips
- 70 g pretzels broken into pieces
To decorate
- A handful of pretzels
Instructions
- Break the chocolate up and add to the slow cooker bowl with the condensed milk.
- Turn the slow cooker on to high and leave to cook for 40 minutes with the lid off, stirring every ten minutes with a wooden spoon.
- When thick and well combined, stir in the pretzel pieces.
- Pour into a tin lined with parchment paper / baking paper or a silicone baking tray and top with the remaining pretzels
- Put in the fridge to set – preferably overnight.
*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.
