Gluten Free After Eight Fudge

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Fudge, that super sweet, sugar filled piece of heaven. But this is no ordinary fudge this is mint fudge with an after eight topping which looks like sharp shrapnel shards sticking out of the top of the fudge. Fudge is normally naturally gluten free unless it has some kind of biscuitty things added! After eights are gluten free and make sure to get a white chocolate which is also safe, green and blacks, lindt or co-op own brand are my usual go to's,

This recipe is...

  • Preparation Time: 20 Mins
  • Cooking Time: 4 Hours
  • This recipe makes 48 pieces

This recipe contains:

  • Dairy

Last updated 6th November 2022

Added 28th January 2016

Recipe by Alison Wheatley

Gluten Free After Eight Fudge

Ingredients

400g white chocolate
25g butter
397g condensed milk (1 can)
1tsp peppermint extract
1tsp green colouring
100g icing sugar
12 After Eight mint thins

Method

  1. Melt the white chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of hot water.

  2. Stir in the condensed milk while the pan is still on the heat.

  3. Add in the peppermint extract and green colouring, stir well until you get a nice even colour.

  4. Stir in the icing sugar to firm the fudge slightly.

  5. Line a tin or two with cling film (I used 2x 2lb loaf tins or you could use a square pan that is similar size, I found this size tin gave the perfect height for the fudge so it didn't come out too thin). The cling film makes it much easier to lift the fudge out once set.

  6. Let the fudge begin to set, just 15-20 mins is fine. Cut the After Eights in half and push into the top of the fudge, then place in the fridge to set properly

  7. Place in the fridge for a minimum of 4 hours, the longer the better, overnight would be a bonus, until the fudge is fully set and then cut into 48 pieces. They should last in the fridge for a week or more.

You could do this with different chocolates if you wish, why not do a vanilla flavouring, red colouring and Roses strawberry creams on top (all Roses are gluten free). Or how about chocolate orange - orange flavour and colouring with any milk chocolate or Roses/Quality Streets orange chocolates.

Or how about Reeses Peanut Butter - you could leave the white chocolate fudge without flavouring and add chopped Reeses Mini Peanut Butter Cups.

All the chocolates mentioned above are gluten free, there is so many variations on this fudge you could do!

Nutritional Information (Per piece)

Cals
95
Carbs
13g
Fibre
0g
Fat
3g
Sugar
12g
Protein
1g
Alison Peters
Alison Peters has been Coeliac since June 2014 and launched Coeliac Sanctuary in August of that year, and since then has aimed to provide a one stop shop for Coeliacs, from blogs, to recipes, eating out guide and online shop.

Your Comments

What does sp mean on the essence and food colouring? Could you leave both or either out? Thanks. Ev
Evelyn2nd November 2016
Alison @ Coeliac Sanctuary3rd November 2016
Hi Evelyn For some reason the recipe had been put in with just spoon rather than teaspoon, I have just changed it so it reads correctly. You can leave both out if you wish, green isn't compulsory it just makes it look more minty. I would advise the peppermint but again not compulsory it just makes the fudge minty, otherwise it is just white chocolate fudge topped with after eights.

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