Christmas Candy Cookie Dough Fudge

This Christmas candy cookie dough fudge is a fantastically easy and cute gift for friends, teachers, and neighbors- it is relatively cheap, can be made in the microwave, and outside of letting it sit in the fridge to firm up, it is super quick. And really– who doesn’t love to indulge in some delicious fudge at Christmas? It’s one of my favorite traditions!

Christmas candy bark displayed on a cutting board near a festive Christmas tree.

Christmas candy fudge on a wooden cutting board.

Christmas candy fudge on a cutting board with cookie dough.

At Ajpal, I add lots of tips in all of my recipes – because I am a home cook without any formal training, and I find I am more confident making dishes when I understand why it works, and what each ingredient means to the flavor of a recipe. My goal is for even the most beginner home cook to feel empowered in the kitchen.

How to Make Christmas Candy Cookie Dough Fudge

Fudge is a treat I don’t make most of the year. For some reason, the only time I get really into making sweet, delicious, candy filled treats is winter- and in the leadup to Christmas, I love making fudge!

Christmas Candy Cookie Dough Fudge Ingredients

Assemble the following ingredients:

White Chocolate Chips – white chocolate chips are easily available at most grocery stores. It is very sweet and gives a nice color contrast to the Christmas candies.
Christmas candy – for this I like to use M&M’s, peppermint candies, Mint chocolate chips, or other candy.
Butter – you want to use salted butter that will loosen up the chocolate and help bind everything together.
Water – you will need water to activate the instant pudding.
Cookie Dough Flavor Instant Pudding or sugar cookie mix – the instant pudding often is sold by Jell-O and the sugar cookie mix comes in a bag both are a dry mix.
Powdered sugar – sugar will sweeten this fudge since the pudding or sugar cookie mix will not be as sweet as you want the fudge.

Christmas candy fudge covered in candy on a wooden cutting board with the name on it

Steps to Make Christmas Cookie Dough Fudge

Once you have assembled the ingredients use the following method.

Melt the chocolate. Melt the chocolate, butter, and water together in the microwave until the butter is melted and stir.

Mix the fudge. Add the dry pudding mix until it gets thick. Stir in the powdered sugar, one cup at a time until it is well blended. Next add the candies to the fudge and stir quickly (the candy color will bleed into the fudge if you over stir). Line an 8-inch square pan with foil or parchment paper. Press the fudge into the pan and level with a spatula

Chill. Refrigerate for 2 hours or freeze for 30 minutes or until firm.

Cut and serve. Cut into squares and serve immediately or store in fridge.

Tips and Tricks for perfect Christmas Candy Cookie Dough Fudge

Give out in cute boxes. I like to give fudge in cute bags, boxes, or a mason jar. I really like these; they are my favorite.

Use a mixture of different candies. The best way to get a really good fudge is to use a wide range of different candies in it. Add at least one chocolate element.

Serve at room temperature. Fudge tastes best when at room temperature. I prefer to let this come to room temperature before eating to get the best texture.