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Tiger King Fudge

Creamy orange fudge candy with ripples of chocolate throughout.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time4 minutes
Total Time14 minutes
Course: Dessert
Servings: 72 pieces
Calories: 62kcal
Author: Rachel

Ingredients

ORANGE PORTION

  • 420 g sugar
  • 116 g heavy cream
  • 113 g butter
  • 168 g white chocolate chips
  • 143 g marshmallow cream
  • 5 g orange extract
  • 12 drops yellow food coloring
  • 5 drops orange food coloring

CHOCOLATE PORTION

  • 96 g unflavored, uncolored fudge mixture
  • 38 g semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 19 g heavy cream

Instructions

  • Line 9x9 baking pan with parchment paper
  • In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar, heavy cream and butter.
  • Cook and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves, and comes to a rolling boil.
  • Boil for 4 minutes, or until 235-245 degrees on candy thermometer.
  • Remove from heat and stir in white chocolate chips and marshmallow cream until completely smooth.
  • Add semi sweet chocolate chips and 2nd heavy cream amount to small bowl
  • Stir in white chocolate base amount to chocolate chips and heavy cream; set aside
  • Add coloring and flavoring to orange base portion, stirring until completely combined.

FOR TIGER PRINT FUDGE*

  • Pour into pan, cover and chill in refrigerator for about 45 minutes
  • Place trimmed tiger pattern paper template on top of chilled - but not set - fudge, and trace with a sharp knife, pressing down to make indentations.
  • Follow the indentions with cake tester and releaser tool (or something similar). Press/poke down to make wells.
  • Reheat chocolate portion for about 15 seconds and place in piping bag.
  • Keeping tip of piping bag down inside wells, fill holes with chocolate fudge.
  • Chill 15 minutes in refrigerator. With a small piece of parchment paper, pat down gently to smooth chocolate mixture. Chill 4 hours or until set.

FOR MARBLED FUDGE

  • Pour all of orange mixture into prepared pan.
  • Immediately dollop chocolate mixture through pan, and use a thin knife to pull and swirl chocolate through orange mixture.
  • Chill 4 hours or until set

FOR LAYERED FUDGE

  • Pour all of orange mixture into prepared pan and chill 1 hour.
  • Reheat chocolate fudge portion and drizzle or spread over chilled orange portion. Chill 4 hours or until set.

Notes

*NOTE: For full tiger print template, directions, and explanations, please refer to "Shaping the fudge" section above.