3-Ingredient Salted Caramel Fudge - The Big Man's World ® (2024)

FAQs

What is salted caramel fudge made of? ›

Essential Ingredients

For this fudge, you'll need brown sugar, sweetened condensed milk, regular whole milk, butter, salt, and vanilla. The salt balances the sweetness of the fudge, you'll need it! It's the holiday season after all! And a little goes a long way.

What is fudge? While caramel usually contains just one key ingredient, fudge is made from a perfectly balanced mixture of sugar, butter, and milk. Plus, it's not heated as high — around 115 degrees Celsius.

Salted Caramel Fudge (Gluten-free and Vegetarian): Discover the perfect balance of sweet and savoury in our gluten-free and vegetarian Salted Caramel fudge. The exquisite combination of smooth caramel and a hint of salt creates a symphony of flavours that's both comforting and enticing.

Fudge can turn into caramel due to overcooking or undercooking, incorrect temperatures, or wrong ingredients.

Salt, on the other hand, stimulates the taste buds responsible for detecting sour and umami flavors, which can enhance the perception of sweetness. The addition of salt to caramel not only enhances the sweetness, but also adds a savory element to the flavor profile.

In this recipe, sweetened condensed milk is cooked until it creates a deliciously rich caramel sauce! The best part is this recipe has ONE ingredient! Just one!

Caramel can be produced in so many forms such as, sauce, a chewy candy, or a hard candy because of how much of an ingredient is added and the temperature it is being prepared at.

For my filling, I simply swap the condensed milk for tinned carnation caramel (a.k.a. dulce de leche) instead. This tinned caramel is actually made from sweetened condensed milk so it's essentially the same thing but it's pre-caramelised for you!

Regardless of the starting material, caramel is considered gluten- free. Even if made from wheat or barley it is highly unlikely that it would cause an otherwise gluten- free food to contain 20 ppm or more gluten.

One of our most commonly asked questions by customers is whether or not fudge is gluten-free? Rest assured that plain chocolate fudge is in fact, gluten-free. It's main ingredients (without us giving away our family secret recipe!) are sugar, butter and milk; all of which are free of gluten.

Why is caramel not gluten-free? ›

The bottom line. Caramel can be gluten free, but like all foods, it is important to read labels and trust the company behind any products you purchase. Caramel coloring can be derived from a number of sources, including wheat, and is best to avoid or limit.

Flavour Contrast: Normal caramel is characterised by its sweet, buttery taste, derived from caramelised sugar combined with butter and cream. It has a rich, indulgent flavour profile that is predominantly sweet. In salted caramel, adding salt creates a contrast that enhances the complexity of the caramel's flavour.

Butter 19% (milk), Light Brown Sugar 15%, Eggs (17%), Plain Chocolate 14% (milk), Gluten-free Flour 10%, White Chocolate 7% (milk), Cocoa Powder 3%, Icing sugar coating. Traces of Nuts.

Salted caramel sauce is made from white granulated sugar, heavy whipping cream and butter, with a dash of vanilla and sea salt (optional). Butterscotch, however, is made with brown sugar. With caramel, the butter and cream are added at the end of the process.

Of course, there's no secret about the appeal of fudge—it's the chocolate. That's what draws people in, but once in a fudge shop, they learn of the many varieties and combinations of flavors available these days. Taffy has many flavors too, but its appeal is in its chewy, light texture.