It’s Cadbury Egg season and there’s no better way to celebrate than with this homemade fudge inspired by the classic Easter candy. A sweet cream filling sandwiched by layers of rich chocolate fudge will knock everyone’s socks off!
For more Easter treats, be sure to try our Easter Rice Krispie Treats (shaped like a nest with robin eggs). Or give our Malted Milk Cheesecake a try next.
What are Cadbury Eggs
Cadbury eggs are chocolate shells with a cream filling (to resemble an egg). It’s a bizarre treat, and you can usually only eat one since they are huge.
But today, I’ve got an easier alternative. No chocolate molds needed, but the same sweet taste.
If you love Cadbury Eggs do yourself a favor and whip up a batch of this fudge. It doesn’t take too long and you’ll be the talk of the town when you walk into a gathering holding a plate of these treats.
- Unlike other homemade candy recipes, this Cadbury egg fudge requires no boiling on the stove top or checking temperatures with a candy thermometer.
- You just whip the cream filling ingredients together, melt some chocolate and layer the different parts together.
- There’s no baking either; the fudge sets up in the fridge in about 30 minutes.
When you bite into a square of this fudge you get that classic fudge texture with amazing chocolate taste followed by a layer of creamy Cadbury egg filling.
This fudge is VERY rich so just a small square of it was enough to satisfy my sweet tooth!
Move over Carrot Cake, there’s a new Easter dessert recipe in town!
Ingredient Notes
Here’s what I used for the homemade “Cadbury Egg filling”:
- Corn syrup- yes it’s a must for today’s recipe! I use the light corn syrup.
- Butter- Unsalted or salted is fine for today’s recipe. Leave out the kosher salt if using salted butter.
- Vanilla- Be sure to choose pure vanilla extract or make our homemade vanilla extract.
- Powdered sugar- this is used to “thicken” the filling.
- Milk- Any kind of milk will work! Even dairy free.
- Yellow food coloring- I prefer gel food coloring for deeper color and less coloring needed.
For the fudge layers you need:
- Milk chocolate (chocolate chips, chunks or melting wafers)- Typically I choose the Ghirardelli melting wafers (dark chocolate works great too). They melt smooth and taste amazing.
How to Make Cadbury Eggs
Make the Filing.
- Whip together the softened butter with corn syrup, vanilla, powdered sugar, milk and a pinch of kosher salt.
- Remove 2/3 of the mixture and place it in a separate bowl.
- Add a drop of yellow food coloring gel to the remaining white mixture and mix well to combine.
Melt the chocolate.
- Place the chocolate in a microwave safe glass bowl.
- Heat in the microwave for 20 – 30 second increments, stirring between each, until the chocolate is smooth and melted.
Layer the fudge.
- Line a 9-inch square baking dish with parchment paper. Pour half of chocolate in the pan to cover the bottom of dish.
- Spread the white layer over the chocolate. Drop yellow layer over the white layer, spreading gently with a knife.
- Pour the remaining melted chocolate over, spreading evenly.
- Refrigerate until chocolate hardens, about 30 minutes.
Recipe Tips and Tricks
- A hot knife makes it so much easier to cut fudge smoothly! I place my knife in boiling hot water for a few seconds or so before removing (just be careful to avoid burning yourself!). A knife that’s just been through a hot rinse in the dishwasher will also work well.
- Don’t love milk chocolate? Semi-sweet chocolate chips work well here too, although the milk chocolate gives it a more authentic Cadbury Egg flavor.
- The food coloring is technically optional. Your filling won’t have the signature cream yellow color of a cadbury egg center but the taste won’t be affected.
This delicious homemade fudge is ideal for Easter, of course. I plan to have it on our Easter Sunday dessert table alongside these Easter Rice Krispie Treats and Easy Flower Candy
But this recipe also a great way to get your Cadbury Egg fix when the iconic candies disappear for the season.
A rich chocolate fudge with buttery cream filling is welcome in my house anytime of year! Treat yourself to this decadently delicious fudge and you’ll be very happy indeed.
More Easy Dessert Recipes
- Peppermint Patties
- Tiramisu Cupcakes
- Shortbread cookies
- Easter Egg Cheesecake
- Churro Toffee
- Lemon Tart
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Cadbury Egg Fudge
Ingredients
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- pinch of kosher salt
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- 1 drop gel yellow food coloring
- 16 ounce milk chocolate melted
Instructions
- In mixer, beat the butter and corn syrup together. Add vanilla, powdered sugar, salt and milk. Beat until smooth. Remove 2/3 of mixture to separate bowl, beat in several drops of yellow food coloring to remaining mixture.
- Line a 9-inch square baking dish with parchment paper. Melt chocolate according to package directions. Pour half of chocolate in pan to cover the bottom of dish. Spread white layer over chocolate. Drop yellow layer over the white layer, spreading gently with a knife. Pour remaining melted chocolate over, spreading evenly. Refrigerate until chocolate hardens, about 30 minutes.
- Using a VERY hot knife, cut into squares, store in covered container in refrigerator. Enjoy!
Can’t wait to try these recipes. They all look so delicious that I don’t know where to start. Thank you for sharing.
Judy
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hmn – a 9 inch square pan which makes 48 servings??? You just wanted to reduce the fat/sugar per serving. Please be realistic – a 9 inch pan is NOT going to be that many servings – oof. I don’t think you will respond to me? Hope you do – am curious as to your response. Some bloggers respond to everyone, others ignore, ha ha. So, I am a popular cooking teacher in the boston area, so I know whereof, I speak, so to say
These look delicious. I was reading the reviews and see some positive and negative. So I tried this a mine was a negative and the chocolate came out very hard and crumbled. I been making fudge for a short time but I use a recipe that works well and comes out creamy and soft, I have a chocolate egg mold, I will be making a candy shell and add fudge and then the filling it with the yellow and white like a regular Cadbury. The only difference is it will have the fudge . That is my idea and will see if the works.
Hi, made these as an Easter treat today. I think they are delicious, but I used an 8×8 pan so the chocolate layers are a little too thick. I followed one review to cut the fudge into squares before it hardens completely then left in fridge to harden up some more. All the layers held together well! Now you’ve inspired me to get some egg molds and actually make Cadbury eggs! Thank you!
I use the Guardadelli chocolate wafers. So sad I wasted my time and money not easy to assemble because of the parchment paper not sitting right and stuff is difficult to spread . Put it in the frig for 30 minutes. Had knife soak in boiling water . What a mess it all cracked and stuff oozed out. I used really sharp knives the chocolate needs to be softened with some maybe canola oil. Or use individual cups in cupcake holders. If only I had a family to eat it with a spoon but I was planning on mailing these . You definitely couldn’t use them for anyone but your family. So much work cleanup waste of ingredients. I wish I knew the amount of canola oil to help you others . It is tasty. It is like some people dip strawberries in just chocolate melted wafers and you take a bite and the chocolate falls all over the place. So sad . I didn’t see the comments.
Hi, I’m in the UK so corn syrup not a common ingredient in shops. Do you know of something similar in the UK? Desperate to try the recipe as looks incredible 😍