Root beer float meets root beer candy in this fudge recipe! With white chocolate and marshmallow cream, Root Beer Float Fudge is a sweet treat you won’t be able to resist.
If you love classic childhood treats, be sure to try our Orange Dreamsicle Fudge recipe. Swirls of vanilla and orange create a delicious dessert.
Root Beer Concentrate
When you put root beer concentrate into a creamy white chocolate fudge, you get a root beer candy that tastes identical to a root beer float.
I can’t even begin to describe how delicious these taste but, since you’re hear to read about this recipe, I suppose I should at least try.
Okay, so you know the crunchy part of a root beer float? It’s when the root beer sticks to the ice cream and forms crunchy little bits of root beer flavored ice crystals.
If you eat this fudge cold, it tastes like that.
In a sea of chocolate fudge and peanut butter fudge recipes, this Root Beer take stands out from the crowd. The flavor is an unexpected surprise when you bite into a piece of this fudge.
Ingredients Needed
To make this root beer candy you need:
- White chocolate chips
- Marshmallow cream – Also called “marshmallow fluff
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Sugar
- Butter – Unsalted is preferred. If you only have salted, add a bit less additional salt to the fudge recipe.
- Root beer concentrate – I used McCormick’s brand found near the extracts in the baking aisle at my grocery store.
- Salt
How to Make Root Beer Float Fudge
STEP 1. In large saucepan, heat sugar, butter, salt and cream until combined. Bring to a boil and stir continuously for 4 minutes.
STEP 2. Remove from heat. Quickly stir in white chocolate and marshmallow. Whisk in vigorously until smooth, be patient this will take a couple minutes. Using an electric mixer yields best results.
STEP 3. Pour half of mixture into a parchment paper lined 13×9 baking dish. To the remaining fudge, whisk in root beer concentrate. Stir until combined.
STEP 4. Pour the root beer fudge over the layer of white fudge. Using a knife, swirl the two together. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Cut into bite size pieces and enjoy.
Favorite Fudge Recipes: OREO Fudge | Cookie Dough Fudge
Storage Tips
After cutting this fudge into squares, keep it in the fridge until you’re ready to eat it. I LOVE the way it tastes when it’s cold. . . it feels so much more like a root beer float.
However, fudge CAN be stored at room temperature if desired.
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Root Beer Float Fudge
Ingredients
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- pinch of salt
- 3 cup white chocolate morsels
- 1½ cup marshmallow cream
- 3 teaspoons root beer concentrate I use McCormicks
Instructions
- In large saucepan, heat sugar, butter, salt and cream until combined. Bring to a boil and stir continuously for 4 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Quickly stir in white chocolate and marshmallow. Whisk in vigorously until smooth, be patient this will take a couple minutes. Using an electric mixer yields best results.
- Pour half of mixture into a parchment paper lined 13×9 baking dish. To remaining fudge, whisk in root beer concentrate. Stir until combined. Pour over white fudge. Using a knife, swirl the two together. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Cut into bite size pieces and enjoy. Tastes great cold!
Notes
- Keep fudge in refrigerator for up to two weeks for best flavor!
- After cutting this fudge into squares, keep it in the fridge until you’re ready to eat it. I LOVE the way it tastes when it’s cold. . . it feels so much more like a root beer float. However, fudge CAN be stored at room temperature if desired.
is a concentrate the same thing as a root beer extract?
I tried reading through the comments before I ask (so if it has been asked, I apologize in advance)… however, can regular root beer be used instead of the concentrate? Just curious. Thanks.
Can you freeze it? If I make this in Oct, will it last to Christmas? I make cookie/candy trays.
I haven’t tried freezing this one, but other versions freeze well.
Did you use foodcoloring to makethe root beer layer brown? The one i used only has a slight tint. It’s in the fridge now… can hardly wait!!
I did not. However, some brands of root beer flavoring are darker than others.
Update! It came out wonderfully, zatarains root beer concentrate gave it the perfect brown color! I did add more teaspoon because I wanted stronger flavor. I added 5. My whole family loves it!
So happy to hear it!
I will try this recipe tomorrow! I have tons of root beer concentrate because I make homemade root beer all the time for my kids. It is Zatarain’s brand concentrate and it’s almost a black color. I hope my kids love it!
Good to hear Zaratainz works. I made this years ago and my grandaughter loved it. I tried Watkins because McCormick no longer makes it.. Yuck! I will try it again.
Thanks!
3 tsp equals 1 Tablespoon
This has now become a staple in my Christmas treat making. Everyone loves it, and the recipe is foolproof. For the second year in a row, it was requested as a birthday treat by the son of one of our good friends, whose birthday is in June. Thank you so much for sharing your genius with the rest of us. You make me look good. 😁
How would I stop myself from eating the whole cup?
You can’t. Just let it happen, haha 🙂
What adds the brown coloring to the fudge?
My root beer extract is brown.
I used watkins brand of rootbeer consentrate. This consentrate is also dark brown but didn’t turn the fudge color brown.
The picture and recipe looks delectable! However, there’s a fail in mentioning how the milk chocolate is flavored with the root beer consentrate. The rootbeer consentrate isn’t what contributes to the rootbeer color as the fudge’s top layer. When I made this recipe, I made the white chocolate fudge as instructed. Then I made chocolate fudge and mixed the rootbeer consentrate into the chocolate fudge.
I can’t wait to try these! Oddly enough I too craved root beer and root beer floats when I was pregnant with my oldest! Thanks for sharing!