When somebody puts something sweet in front of you, what is your first reaction? For many of us, it really depends upon the treat we are looking at but there is one particular treat we may not be able to resist. I’m talking about homemade fudge and when it is put in front of you, it is surely going to disappear quickly.
Another treat that many of us truly appreciate is anything that has a salted caramel flavoring. It is the combination between salty and sweet that really makes a difference. Why would you want to choose between one or the other? With this recipe for salted caramel pretzel fudge, you can have it all, along with a crunchy pretzel that will top everything off perfectly. Life is good again.
Ingredients:
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pretzels
25 caramels
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
16 whole pretzels to garnish (or more depending on the size of your pan)
Sea salt for garnish
Directions:
Line an 8×8 baking pan with parchment and grease the edges and bottom.
In a microwave safe bowl add your chocolate chips with the sweetened condensed milk and melt, stirring every 30 seconds or so until it is all melted.
Add in the vanilla and the chopped pretzels and fold in.
In another microwave safe bowl add your caramels and heavy cream and melt, once again stirring every once and a while so it doesn’t burn.
Add in the sea salt and stir it in.
Spread about half of the chocolate fudge mixture into the pan, flattening it out with a spatula.
Pour the melted caramel over top and spread it to the edges.
Then add the rest of the chocolate fudge on top and spread it out.
Line the top with pretzels.
Sprinkle on some sea salt.
Chill for 3-4 hours then pull it out of the baking pan and slice it up!
Your whole family is going to love this sweet and salty treat!