Key Lime Fudge

Ohh Lori. I love anything Key Lime…But your right, those little suckers are soooooo little and takes so many to get a good amount of juice!

The perfect way to welcome spring, Lori! I love Key Lime anything as well as white chocolate chips. Your fudge looks divine! Cannot wait to make. Thanks for sharing girl. Pinning!

What a great idea! I love it when key lime anything is being made. Means it’s getting warmer outside.

Cute plate, too!

Pinning this one and making ASAP!

What a great idea! Key lime fudge sounds absolutely delicious!

My FIL loves key lime desserts! He will go crazy for this fudge! Pinned!

I made key lime pie bars a few weeks ago with key limes. Never again will I be juicing 25 of those little ping pong balls. LOL. So I would love to just snag a few pieces of your fudge right off that plate! Gorgeous

Oh how I love key lime anything. These look amazing. Pinning.

Wow that looks amazing! I love Key lime and this just looks ooo so good!

Oh, I’m such a sucker for key lime anything! This fudge looks fantastic, Lori!

How fun Lori! I’m doing Key-Lime today too but much more conventional. ……….even a little boring after seeing this. Love this wonderful, creative idea. It sounds just amazing!!

This sounds so amazing Lori! I love anything with lime And perfect to make the Spring cut! Also, I totally agree, key limes are the cutest! Pinned

Lori, I never thought of a fruity fudge, but this looks so good! Loving those little green flecks!

Oh my I absolutely LOVE key lime in anything & everything… but FUDGE? I can’t wait!

I can’t wait to try this recipe – I love quality white chocolate and never thought of making fudge w/it or lime – thanks for the recipe – this will be so pretty served for Easter Sunday

Well now, I love lime. I love marsmallows, and I love fudge. It follows therefore that I am going to like this! It sounds yummy!

I love the flavor of key lime but they are SO TINY! I am impressed that you went ahead and squeezed enough to get so much juice for these! i’m sure these are the best sweet tart fudge bites.

That looks amazing. Just thinking about key limes makes me salivate!

They do sell key lime juice in the grocery stores around here. That makes these recipes so much easier, because they don’ t always stock the limes themselves.

I’m a key lime fanatic, and I love the flecks of green throughout this fudge. This must be so delicious!

In my former life (pre-summer 2013) I liked nothing key lime! Since that is no longer the case..I’m gonna talk my daughter into making me some of this yummy looking fudge!

I love key lime pie, and fudge. These sound like the perfect melding of both, and my gosh, they’re gorgeous. Going to have to make these! Thanks for sharing.

These bars look fantastic! We love anything key lime, especially my husband, so I will be adding this recipe to my list. Thanks for sharing.

Wow, this looks amazing! I bet your book is sooo awesome. Great recipe, thanks for sharing!

I made this wonderfully delicious Key Lime Fudge for a St. Patrick’s Day potluck at work. I followed the recipe exactly and it was wonderful! I took home an empty pan and was given high fives by all my co-workers! As always, Lori, thank you for sharing this scrumptious fudge recipe with all of us bakers!

I use Nellie and Joe’s Key West Lime Juice instead of juicing any limes.

It is delicious!

What is the shelflife of the fudge? Must it be refridgerated?

Lori Lange

No need to refrigerate. Just keep it in a tightly covered container.

How long should it take for the fudge to set? I made these last night around 8pm and this morning it’s still soft. Did I not heat the condensed milk to a high enough temperature?

One 5-ounce can evaporated milk (2% or whole) So can I use regular milk and not canned? I feel funny about asking but unsure as you have (2% or whole).

Hey there! I changed the recipe just a tad… Instead of using 12 large marshmallows, I used a small container of fluff! I couldn’t find key limes so I just used limes… It’s delicious! So I guess you’d call it lime fudge? Anyways, I was very pleased with this recipe! Oh and I only boiled it for 6 minutes instead of 8.. Was scared to overlook bc my stove is a flat top and it can tend to over cook at times! When I’m able to get some key limes I will definitely try this original recipe! Thank you so much for this!!!

I buy Nellie & Joe’s “famous” Key West Lime Juice. I find it right next to the concentrated lemon juice at Fry’s grocery store. It’s just as good as the fresh and it saves all that time squeezing!

I had an issue with my sugar mixture instantly hardening as soon as I added the chocolate chips. I put it back in low heat just so I could incorporate everything but could not get the sugar lumps out. Any ideas on what I did wrong so that I don’t have this issue when I make it again?

Lori Lange

I’m not sure… fudge can be tricky. Hard to pinpoint what went wrong, but it usually has to do with the temperature.

Question: About how many ounces is 2 cups of white chocolate? I’m in another country and can only buy white chocolate in a bar form. Thanks

Lori Lange

I’m not sure I can answer that… does the bar have a number of ounces on it? Perhaps you can make an estimate if you have that information.

I don’t know how to reply to your reply; so I’ll just post again. The bar is 1 pound. The issue is that 1 cup of chips isn’t the same as 1 cup (8 oz) of chocolate because the chips don’t fill all those little spaces. I figured that if your bag had an amount of ounces on it, maybe you could do a better estimate than I could as to how many ounces are in 2 cups of chips.

Annalisa-

A bag of chocolate chips is usually right at 2 cups and weighs 12 ounces.

Love key lime pie and cake and buy key lime juice from Kermit’s (Key West, FL). Was wondering if you could substitute one seven-ounce jar of marshmallow creme in place of the 12 large marshmallows? Also, are the marshmallows the regular size or are they the large (huge) size as I refer to the marshmallows as miniature, regular and extra large? I am surprised the recipe does not call for any butter/margarine, other than the evaporated milk what prevents the mixture from burning when boiling the sugar, milk and salt for that amount of time (8 minutes at boiling)? Thanks.

Lori Lange

I’m not sure about the marshmallow creme sub as I have not tried that. Regular, large marshmallows- not jumbo. The recipe comes from an old Southern Living magazine… so I’m not sure about your last question. Good luck!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for having this Key Lime Fudge recipe!!! I’ve made this fudge for Family and Friends for around 30 years or more. I recently had a request from my hair dresser for some and I couldn’t find my recipe anywhere, So I spent hours on the internet trying to find a recipe suitable to mine. and just when I was flustered and ready to quit, Your site stood out and made me so happy! I cooked a batch up and your quite the recipe saver. The only thing I changed was the adding of more zest. I tend to add more just because of the way it turns out. THANK YOU AGAIN and believe me, I will be returning for more of the recipes and my Friends and Family will be guided your way! HAVE A WONDERFUL YEAR and KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK IN THE KITCHENS!!!

I stumbled upon this by accident, via Purr designs. I wanted to tell you you have made my night, I can’t wait to whip this up for my wife. Major brownie points here. Keep up the great work. Thanks for the recipe!

I just tried this and my white chocolate chips burned as soon as I put them in the sugar mixture. I boiled the mixture for 8 min as suggested. Taste was ok but not the texture. Wound up with a pile of key lime junk and hurting hands from juicing those suckers.

My hands smell good at least.

Not sure how to keep the temperature down so it does not burn the chocolate.

Lori Lange

Not being there while you made it, it’s tough to pinpoint where it went wrong. Sounds like it was too hot. Making fudge can be tricky. Sorry you had trouble!

Today I’m sharing what looks to be a very spring-like recipe for: Key Lime Fudge

The best part of spring is the green. Where I live now (near Lake Tahoe) everything but the tall pine trees turns rather brown in the winter and the land looks pretty bare. The lawn goes dormant, the flowers die and most of the rest of the plants drop their leaves. It’s not such a pretty sight unless there is snow covering the ground. 77 degree temps tell me that winter is over and spring has sprung. We didn’t have a terribly cold winter anyways this year, so the grass is on its way to green, and I’m getting ready to plant some new plants and flowers that I’ll be hoping the deer and squirrels won’t be excited to eat. Green is where it’s at. Green makes me happy. Key Lime Fudge is barely green, but it makes the cut and it’s a yummy spring green confection.

Have you ever picked up a bag of key limes? They’re awfully cute. They’re tiny little things. You’ve gotta squeeze the heck out of them to get every bit of their juice, but it’s all worth it. They have a stronger scent and a thinner rind than the typical lime. The flavor is more tart and bitter. These limes present themselves nicely in sweet treats (like key lime pie!) since the sugar balances out that tart flavor and highlights the unique flavor of the key lime. I love them!

You can most certainly use regular limes for this fudge. They might give the fudge a slightly sweeter flavor, but all will still be good. Don’t skimp on the lime zest in this recipe since it gives the fudge a fabulous green tint, and it adds a good amount of lime flavor to the recipe too. So if you’re wishing for a little “spring” in your life and it hasn’t quite arrived yet, treat yourself to some Key Lime Fudge instead. Enjoy!

About 36 pieces

15 min

8 min

Key Lime Fudge

One 5-ounce can evaporated milk (2% or whole)

1 2/3 cups granulated white sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

12 large marshmallows (halved)

2 cups white chocolate chips (I used Whole Foods mini chips)

1/4 cup grated lime zest (about 5 limes)

2 tablespoons Key lime juice (5 to 7 limes, juiced)

1. Line an 8\" x 8\" square pan with aluminum foil; grease the foil with butter. It's not a good recipe for a 9-inch square pan as the fudge will be too thin.

2. Combine the milk, sugar and salt in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat. Stir and bring to a boil; boil 8 minutes, stirring constantly at a boil (if you have a candy thermometer, you can bring it to the soft-ball-stage, but I didn't use one). Remove the pan from heat. Add the marshmallows, chocolate, zest and juice, and stir until the marshmallows and chocolate are melted and the mixture is smooth. Scrape the fudge into the prepared pan. Tip the pan to make sure the fudge covers the bottom evenly. Cool completely, then cut into 1-inch squares.

Tips:

*This recipe can be made with regular limes too.

Source: RecipeGirl.com (adapted lightly from an old Southern Living recipe)

Other desserts using KEY LIMES that you may be interested in:

Key Lime Pie Bars by Brown Eyed Baker

Key Lime Pie by RecipeGirl

Baked Key Lime Pie Donuts by Taste and Tell

Key Lime Cream Cake by Bakerella

Key Lime Pie Ice Cream by Cafe Johnsonia

Original article and pictures take http://www.recipegirl.com/2014/04/10/key-lime-fudge/ site