Description
This incredibly delicious chocolate pecan fudge is topped with a coconut, pecan topping. It’s all of the flavors of German chocolate cake, in a bite-sized piece of fudge.
Ingredients
Scale
Topping
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1 stick butter, unsalted
- 3 large egg yolks
- 1.5 cups sweetened coconut flakes
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
Fudge
- 1 cup German sweet chocolate
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
- a pinch of salt
- 1.5 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
Instructions
Topping
- Combine sugar, milk, butter, and egg yolks in a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently.
- Remove from heat and add coconut, vanilla, and pecans.
- Place in an airtight container and refrigerate while you make the fudge.
Fudge
- Combine all chocolate, milk, and salt in a saucepan on low heat, stirring constantly until the chocolate has melted.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and pecans.
- Place fudge in one even layer, in a baking dish lined with parchment paper. The parchment paper should hang over the edge of your baking dish by at least an inch.
- Let fudge sit out for 30 minutes or so, or until cool to the touch.
- Remove your topping from the refrigerator and place it on top of your fudge in one even layer.
- Refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
- Lift the fudge out of the baking dish by the parchment paper and cut it into squares.