Easy Pumpkin Pie Fudge

If you love fudge and all things pumpkin, this easy pumpkin pie fudge recipe needs to be on your radar. Great for fall and of course, Thanksgiving, it’s a delicious finger food dessert for your fall table.

We have a sweet tooth for pumpkin desserts around here. Some of our favorites, besides this pumpkin fudge of course, include Pumpkin Roll cake, Pumpkin Lasagna, and this amazing Pumpkin Magic Cake!

Easy Pumpkin Pie Fudge

This easy pumpkin fudge recipe takes very little effort to make, and pays off big in the taste department! It also makes a great recipe to serve at holiday potlucks or other gatherings.

Ingredients needed for Easy Pumpkin Pie Fudge

You likely have most of the ingredients needed for this fudge in your pantry right now. You can even make your own marshmallow fluff if you prefer!

• Whenever I make desserts, I stick with unsalted butter, but salted butter will work as well.
• Use regular white granulated sugar for this fudge.
• This recipe calls for evaporated milk, not sweetened condensed milk!
• You only need a cup of canned pumpkin, so be sure to check out our other pumpkin recipes to use up the rest, or double the batch.
• There’s a little bit of light corn syrup in this recipe, but you only live once.
• We use pre-made purchased pumpkin pie spice. But if you have a favorite homemade mixture, go for it!
• Regular bagged white chocolate chips are fine for this, but I usually use Ghirardelli.
• Get a container of marshmallow fluff. Again, you only live once.
• Don’t forget the pure vanilla extract.

The hardest part of making this pumpkin pie fudge is waiting for it to cool! It’s worth the wait though. If you don’t let it cool completely, it will taste very sweet and be too soft. Have patience, and use the fridge.

Quick Tip Before You Begin

• There is a main culprit when it comes to fudge that isn’t hardening. When you make fudge you have to reach a certain temperature on the candy thermometer, BUT you also have to have the flame adjusted correctly. If you cook it too fast (too high a flame) enough water won’t evaporate and the fudge won’t set. If you have the flame too low it will take too long to reach temperature, causing too much water to evaporate and leaving you with dried out fudge.
• The recipe states to begin over medium heat and after all the ingredients are combined, then you increase the heat to medium-high. This is important to reach the correct consistency and to reach the right temperature within 10-20 minutes. If it took less than that time to reach temperature then likely your flame was too high and it cooked too fast.

How to Make Pumpkin Pie Fudge

1. Line a 9×9 baking dish with aluminum foil so that there’s extra hanging over all four edges to use as handles. Lightly coat foil with cooking spray.
2. Melt butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Stir in the sugar, milk, pumpkin, corn syrup, and pumpkin pie spice and increase heat to medium-high.
3. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Continue cooking, stirring frequently, until a candy thermometer reads 235 degrees F (soft-ball stage). This can take anywhere from 10-20 minutes depending on your interpretation of “medium-high” heat.

1. Remove pan from heat. Stir in white chocolate, marshmallow fluff, and vanilla until well blended.
2. Pour hot fudge mixture into the prepared pan. Let stand 2 hours or until completely cool.
3. Refrigerate for one hour before cutting fudge into squares.

More Thanksgiving Desserts

1. If you are a pumpkin pie purist, check out my perfect pumpkin pie recipe.
2. If you prefer cake over pie, check out my pumpkin magic cake recipe – it’s another easy one because it’s a doctored cake mix recipe!
3. For those who just want a good cake recipe, try making pumpkin cake.
4. Are spreads and dips more your thing? Have some whipped pumpkin butter!
5. I haven’t forgotten the cheesecake lovers! Dig into some pumpkin cheesecake with rum whipped topping.
6. Pumpkin-y sweets aren’t just for dessert; have some for breakfast with pumpkin oatmeal pancakes.
7. Wash down all those other treats with a caffeine free pumpkin spice drink!
8. Pumpkin hand pies are sweet little fall treats for individual sharing.

This post originally appeared here on Oct 15, 2015.