Cream cheese fudge

[KatieShona19]

I am planning on making some cream cheese fudge for Christmas to give as gifts. However, i'm a bit concerned about the best before dates and where to keep it. I have a book here which says it can be wrapped up and given as a perfect gift, yet many recipes i've come across say it has to be kept refrigerated (obviously because of the cheese). I'm a bit unsure what to do as certainly don't want to give it to people and find out its gone off when they open it!! I would have thought the sugar would keep it preserved but for how long? Anyone got any tips?

Thanks!
Katie

[NazNomad]

Tell 'em to keep the wrapped pressie in the fridge until Xmas Day ... that'll keep them guessing.

[society]

May I please see the recipe, if it's possible. It sounds nice and rich, and fattening. :-)

[naomi24]

That sounds ghastly! Have you tried it?

[society]

Who me? No, I haven't. If it's simple I might make it for the office.

[bednobs]

i would keep it in the fridge until you give it to them. I made chocolates as presents this year and they had cream in them, so i told them to keep them in their fridge when they took them home and to eat them in 3 days

[naomi24]

No, Katie. You said 'it sounds nice and rich and fattening', so I assumed you hadn't tried it. :o)

[society]

Helllooo... cream cheese, condense milk, sugar... :-)

[naomi24]

Yes - but cream cheese?

[NazNomad]

Think 'mascarpone' and not 'dairylee triangles' lmao

[NOX]

I was thinking dairylea triangles and still fancying it:(

[society]

I love cream cheese.

Use cream cheese Instead of butter in butter pound cake, or go half-an-half. Delicious!

[NazNomad]

I just knew I'd spelled Dairylea wrong, it didn't look right. :-))

[naomi24]

I am - I'm thinking cheesecake - but with condensed milk!! So sweet!!!! Yuk! But I'm no cook, so what do I know?

[NazNomad]

But it's fudge, so it's supposed to be sickly, almost by definition, lol

[naomi24]

Haaaaa! Yes, I think you have a very valid point there. :o)))

[society]

Not referring to cheese cake, a regular cake. You know, the one where you cream the butter and sugar and then add wet ingredients, then flour etc.

Use half cream cheese and half butter.

[society]

Haha Naz! I'd love some now. :-)

[naomi24]

Urrrgh! Wash your mouth out Society!! Make cakes? Me? The very idea!!

I might get someone else to try it though. :o)

[society]

LOL

[KatieShona19]

thanks for your tips!

I have made some already as a practice run and it tastes amazing,. I used Waitrose's alternative to philadelphia cheese and thought it would be really odd tasting but actually its delicious and has that real classic fudge flavour! I will write the recipe up later on when I have a bit more time.

Think i'll do whats suggested and just keep in fridge till the giving, then tell them to store it at least somewhere cold (if they're like us and have pretty much no room in fridge)!!