Rum and Raisin Fudge

 Another Christmas box item for this year is Rum and Raisin Fudge. I wanted to include fudge as one of the sweets in my boxes, and rum and raisin is a winning flavour combination.

I used this Australian Women’s Weekly recipe for my fudge. It was easy to make, with no need for a thermometer.

This fudge is rich and decadent - a small piece is enough. The rich chocolate flavour is offset nicely by the rum-soaked raisins.

To make this fudge, you will need:

1 cup raisins

2 tablespoons rum

395g can condensed milk

125g butter

1 cup brown sugar

2 1/2 tablespoons golden syrup

150g chopped milk chocolate

Grease and line a 20cm square cake tin.

Put the rum and raisins in a small bowl and soak for 10 minutes.

Put the condensed milk, chopped butter, brown sugar and golden syrup in a medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until combined, then bring to the boil. Boil for 10 minutes, stirring constantly .

Stir through the chopped chocolate and raisin mixture.  Remove from the heat and scrape the mixture into the prepared cake tin. Smoothe the top.

Allow the fudge to cool for 6 hours at room temperature before cutting into squares.