Homemade Fudge for Favours

Just wondering if it might be easier to cut the fudge into squares and then stamp them with a heart? Instead of cutting them into hearts.

Hi Paula

It may end up being easier to do it that way if I cant come up with any way of solving the heart shaped problem.

I have no idea if it would work or not but have you tried dipping the cutter in icing sugar or cornflower? Either might just give it the 'slip' it needs to cut cleanly and come out of the cutter without going soggy! Cornflower would probably be more effective but might 'taint' the taste of the fudge- though you might be able to dust the worst of it off and then I doubt you'd notice.

Certainly worth a try to get the desired effect!

I so nearly did fudge hearts for our favours for our wedding, but ended up doing something more personal to us (an old receipt for fridge cake which has been handed down)

Is the fudge set as in room temp or set from the fridge? I don't know if it would make a difference if it was hard from the fridge as then it might be easier to gently push them out with a finger?

When I was looking at this, I had planned to put them in clear confectionary bags, tied with twine (we used lots of twine!) and then I was going to add a label/luggage type tag saying thank you, which I thought looked simple but effective. You could obviously use ribbon or something different. I typed fudge favours into pinterest and it gave me loads of ideas!

Just be careful if you are using paper bags as the 'grease' from the fudge will soak through the paper.

We had home made fudge for our favours and it went down really well! We just cut it into cubes though as I lost the will to live after doing the first 20 boxes. We got these boxes from Ebay (they are quite small but they fudge was rich so people said the portions were more than enough) and lined them with greaseproof paper.

I did heart shaped fudge for our wedding favours. I think it depends on the consistency of the fudge as to how well the heart shapes come out. I did a lot of experimenting and had a varied success with different batches but got there in the end! I am now sick of fudge lol. Is it sticking to the sides when you try and take it out the cutter? If so you probably need a harder set fudge, try boiling it to a higher temperature (not sure what recipe your using but I'm happy to post mine if you like?)