Recipe for cooking no cook cream cheese fudge

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Fudge Recipes

No Cook Cream Cheese Fudge

2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened baking
    chocolate or 2 packets pre-melted chocolate
2 c. sifted powdered\sugar
4 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
1 Tbsp. milk, half and half or cream
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
1/2 c. chopped nuts (optional)
1 c. coconut (optional)
1 c. other flavor chips (optional)

Is using packets of chocolate, warm them for a few min. in a bowl of hot tap water. To melt chocolate in microwave, nuke on 50% power for 90 seconds, stirring every 30 seconds.

Butter a 10 x 5-inch pan.

Place sugar in bowl of food processor fitted with the metal blade. Add cream cheese and softened baking chocolate. Process until lumpy and granular. Scrape down sides. Add milk and pulse until mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in extract or flavoring and any optional ingredients desired. Pour into greased pan. Chill several hours before cutting.

Makes approximately 1 lb.. This fudge may be frozen.

Butterscotch No Cook Cream Cheese Fudge
Use 1 c. butterscotch chips. Microwave on HIGH for 60 seconds; stir, microwave another 30 seconds, then add to the sugar/cream cheese.

Peanut Butter No Cook Cream Cheese Fudge
Use 3 oz. of cream cheese. Replace the chocolate with either 1/3 c. creamy peanut butter or 1 c. peanut butter chips, microwaved to melt. Add salted peanuts if desired.