I give this recipe 4 starts but my fudge was worth 5 stars. It's was sooo good but I had to make changes to accomplish it. I read the reviews of others and took some advice from each to create my own. I doubled the pumpkin to 1 cup and the pumpkin spice to 1 tablespoon. I used 1 cup of white chocolate chips and 1 cup of cinnamon chips which made it really yummy I thought. I lessened the sugar to two cups. I kept the butter marshmellow and vanilla the same.
After reading all the reviews I was a little nervous about trying this recipe however I was pleasantly surprised at how my fudge turned out. I did cut down the butter to 1/2 cup and increased the pumpkin to 1 cup as recommended by some of the other reviewers. I also increased the pumpkin pie spice by about 1/4 of a teaspoon and added another 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon. I used a candy thermometer but did stop stirring before the 234 degree mark because my arm was getting tired!! (I think I was at about 228.)I also used the white chocolate chips --2cups--verses the butterscotch morsels. I added these 1/3 of a bag at a time to minimize the chance that the mixture would seize and turn to sugar. My fudge turned out very smooth and creamy. This fudge has a nice taste and creamy texture and is a wonderful flavor for the fall season. It is VERY sweet so small pieces are plenty. My family and I will be making this one again!!!
If you want the pumpkin flavor to come through use vanilla baking chips or white chocolate chips. Then the recipe is a 5 star for me. The butterscotch chips are too dominating and the pumkin flavor just can't come through. I prefer this without the nuts.
This was such a unique fudge! It's very existence warrants 5 stars even if I made some changes. Okay so here they are: I used rice krispies instead of almonds. After absorbing the moisture of the fudge the rice krispies added a texture not unlike coconut but it was still nice. I used 1/2 cup butter to insure that the fudge set-up and was happy with the drop in fat. I used 1 whole cup of canned pumpkin which really added to the overall pumpkin flavor. I omitted the butterscotch chips altogether (nobody seemed to like them so I just did it) and used 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips and 1/2 cup cinnamon chips. The fudge ultimately came out tasting a lot like pumpkin pie without the awful consistency. I did not have a candy thermometer so the first time I made this it came out the consistency of granola or small grain gravel. It wasn't until later that I realized that you have to boil it over medium (not high) heat. The 2nd time around after that adjustment the fudge turned out great. I boiled over medium-high heat ("7") for 11 minutes (just to be safe) and had no problems. Enjoy!
Used white chocolate chips. Would have been wonderful if it would have ever set up. Tried to make it 3 separate times. Will try one more time before giving up on the recipe. Follow Up. 11/14/06. I used one stick of butter and half white/half butterscotch chips and it set up perfectly. Great Recipe. I even got the compliment from someone who didn't want to swallow the fudge because it tasted so good. Will definitely make again!
This is a great recipe! I halfed the butter left out a cup of sugar and used half white choc. chips instead of all butterscotch. I also left out the almonds (didn't have any) but I threw in some Rice Krispies just for kicks and it was great! Even with reducing the sugar it's still super rich so you could probably cut back even more if you feel so inclined:)
This was the first time I made fudge - even without a thermometer! (Boiled it for 10 minutes.) I used cinnamon chips instead of butterscotch because I like a lot of spice and the fudge came out incredible! This morning I brought some to work and dropped some of at my sister's house - and in two hours I've given the recipe out to 8 people. What a hit!
I really liked this recipe though it took 2 attempts. The first time it just didn't set. The second time I used only one stick of butter. As suggested by others I used 1 cup of butterscotch chips and 1 cup of white chocolate. Yummy!
I started making this last year at Thanksgiving and it has been a hit every time. Be extremely careful with the 234 degree temp or it won't be the right consistency. I always use 1 c. butterscotch and 2 c. white chocolate chips because I don't like the butterscotch flavor as much.
I don't understand what happened to my batch of pumpkin fudge. I boiled it for over a half hour stirring constantly and it wouldn't go over 220. I let it boil for ten minutes without stirring and the temp wouldn't go any higher. I'm left with a pan of delicious pumpkin goop that is not fudge. I really wanted to like this recipe...
