The following are suggestions for giving your fudge an element of surprise
Cranberry Fudge
Add fresh raw cranberries to vanilla fudge candy mixture as it cooks. If desired, stir nuts into candy as it is cooling, before it is poured into a pan. Use a knife to swirl the streaky fudge into a pretty pattern. Alternatively, omit raw cranberries and stir in about 175 ml (3/4 cup) of chopped dried cranberries before pouring fudge into a pan.
Candy Cane Fudge
Crush small candy canes and stir into vanilla fudge as it is cooling, before it is poured into pan. Garnish with more pieces of candy cane. Alternately, add mint flavouring to candy as it cooks. After it is cooked, swirl in a few drops of red and green food colouring. Pour into a pan and decorate with candy cane pieces.
S’mores Fudge
Make a basic chocolate fudge. After it is cooked and spread in a pan, melt marshmallows in the microwave and spread over top of fudge. Top with small graham wafers, graham wafer pieces or sprinkle with coarse graham wafer crumbs.
Cookie Dough Fudge
After vanilla fudge is cooked and somewhat cooled, but before it’s put in a pan, stir fresh chocolate chip cookie dough into the candy. Spread it in a pan and garnish with small chocolate chip cookies or coarse pieces of cookies and sprinkle with more chocolate chips.