I really like citrusy things. I'm not sure when this started, but ever since having babies I just get these cravings for citrus. Like lemon in my water. Or orange juice. Or lemon bars. Maybe I'm just deficient in vitamin C. Regardless, lately I've been in the mood for lemon-something. Then the other day I remembered seeing a recipe for lemon fudge on Pinterest a while back, so I looked it up. However, I read through several different lemon fudge recipes, and . . . I just didn't like them. Either they called for stuff I did not have on hand, or they seemed too complicated, or they had to set up over 4-6 hours. Yeah, that wasn't working for me. I wanted lemon fudge, now. So I decided to invent my own. I looked up a cherry almond white chocolate fudge recipe that I have used in the past as a starting point. I have to say, I love that white chocolate fudge recipe. You could probably do all kinds of things with it besides just lemon, and it's one of those fudge recipes that is hard to mess up. Kuddos to whoever invented it (apparently it first appeared in Woman's Day magazine?), because it's a good one. So I changed a few things and turned it into lemon fudge! It turned out pretty good, so I thought I'd share my little adaptation here. Lemon Fudge 1 1/2 cups sugar 2/3 cups whole milk or cream 1/2 stick of butter 2-3 drops yellow food coloring (if desired) 10 oz. white chocolate chips 1 tbsp. lemon flavoring 1 tsp. lemon zest (optional) 1. Grease a small plate or pan with butter or cooking spray, and set aside. 2. Mix together sugar, milk, butter, and food coloring in medium-sized pan. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. 3. Boil for 5 minutes without stirring. Actually I boiled it for 6 minutes the first time and it set up right away but it was a little riskier. If you want to be safe just do 5 minutes and then expect it to take longer to completely set. 4. Remove from heat and stir until smooth. Stir in white chocolate chips until melted. Stir in lemon flavoring (you might have to do this to taste, because if your fudge is still hot some of the flavoring will burn off). Stir in lemon zest if desired. 5. Spread in prepared dish. 6. Now go lick the pan while you wait for the fudge to set up. And that's it! Lemon fudge. I'm feeling like I should try experimenting with some other fudge recipes I have and see what I can come up with. I feel like so many fudge recipes are so complicated - I'd rather just stick with the recipes that I know work for me and see what I can do to change them up! Anyone else have some amazing fudge recipes they'd like to share? Check out some of my other fudge recipes! Pumpkin Maple Fudge Caramel Apple Fudge Pecan Coconut Orange Fudge Cinnamon Orange Fudge