Kraft's Confetti Fudge Bites Variations
The prime ingredients for the flavor of this recipe are white chocolate and vanilla instant pudding, which suggests that the taste of the fudge can be altered with different flavors of instant pudding. So let's have a go mixing it up!
Here are the substitute instant pudding flavors:
Hershey's White Chocolate
Cheesecake
Coconut Cream
French Vanilla
Horchata (unique flavors of rice, vanilla and a touch of cinnamon)
Method
As I have yet to win the lottery and rather than waste ingredients if things do not taste well, I made up the recipe with all the ingredients except the instant pudding. The joke is on me though as I only realized after double boiling the unsalted butter and "white chocolate" that the chocolate was actually vanilla chips. Proceeded with the recipe any way.
The fudge was then equally divided into six parts using Wilton Jumbo batter scoop with a little over 0.5 oz (1 tablespoon) of each instant pudding flavors added to those parts. The sixth flavor is vanilla to compare with the "original" recipe taste. I also forgot to buy more powdered sugar so my fudge bits only have 2.5 cups instead of the called for 3 cups. To keep the six flavors separate, I lined a 9 mini-bread loaf pan sheet with foil and molded the foil to the "loaves." Initially thinking that the Jumbo scoop would not be enough to fill the "loaf", the first couple of flavors were slightly over filled whilst the last two "loaves" were under filled.
The Palate
Before handing out squares to any one, I tried little nibbles of each one - which was more than enough for some of the flavors! Having mixed up the white chocolate bits with vanilla but also having the white chocolate pudding flavor made me think that this taste was similar to the original recipe. And indeed, it did taste like white chocolate, though for this flavor I would loose the sprinkles and substitute them with Oreo crumbs. Truly all the fudge bites could have done without the sprinkles as the recipe is quite too sugar for my adult taste buds, so much so that the overly spicy beef I made for dinner tasted swell after all the nibbles!
The vanilla flavor tasted like slightly less rich frosting whilst the french vanilla was exactly like frosting. The coconut creme could not be not be tasted no matter how many times I tired. The cheesecake was delicious in the first third of the taste but then became much too sugary and rich in the last two-thirds of the bite. Sadly the Horchata flavor did not fair so well either. The Horchata had a more mellow taste than the other flavors but had a graininess to the consistancy that could not be outweighed by the warmth from the cinnamon.
Recommendations
If this is what is being given to children, it is no wonder that Americans have such a short attention spans with rising rates of diabetes. It is much too rich for my tastes to make again, let alone distribute to others, especially the young, but perhaps you will have better luck.
The prime ingredients for the flavor of this recipe are white chocolate and vanilla instant pudding, which suggests that the taste of the fudge can be altered with different flavors of instant pudding. So let's have a go mixing it up!
Here are the substitute instant pudding flavors:
Hershey's White Chocolate
Cheesecake
Coconut Cream
French Vanilla
Horchata (unique flavors of rice, vanilla and a touch of cinnamon)
Method
As I have yet to win the lottery and rather than waste ingredients if things do not taste well, I made up the recipe with all the ingredients except the instant pudding. The joke is on me though as I only realized after double boiling the unsalted butter and "white chocolate" that the chocolate was actually vanilla chips. Proceeded with the recipe any way.
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| Separate bowl used for mixing in the pudding. Not endorsed by Jell-O, Hershey's, Horchata or Great Value. |
The fudge was then equally divided into six parts using Wilton Jumbo batter scoop with a little over 0.5 oz (1 tablespoon) of each instant pudding flavors added to those parts. The sixth flavor is vanilla to compare with the "original" recipe taste. I also forgot to buy more powdered sugar so my fudge bits only have 2.5 cups instead of the called for 3 cups. To keep the six flavors separate, I lined a 9 mini-bread loaf pan sheet with foil and molded the foil to the "loaves." Initially thinking that the Jumbo scoop would not be enough to fill the "loaf", the first couple of flavors were slightly over filled whilst the last two "loaves" were under filled.
The Palate
Before handing out squares to any one, I tried little nibbles of each one - which was more than enough for some of the flavors! Having mixed up the white chocolate bits with vanilla but also having the white chocolate pudding flavor made me think that this taste was similar to the original recipe. And indeed, it did taste like white chocolate, though for this flavor I would loose the sprinkles and substitute them with Oreo crumbs. Truly all the fudge bites could have done without the sprinkles as the recipe is quite too sugar for my adult taste buds, so much so that the overly spicy beef I made for dinner tasted swell after all the nibbles!
The vanilla flavor tasted like slightly less rich frosting whilst the french vanilla was exactly like frosting. The coconut creme could not be not be tasted no matter how many times I tired. The cheesecake was delicious in the first third of the taste but then became much too sugary and rich in the last two-thirds of the bite. Sadly the Horchata flavor did not fair so well either. The Horchata had a more mellow taste than the other flavors but had a graininess to the consistancy that could not be outweighed by the warmth from the cinnamon.
Recommendations
If this is what is being given to children, it is no wonder that Americans have such a short attention spans with rising rates of diabetes. It is much too rich for my tastes to make again, let alone distribute to others, especially the young, but perhaps you will have better luck.
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