NO FAIL ORANGE CREAMSICLE FUDGE

Over the years we have attempted to play tennis. My hubby and I bought racquets when we were first married and attempted to play a few times. Yeah, I grew up throwing and hitting a baseball with my dad, so hitting a tennis ball gave me problems. You can’t hit a tennis ball the same way. I basically launched it over the fence every single time it came to me. That makes tennis not so much fun for your partner who is always chasing the ball.

Our youngest has a friend who plays tennis, so he has been wanting to go over to the park and play with our old racquets. He also grew up as a cute little baseball player, so a lot of his balls are heading over the fence too. He is way more athletic than I am, so he has learned much faster to hold and hit differently.

Then there is our oldest son. He and I are pretty much on the same level of tennis. Although, I like to think that I don’t look that way when I hit the ball back to him. He kept going after the ball and hitting it like a ninja. You know the move, right? Jump in the air like a flying ninja and hope you connect with the ball. We all were laughing so hard at each other.

I’m thinking that I should just stick to creating fun desserts instead of trying to learn tennis. Although, tennis is much better for my jeans. Hhhhmmm, I might have to keep playing tennis because I do like to munch on M&M blonde brownies a little too much.

A few weeks ago I made a bunch of fudge, sugar cookie bars, and cheesecake parfaits for some school lunches. I made sure to get pictures of all of them because you need these recipes too.

As I was developing the recipes, I decided to go with all summer related desserts. Partly because it’s almost summer, and partly because if I can make and photograph my recipes early, I can spend less time in the kitchen during the hot summer months.

Ingredients

2 cups white chocolate chips
2 Tablespoons butter
1 - 16 ounce can vanilla frosting
1 1/2 teaspoons orange extract
orange gel food coloring
12 orange slice gummy candies

Instructions

Line an 8x8 pan with foil and set aside.
Place the white chips and butter in a large pan and heat until melted and creamy.
Peel off the metal liner on the frosting. Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds. Pour into the melted white chocolate mixture. Stir until melted and creamy.
Pour the mixture evenly into two bowls. Add the extract and food coloring to one bowl.
Drop spoonfuls of each color randomly into the prepared pan. Swirl with a knife every so often, then continue spooning more of each color into the pan. Use the knife to swirl the top a little bit. Be careful not to over swirl or you will lose the white color.
Let the fudge cool for 10 minutes. Cut the gummy orange slices into 3 pieces and press them into the top of the fudge. Let the fudge completely cool and set up before cutting into 36 pieces.