Chocolate burfi, a melt in mouth, soft fudge made with milk and cocoa powder. A quick and easy dessert made in microwave. A perfect treat to celebrate festivities.

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Burfi | Barfi | Indian Fudge
About the Recipe
Few Fudge Recommendations
Reasons to make this Chocolate Fudge!
Ingredients to Make Milk Powder Burfi
Step wise Instruction to make the Fudge
Chocolate Burfi | Chocolate Milk Powder Barfi | Using Microwave

Burfi | Barfi | Indian Fudge

Barfi or burfi is a milk-based sweet from the Indian subcontinent with a fudge-like consistency. Its name comes from the Persian and Urdu word (barf) for snow.

There are many ways to make barfi. Like with condensed milk and milk powder or Sugar and milk powder. You can also use mawa to give the burfi richness. Add coconut along or any nuts or legumes to it and make a different variety. Check this sesame khoya ladoo or coconut rose ladoo made with rich mawa/milk solids.

A simple barfi recipe is made with milk powder and condensed milk, along with a touch of cardamom or saffron for added flavor. The mixture is cooked until it reaches a fudge-like consistency, then gently spread on a greased plate and cut into desired shapes.

It can also be shaped in to cute little balls or flattened into thick discs, like these simple milk peda. And for extra special occasions, give them a touch of elegance by decorating with shimmering silver or gold foil.

About the Recipe

This sinful chocolate fudge, is a decade old recipe from the blog. I m rewriting this with better content to get the reach it deserves. You know google makes life of a blogger tough every day, new updates almost every week and we are flabbergasted on what to do and what not to do. But again, this passion of food, keeps us going, so here i m trying to make my reach amongst all the tantrums thrown by google child.

Every year, I make some sweets as a trial to know what everyone at home prefers and what to gift friends on festive occasions. One such trial was this soft and fudgey chocolate burfi. Needless to say, it was a hit with kids.

My boys obviously loved it, it was chocolatey, soft, melt in the mouth, and had no nutty bits. It would definitely be a hit at your place if you have kids like mine or even adults who enjoy such treats. With holi on the cards, i wanted to gift something for my friends and also to my husband's colleagues, so this year, chocolate burfi it is!

Few Fudge Recommendations

If you too love making edible gifts, check this delish peanut chocolate fudge made with dark chocolate and jaggery. An absolute divine tasting fudge with crunchy peanuts, made using double boiler method. If you wanna taste a traditional south-indian burfi, coconut burfi it is. An aromatic, flavorsome dessert, with just 3 ingredients, coconut, sugar and a touch of ghee.

Thiratipaal, also known as paalkhova, is a famous dessert from South-India and also a famous temple offering at the Andal temple, Srivilliputhur. This delish dessert is made just from milk and sugar and continuous stirring for hours.

If you want a shortcut to this delish traditional sweet, try this chocolate thiratipaal, made in microwave, in minutes. For a fruity experience, look at this Anjeer dry fruit bars, made with figs and dry fruits.

Reasons to make this Chocolate Fudge!

This delish chocolate burfi takes just 5 minutes to make in the microwave. I m in fact adding 2 extra minutes, just incase you have a different power microwave.
If you are someone who avoids using microwave, who can definitely make it on the stove-top and it will take 10 more minutes, so around 15-20 minutes, max.
Simple Ingredients, just 3 ingredients, almost available in every pantry.
Can be easily adjusted to make for a crowd. Double or triple the recipe to make for a larger crowd.
Versatile recipe, add some nuts for a nutty fudge, change the flavors to cinnamon/cardamom for a different flavor profile. Add some freeze dried fruits for a different texture.

Ingredients to Make Milk Powder Burfi

Main Ingredients : Milk powder and cocoa powder. I have used full fat milk powder to make this perfect chocolate burfi.
Sweetener : I have used condensed milk to make this delish chocolate fudge.
Liquid : Few dashes of milk to get it to that consistency.
Flavors : I have used vanilla extract. You can use cinnamon, cardamom, along with a touch of ginger too.
Fat : Few drops ghee to bring it together in the end and also to grease the plate.

Step wise Instruction to make the Fudge

Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions

Take a microwave safe bowl. Mix in milk powder and cocoa together. Use a whisk to combine well.
Add condensed milk and mix. It will be a thick dough, add milk to get it to gooey consistency.

Microwave cook @ high for a minute take it out, mix well and cook @ high for another minute. Add ghee and cook again for 30 seconds.

Take it out, let it rest for 10 minutes. You can shape them into discs here. If not, flatten it on a greased plate, cut them into desired shapes.
Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator. Enjoy.