Fudge Rounds – a homemade copycat recipe of the classic Little Debbie treat! Soft chocolate cookies with chocolate buttercream and a chocolate drizzle.
More Little Debbie copycat recipes: Cosmic Brownies and Oatmeal Cream Pies!
Fudge Rounds are such a classic afterschool snack. I haven’t had one in years and years but I remember really loving them as a kid.
🎂 What Is a Fudge Round?
Is it a cookie?! Is it a cake?!
Fudge Rounds are a Little Debbie treat you can buy at pretty much any grocery or convenience store.
Little Debbie calls them soft sandwich cookies but the texture of the cookie is so much more cake like to me. They’re almost whoopie pies in my mind.
The cookies are light and fluffy and they’re filled with a fudge cream and then drizzled with chocolate! They’re decadent without being too rich and definitely a chocolate lover’s dream.
🍫 Ingredients
- Unsalted butter
- Granulated sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- All purpose flour
- Cocoa powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Powdered sugar
- Heavy cream, or milk
- Semisweet chocolate chips
- Canola oil
👩🏼🍳 How To Make Fudge Rounds
- Combine wet ingredients. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy; add egg and vanilla
- Sift dry ingredients. Sift together flour, cocoa powder baking soda, and salt
- Combine wet and dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients; beat until just combined
- Place on baking sheets. Scoop balls of batter onto prepared baking sheet
- Bake cakes. Bake about 10 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.
- Make the Filling. Beat butter, vanilla, cocoa powder, and powdered sugar together; add heavy cream until it reaches desired consistency
- Frost cakes. Spread filling on half of the cakes and top with another cake
- Make the Chocolate Drizzle. Melt chocolate and canola oil together in microwave; stir unil smooth. Drizzle over each assembled Fudge Rounds.
Can You Freeze Homemade Fudge Rounds?
Yes, these freeze wonderfully! I like to wrap them individually in plastic wrap and then put them all in a big ziploc bag. And then I just pull them out as needed. Let them defrost at room temperature.
More Chocolate Cake Recipes
- Chocolate Cream Filled Cake
- Flourless Chocolate Cake
- Chocolate Angel Food Cake
- Mexican Chocolate Cake
- Snickers Cake
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Fudge Rounds
Ingredients
For the cakes:
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
For the filling:
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons heavy cream, or milk
For the chocolate drizzle:
- ¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ teaspoon canola oil
Instructions
To make the cakes:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla; mix well.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and beat just until combined.
- Scoop rounded pingpong ball-sized balls of batter onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes, until the centers no longer look wet. Let cool on baking sheet for a minute or 2 and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining batter.
To make the filling:
- In a clean bowl, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and mix well. Sift the cocoa powder and powdered sugar together; add to the butter in small batches and beat until all the sugar is incorporated. Add heavy cream 1 tablespoon at a time until your filling reaches desired consistency.
- When cakes are cool, spread a bit of the filling on half of them and then top with another cake.
To make chocolate drizzle:
- Microwave the chocolate and oil in 20 second bursts, stirring between each one, until the chocolate is melted. Drizzle over each cake. Let sit until chocolate is set.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 293Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 127mgCarbohydrates: 42gFiber: 1gSugar: 28gProtein: 4g
Jillia says
My cookies also did not flatten out. How do you achieve that?
Robin says
My cookies didn’t flatten out in the oven. Should I pre-flatten them next time?
Christina @ This Woman Cooks! says
I’d love to have one! So much chocolate :)
nicole @ I am a honey bee says
OMG these look soooo good!!!!
I should make these for the neighbor kids to bribe them to stop throwing junk into our driveway. maybe that will help!
Anne @ Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy says
oh my yum.
These look beyond fabulous.
Lesa @Edesia's Notebook says
Did you really only eat one? They look so good! Great choice.
Veronica says
Oh my goodness, I remember when Katrina posted these and I was trying to forget them! Sheesh they look so good. I know I wouldn’t be able to resist either!
Anne-Marie Faiola says
These look so absolutely delectable, I’m definitely going to try these out!
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says
Oooh the shredded meat cookies lol ;) I bet they tasted great.
melissa@IWasBornToCook says
These bring back memories, big time!
astrid says
those look like perfect little snacks!
Gerry @ Foodness Gracious says
Great SRC post, and I love the name, fudge rounds just make me want to eat way more than one!!
Nicole @ The Daily Dish says
Chocolate… my goodness these look so good! What a fun recipe and I am quite certain my kiddo’s will love it!
colleen @ Secrets from the Cookie Princess says
“but better because you can add as much frosting as you want! ” Yes, this. I practically lived on fudge rounds in high school. Can’t wait to try my own.
Katrina says
Fudge Rounds! Those were really good and yours look great! Makes me want to make them again. All my boys love them! And thanks for your kind words and for baking from my blog this month! Love this group, such a fun idea.
Tina Powell says
The cake/cookie mixture was so crumbly. Needs milk or water for moisture.
Shumaila says
These look great Amanda! Baking and Boys is definitely a great blog! I got you as my assigned blog this month and I was very happy with my luck as well! Unfortunately I was not able to try any of the sticky lemon rolls because of a severe stomach upset, but everyone who had them liked them!
Deborah says
I actually got to meet Katrina in person last month – such a sweetheart! And I love the little debbie treats – I know I’d love these even more!
Ellie says
Love your blog. I get it via email. Love it that you admitted to BB after dark. I DVR it and watch it off and on during the day other wise I am exhausted from lack of sleep.