Christmas Candy :AKA: Old Fashioned Icebox Fruitcake

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This is a recipe that’s from Denton’s family.  Denton’s Mama makes it every Christmas that they get to spend with us.  She got my Daddy hooked on the stuff when she made it for him one year.  So this year when we had Christmas at Thanksgiving, lol, I made him and my Mama a giant batch to last them through the winter.  Maybe.

I LOVE this stuff.  I hesitated to even put the word FRUITCAKE in the title of this post because – 1. I HATE fruitcake.  I’m sorry if you love it!  B.  This has nothing, NOTHING to do with traditional fruitcake in my opinion.  Sorry for all of the shouting in this paragraph.  I feel VERY STRONGLY about fruitcake, obviously.

Let’s get on with the recipe and you’ll see what I mean.

Gather your ingredients.  You need:

A whole box of vanilla wafers.  My MIL always, ALWAYS uses the Nilla brand.  Now, you know me, unless it’s on sale and I have a coupon for this specific brand…..I used the brand from Aldi.  Shhh, don’t tell Denton’s Mama. 

Candied Cherries…..

Yum!

Candied Pineapple.

Double yum.

I absolutely could not find any candied pineapple this year until we got home and I found ONE.  So in the recipe for my parents, I substituted the tropical dreams Pineapple from Sun*Maid.  My parents still loved it, but if you can find the candied pineapple use it.

Raisins.  Denton’s Mama always uses golden raisins, but I had these, so……. and chopped pecans, which I somehow didn’t a photo of.

Nectar of the universe……it goes with everything, right?

Crush your vanilla wafers.  You can make them very, very fine or leave chunks of cookies.  Both ways are excellent!  Then, start adding the other ingredients.  Chop the pineapple pretty fine……

The raisins too……

Chop the candied cherries fine and add them.  Pour in the sweetened condensed milk and pecans…..

Stir, stir and stir.

Press into buttered dishes.

Try not to just scoop it out and eat it by the spoonful at this point!  Refrigerate for at least a couple of hours, then cut into bite size pieces.  This stuff is heaven.  But, it’s very, very rich, so you’ll definitely want to cut it into 1 X 1 pieces.  And then try not to eat forty of them.  Good luck with that!

Here’s the handy dandy printable.

Christmas Candy :AKA: Old Fashioned Icebox Fruitcake

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box of vanilla wafers
  • 1 can of sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 8 ounce container of candied cherries
  • 1 8 ounce container of candied pineapple
  • 4 ounces of raisins
  • 1 cup of finely chopped pecans

Instructions
 

  • Crush the vanilla wafers until fine.
  • Chop the cherries, pineapples, raisins and pecans until fine.
  • Add all the ingredients together and stir until very well combined.
  • Scoop into a very well buttered dish and refrigerate until set (at least a couple of hours).
  • Cut into 1 X 1 pieces and enjoy!
  • Note: This stuff freezes fantastically!!!

 

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9 thoughts on “Christmas Candy :AKA: Old Fashioned Icebox Fruitcake

  1. I must make this. I have had a near obsession with fruitcake since I read Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” so many years ago.

  2. Thank you!! I have been searching for this recipe. My precious uncle, who passed away used to make this every Christmas. It is so delicious! The longer it sits the better it gets! It’s rich and moist, not like regular fruitcake. It’s also addictive so don’t say I didn’t warn you! Thanks again for the long lost recipe.

  3. Going to have to give this a try. I know it has to be better than store bought. Thanks so much for partying with us at the #WednesdayAIMLinkParty and Giveaway! We hope to see you at our next party on Dec-19-2018.

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