Ive never really know what condensed milk was until recently when I saw a recipe for fudge needing it. Ive become a bit baking mad lately and due to low funds Im needing to bake a few presents this year as its all i can afford to do. My mum is a fudge fiend so i wanted to try it out to see if i could make a decent fudge rather than her present being my first attempt!
Unfortunatly I lost the recipe but discovered on the can that they have a website with a bunch of recipes on including one for fudge so I did get to use it in the end!

PACKAGING
You can also get this in a squeezy tube but I got the tin as it was better value and was the exact quanity I needed. The tin I got is the same as in the picture- the front of the tin has the nestle logo along with the Carnation brand. It has a picture of a dessert and the word condensed milk on it. On the back of the tin is a recipe for a dessert you can make with the milk, nutritional values, ingredients etc.

WHAT IS CONDENSED MILK AND WHAT CAN I USE IT IN
Its a thick syrupy milk. Its very sugary and sweet.
You can find recipes that use it by visiting www.carnation.co.uk. You can make things such as fudge, chocolate cake, cookies, sticky toffee puddings and many more. The thing I like about the website is as well as a written version of the recipe there is also a video accompanying it. Ive always found a recipe easier to follow when i have a video i can follow, pause and rewind.
Unopened it has quite a long shelf life but once opend it wont last long. This isnt a problem though if your using it with the recipes provided as in my experience at least they tend to use a whole can or whole squeezy tube.

PRICING
The cans are currently going for £1.44 at tesco. They also do another brand of condensed milk called farmlea which is a little cheaper at £1.06 for the same sized tin, having not yet tried it I cant comment on whether the quality differs.


Id definitly reccomend this as there are so many recipes you could use it for. Not great for those on a diet though!
And in case you were wondering the fudge came out great considering Im not the best cook (i have yet to master cookies) and within 2 days the entire batch was demolished by me with a little help from my son!