Candy Cane Fudge Recipe - The Girl Who Ate Everything (2024)

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What is called fudge? ›

fudge, creamy candy made with butter, sugar, milk, and usually chocolate, cooked together and beaten to a soft, smooth texture. Fudge may be thought of as having a consistency harder than that of fondant and softer than that of hard chocolate.

Although fudge often contains chocolate, fudge is not the same as chocolate. Chocolate is a mix of cocoa solids, cocoa butter and sometimes sugar and other flavorings and is hard and brittle. Fudge is a mixture of sugar, dairy and flavorings that is cooked and cooled to form a smooth, semi-soft confection.

1. ( Cook) Fondant m. 2. ( Press, = space for stop press) Spalte f für letzte Meldungen; (= stop press news) letzte Meldungen pl.

Hot fudge is made by boiling together cream, sugar, chocolate, and sometimes butter—the traditional ingredients for fudge—into what is essentially just an undercooked, unset version of the confection.

Fudge typically contains more sugar than chocolate, so it may not be the best choice for those looking to limit their sugar intake. On the other hand, dark chocolate is a good source of antioxidants and can provide health benefits when consumed in moderation.

Cocoa Powder with Sweetener and Milk Powder: Mix cocoa powder with a sweetener (such as sugar or a sugar substitute) and milk powder (dairy or plant-based) to create a dry mix that can mimic the flavour profile of milk chocolate when added to recipes.

Fudge's story began in the United States around the 1880s. The first documented instance of fudge being made was at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York when a student named Emelyn Battersby Hartridge heard of a fudge recipe and made 30 pounds of it for a senior auction.

The story goes, a baker was trying to make chocolate caramels. However, they didn't get the recipe quite right. When the candy came out as the creamy treat we know today, they said, “Oh, fudge!” and that's how the candy got its name. The first recorded mention of fudge came from 1888.

Peter Hatcher tells humorous stories about his little brother, Farley Drexel Hatcher, whom everyone calls Fudge because he hates the name Farley. Peter is several years older than Fudge, and the age gap between them is part of what makes the series.

By most accounts, the first batch of fudge was concocted in Baltimore in the 1880s. By the turn of the century, fudge-making arrived on Mackinac Island in northern Michigan, which today has a legitimate claim as the modern day fudge capital.

Why do we say fudge it? ›

The origin of the verb to fudge is lost in the mists of the 17th century: some say it derives from the archaic fadge, ''to agree'' or ''to fit pieces together''; others point to the chance of echoic variation of the German futsch, ''gone, ruined''; Isaac D'Israeli, Ben's father, speculated that fudge is an eponym of ...