One of Britain's Favourite Confections
Many people believe that fudge was a British invention. The quintessentially British confection. There are several different types, such as the toffee style fudge synonymous with Devon and Cornwall, the distinctive Scottish tablet fudge, plus all the diverse varieties made in Wales. Each region of Britain has developed its own version of fudge. Then, there is the more commercial type of fudge produced by confectioners like Cadbury's, molded into bars and covered with chocolate, the famous 'finger of fudge'.

Fudge is undoubtedly one of Britain's favourite confections, but one which the major confectioners have not widely developed, which is good, since it has resulted in each region of Britain personalizing its own style, creating variety and diversity expanding into a wonderful range of flavours and textures, and assisting not just the survival of, but the blossoming of this confection.

Putting the record straight
However, before going further, it is probably wise to put the record straight and reveal that fudge is in fact an America invention. Records and recipes dating back to 1886 trace the origins to a batch of 'bungled (or fudged)' caramels made on February 14th 1886 - hence the name fudge. Click the link arrow below and take a look at what is claimed to be the original 1886 recipe published by Emelyn Battersby Hartridge, then a student at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Putting Midlands Fudge on the British Food Map
One region of Britain that has never really been been synonymous with fudge is The Heart of England (The Midlands), and here The Country Fudge Company is making quite a stir in creating a new style of this confection by linking the traditional recipe with 21st Century flavouring sciences, and pushing the taste boundaries by introducing new and exotic flavour combinations. Orange and Passion Fruit, Lemon Ginger and our Good Housekeeping Award Winner, Chocolate Chilli are just a few of our taste combinations that are adding a new and unique dimension to an old confection. This new dimension to a traditional product reflects the wide ethnic and cultural diversity of The Heart of England with flavours to celebrate the whole spectrum of the multi-cultural region.

A Family Enterprise
The Country Fudge Company is a family run business and one of our main concerns is to ensure that whatever we feed to our children should be healthy and natural. In a time where we live with a fast pace of life surrounded by high fat, high salt and chemically saturated convenience foodstuffs, we have gone right back to basics by producing all of our products using totally natural ingredients.