"Fudge" is a word that covers two quite different products, and it's worth being upfront about which one we sell. If you're picturing a wrapped slab from a seaside fudge shop or a boxed gift set, that's not what's in our range. What we actually stock is dessert-topping fudge — chocolate-covered clusters and loose caramel pieces, sold in bulk for scooping, mixing and serving rather than wrapping as a gift.
What we stock
- Kingsway Milk Chocolate Cookie & Fudge Clusters Box 2kg — chunks of fudge and biscuit coated in milk chocolate, sold as a 2kg box. This one ships as standard stock.
- Kingsway Toppings Salted Caramel Fudge Pieces Tub 1.5kg — loose salted caramel fudge pieces in a 1.5kg tub, built for scooping onto desserts or into a pick 'n' mix cup. Special-order line, usually around two weeks to ship, same price as the rest of the range.
- Kingsway Toppings Mini Caramel Fudge 1.5kg — smaller caramel fudge pieces, same 1.5kg tub format. Also a special-order line with a roughly two-week lead time.
None of the three is a plain vanilla slab fudge, and none comes individually wrapped or boxed as a gift. They're all designed to be scooped, weighed out or mixed in rather than handed over as-is.
Topping fudge vs. eating fudge
The distinction matters more than it sounds. Traditional gift fudge is cut into neat squares or bars, wrapped, and sold as a treat in its own right — think a small block from a fudge kitchen in a seaside town. "Topping" fudge, which is what we stock, is cut into smaller, more irregular pieces designed to be scattered rather than eaten as a single portion: over ice cream, through a milkshake, folded into a dessert bar, or scooped alongside other sweets at a pick 'n' mix station. Both are genuinely fudge and both are edible straight from the tub — the difference is portioning and intended use, not ingredients.
Where fudge actually comes from
Fudge is a 19th-century American invention, and probably an accidental one. Food writer Lee Edwards Benning traced it to confectioners handling caramel ingredients as though making fondant — heating milk and sugar to the soft-ball stage, then working in butter and beating the mixture as it cools until it turns thick, creamy and less glossy than caramel. "Chocolate caramels" made along similar lines were already popular in America by the 1860s and 70s.
Fudge's real break came through women's colleges in the 1880s and 90s, especially Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. A Vassar student, Emelyn Battersby Hartridge, is credited with giving fudge its proper introduction to campus in 1888 after selling a 30-pound batch of her own — by 1894, recipes for "Fudges at Vassar" were being printed in major American newspapers. The controlled cooling and beating process that gives fudge its characteristic texture — softer than caramel, firmer than fondant — is still how it's made today, whether it ends up as a wrapped gift bar or, as in our case, a tub of topping pieces.
Where to find the rest
All three lines sit within our wider Kingsway range and our Pick 'n' Mix collection. If you're buying at volume more generally, our wholesale and bulk buying guide covers pricing and ordering across the wider range.
Frequently asked questions
Does Supreme Sweets sell traditional block or bar fudge?
No — we don't stock a plain, gift-box slab fudge. What we carry is dessert-topping fudge: chocolate-covered fudge clusters and loose caramel fudge pieces, sold by the box or tub rather than as a wrapped bar.
What fudge products does Supreme Sweets actually stock?
Three Kingsway lines: Milk Chocolate Cookie & Fudge Clusters (2kg box), Toppings Salted Caramel Fudge Pieces (1.5kg tub), and Toppings Mini Caramel Fudge (1.5kg). All three are bulk or trade-sized rather than individual gift portions.
How quickly do the fudge products ship?
The Cookie & Fudge Clusters box ships as standard stock. The two loose fudge pieces tubs are special-order lines with a lead time of around two weeks at the same price — check each product page for current status before ordering.
Do you sell a fudge advent calendar or a boxed fudge gift set?
No — we don't currently stock a fudge advent calendar or a boxed fudge gift set. Our fudge range is dessert-topping and pick 'n' mix format only.
Source: Wikipedia: Fudge.