recipes for american style fudge???

I far prefer tablet to fudge, but all the actual fudge I've had in the UK tastes just like the stuff in the US to me. We seem to have fudge shops on every corner around here! Is it just a Cornwall thing? I think they're easily as good as SF Fudge Co!

Cornwall and Devon are known for their Clotted Cream fudge, so yeah, a lot is sold down there.

Not sure, but I've bought some fudge up here before that would pull your fillings out & that's not my idea of fudge!  Steve mentioned something about maybe that is 'Scottish fudge' (maybe tablet?) - I'm not sure, but it wasn't nice (to my expectation of fudge) & I was disappointed.

On the other hand, what QG once sent to me & what I got at the San Francisco Fudge Company in Bath - now that's fudge!  Soft, smooth, creamy & delicious! 

I'm a fan of both types of fudge - I'd say that the majority in England is the smooth, creamy kind like in the US (I love Clotted Cream fudge ), but I love Scottish Tablet too - although I prefer to make my own, as I find the stuff sold in shops to be a bit too gritty and sugary compared to the homemade one I grew up with.

My aunt makes delicious chocolate fudge. I really need to ask her for the recipe. She makes it every year at Christmas time and my cousin's teachers all pray to get one of them so they can get fudge! She's also been told she should sell her fudge. It was a real comfort to me with Christmas in England this year. Poor DB got a bite to try, but I comforted myself by eating the rest of the box!

My favorite store to buy chocolate is in Osterville on Cape Cod and it's called Gone Chocolate.

I find the stuff sold in shops to be a bit too gritty and sugary compared to the homemade one I grew up with.

It's the grit that I like best! 

According to Nigel Slater's Eating for England - the essay on Fudge, there are two kinds of British fudge...the crumbly, gritty kind and the smooth & creamy kind.

On the other hand, what QG once sent to me & what I got at the San Francisco Fudge Company in Bath - now that's fudge!  Soft, smooth, creamy & delicious! 

Are you hinting?   

If anyone's interested... all i did was follow the recipe on the side of the Marshmallow Fluff jar!  Easy peasy!

Are you hinting?     

 

  If anyone's interested... all i did was follow the recipe on the side of the Marshmallow Fluff jar!  Easy peasy! 

Yeah, someone else mentioned (I think?) about not being able to get the Marshmallow Fluff here, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it at the grocery store?  Or was I just hallucinating?

Yeah, someone else mentioned (I think?) about not being able to get the Marshmallow Fluff here, but I'm pretty sure I've seen it at the grocery store?  Or was I just hallucinating?

you weren't hallucinating... ive seen it too, but failing that, it can be bought online.

I have other great american recipes, though may be difficult to get the ingredients here- like with marshmallow fluff.

Was it me? I must admit, I've never looked for it. I haven't had a need to make fudge, as I'm not exactly going to make a batch of fudge for myself, my hips and stomach and butt are big enough!!   

Was it me? I must admit, I've never looked for it. I haven't had a need to make fudge, as I'm not exactly going to make a batch of fudge for myself, my hips and stomach and butt are big enough!!   

Yeah?  I'll see your hips/stomach/butt, and I'll raise you 50 pounds! 

Wow.....Thanks for the help gang!

Iwould have to say. That I very much dislike the gritty type of fudge here. Something about it makes my teeth hurt.
 I haven't tried the clotted cream fudge or anything from devon. Might be going camping there soon, so we'll see.....

Can someone explain what "tablet" is?

and I have been searching in vain for marshmallow fluff... Would just buying some marshmallow and making it work, do you think? I remember a time before fluff when my mom used to make it.

I base all my fudge on the recipe on the Marshmallow Fluff jar too!!  Everyone loves it!! I don't always tell them the where I got it from though!  That's been my standard recipe for years. I always make the fudge around christmas time and bring it in to work. Everyone just goes crazy for it. I use this recipe and add peanut butter to it and that's everyone's favourite!   I get the huge jars of Fluff from the sweet shop next to where I work for free. They say as long as I make them some fudge I can have the jars free!  Plus sometimes they also carry Nestle's or Hershey semi-sweet morsels! 

Gotta agree, British fudge is absolutely disgusting. The first time I had it, it was dry and crumbly and I spit it out. DH was made cause I threw it away!  I told him that's not fudge!!  Every once in a while you can find someone selling homemade fudge in a market area (Camden was a great find) that sells the perfect type of fudge!!

Gotta agree, British fudge is absolutely disgusting. The first time I had it, it was dry and crumbly and I spit it out. DH was made cause I threw it away!  I told him that's not fudge!!  Every once in a while you can find someone selling homemade fudge in a market area (Camden was a great find) that sells the perfect type of fudge!!

The crumbly stuff is tablet, not fudge. I don't think I've ever had crumbly fudge here, although I wish I could find it!! Not all that many fudge shops sell tablet around here. The smooth stuff always feels cloying and slimy to me. BLECH!

http://www.kattitudes.com/creative/2007/12/08/marshmallow-fluff-fudge-recipes/

Here are fudge recipes for fluff and if you click on the marshmallow fluff link on the page it gives recipe for making your own fluff ....soooooo you don't have to hunt down the fluff in the UK now!

They have Fluff at my Sainbury's and it isn't a big one. 

The crumbly stuff is tablet, not fudge. I don't think I've ever had crumbly fudge here, although I wish I could find it!! Not all that many fudge shops sell tablet around here. The smooth stuff always feels cloying and slimy to me. BLECH!

Nope, it says fudge right on the packet!  And it's all been the same wherever I get it in Britain. I have had Scottish tablet and didn't like that much either.  The consistently of British fudge is too hard and not enough moisture. As most have said, the good stuff is moist and smooth like it could melt right in your hand.

I wonder if they have to dehydrate their fudge over here a bit to mass market it so it stands up for retail selling once it reaches the stores?