Fudge is a Family Favorite
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
According to history (although disputable) fudge was accidentally developed by a batch of failed candy; probably caramels, sometime around the year 1886. From this spoiled candy batch came the cooks’ exclamation of or the phrase ‘oh, fudge!’ The initial written confirmation of fudge was in a letter from Poughkeepsie, New York. A student from Vassar College, Emelyn Battersby Hartidge, said that a classmate’s ...Fudge is a Family Favorite