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[HellboundOrc 2]

I don’t like anything chocolate related, and I’m very iffy on caramel so probably not

[Sam N 10]

Though I’d probably go light bc my family has a history of diabetes and that looks like nothing but sugar

[IronKidFan8 3]

The harder equivalent is toffee, which shares the same flavour as fudge but is more harder and chewier

Also chocolate and caramel are actually not staples, you just need sugar, butter and milk (or cream) to make it

[HellboundOrc 2]

One caveat though, peanut butter and chocolate is a baller combo. Good stuff.

[IronKidFan8 3]

Toffee only uses sugar and butter however, but like I said, the flavours of toffee and fudge are almost identical

[IronKidFan8 3]

How about traditional vanilla fudge?

[HellboundOrc 2]

Doesn’t sound like something I’d like

[IronKidFan8 3]

No, chocolate is not used in it

[IronKidFan8 3]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fudge_93112

[IronKidFan8 3]

This isn’t chocolate or caramel

[HellboundOrc 2]

I also have problems with stuff being too rich. Reason why I won’t eat certain cakes and such

[IronKidFan8 3]

What about toffee? It has the same flavour but doesn’t rely on as much dairy as fudge does

Or butter tablet, which is basically what I shared but with a much more crumbly texture, sometimes marketed as fudge outside of Scotland

Tablet is Scottish

This is what butter tablet looks like

I like tablet but not as much as fudge

I prefer softer textures

From what I have noticed, it seems like older generations have appreciated it more than newer generations, claiming it is too rich and such, but often eat desserts that have “fudge” in the name but don’t have real fudge in it, just the texture is similar such as brownies, cakes, ice cream, doughnuts and cookies

Plus, it seems like the real stuff may have been more popular in the older generations as well from what I could have seen, my nan used to love fudge, she was born in 1939 and died in 2021.

[gunslingerkaras 0]

Sometimes people just want the flavor of something without dealing with the other stuff that comes with it.

[IronKidFan8 3]

Yeah, that could explain why fudge brownies, fudge cakes, fudge ice cream, fudge doughnuts and fudge cookies are more popular than actual fudge itself, which is not sold as much and usually appeals to seaside towns, farm shops or tourist attractions

[HellboundOrc 2]

Americans love buying stuff flavored as other stuff

[IronKidFan8 3]

Most people see it as a “gift food” which means it is mainly sold or made as gifts to other people at times like Christmas or birthdays

That’s another factor to how fudge flavoured things and things with a “fudge” texture are more popular than the actual thing itself, right?

[gunslingerkaras 0]

I think it's a perception thing, but not necessarily that it's a "gift food".

[IronKidFan8 3]

Perception?

[gunslingerkaras 0]

It's more that fudge is seen (and often even marketed) as "old-fashioned", which turns people off to the idea of it.

[IronKidFan8 3]

Compared to things that have the flavour of it?

Which are more popular like cakes, brownies, ice cream, cookies and doughnuts

[gunslingerkaras 0]

Like I said, people just want the flavor of something sometimes.

[IronKidFan8 3]

Yeah

[IronKidFan8 3]

I like coke flavoured sweets but I don’t like drinking coke itself because of the bubbles and all that

I also like foam bananas but not actual bananas

[gunslingerkaras 0]

And again, the way fudge is made makes it extremely rich, and most people don't like that.

When people go to snack on something, they want something they can take more than one or two bites of.

Fudge doesn't allow for that.

[IronKidFan8 3]

Huh, that’s weird as most older generation people I’ve seen talk about it really like it compared to newer generation people, like my nan as an example, she really loved it, she was born in 1939 and died in 2021, I think my grandad used to like it as well

I’ve also seen a lot of posts online from mostly people from older generations talk about how much they like it