Fudge Kitchen York: Fudge Making Experience – Review: November 2018
Fudge Kitchen, nestled away in the quaint Shambles area of York, produces fabulous flavoursome fudge daily. The brand began producing artisan fudge in the UK, as Jim Garrahy’s fudge kitchen, back in 1983 and then shortened their name to Fudge Kitchen in 2010. Jim was the creator of Fudge Kitchens, fudge recipe, that dates back to the 1830’s and incredibly is still hand made on marble slabs.
Allegedly, fudge originates from when a lecturer, over at a female college in Vasser, USA, was taking a class in Toffee making, but as the temperature was not high enough, the end product was called fudge. Hence, why the term ‘fudge’ is used to denote an error.
We prepared ourselves for a fudge making extravaganza and donned the wonderful wicker traditional straw hats aka a natty boater, with the amazing Apron embossed with the Fudge Kitchen logo and could not wait to enjoy the hour-long Fudge Making Experience.
Darren and Dawn a delightful duo and our team leaders for the amazing Fudge Making Experience, both absolute super stars! Things got hot and steamy, as the fudge mixture was pre-prepared, and temperatures soared, as they poured the mixture onto the marble slab.
Now the process was all about timing, making sure that the fudge had set and was ready to be worked. Looking rather mischievous, checking the fudge had set and not removing the steel bars too early, as the fudge would have gone into melt down, turned into a lava like flow and have ended up all over the place. However, we avoided fudge lava, as our expert theatrical fudge masters Dawn and Darren kept things on track and avoided us making a fudge of things!
While working the fudge, defiantly a time to flex the arm muscles for sure, we learned about the interesting history, science and techniques of fudge making.
This was time to put the fun into overdrive, go wild and make our very own fudge fountains which was an absolute giggle.
Learning to ‘slab & loaf’ and create our very own beautiful fudge baguette ready to set, slice and most importantly taste.
The Fudge Making Experience is for between 1-3 people, around an hour in duration and as well as participating in a demonstration with your fudge expert, you also receive six slices of fudge while on site, a further 6 slice box to take away with you and a Make Fudge At Home Skills Kit, so you can put your skills and newly found expertise to good use when you arrive back home.
An entertaining, exciting experience, with interesting and immersive theatrical fudge making moments, ideal for a treat from you to you, or would make the most perfect gift for a family member, friend or loved one.
Don’t make a fudge of things, make sure you don’t forget to book your fabulous Fudge Making Experience.
Thank you for reading 😊
Melanie xx
Contact:
https://www.fudgekitchen.co.uk/en/shops/york-fudge-kitchen-shop
Oo how delicious! My husband loves fudge and this would make the perfect gift for him 🙂
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It was very delicious and looks like that is the Christmas gift for the hubby sorted xx
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It sounds great fun and I love the star covered overall. Mine would have been a lot Messer than yours.
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It was thanks you so much, as that was my dress. I love it too 🙂 Haha I kept things clean with their fab apron…thankfully xx
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I’ve seen fudge being made before but what an amazing experience to be able to actually be part of that process too!
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IT was a fab experience and we seemed not to fudge things up lol xx
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I knew nothing about the history of how fudge is made! So cool. That does look really satisfying I would love to try and make fudge.
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You should deffo give it a go, we had so much fun and the information and the process was interesting too xx
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So fun! I love fudge 🙂
Brianna | https://briannamarielifestyle.com
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Yes and same hun xx
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The get up looks fab!! I adore fudge and that raspberry and white chocolate one looks delicious. My attempts at making it at home are never very successful though
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Ooo yes please, bring on the raspberry. I know what you mean…same lol xx
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Oh my goodness this would be a dream for me to do! I adore fudge, I eat it all the time. These look amazing.
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Haha it was a fab Fudge filled time, you should deffo give it a whirl xx
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I haven’t had fudge in so many years. When I was in middle school my best friend’s mom would make it all the time. I’ve tried, and it just isn’t the same. Maybe I need to try a class like this, but I can’t imagine making that much at once!
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Knowing your cooking skills, I am sure that you would ace it Steph xx
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I have made fudge a few times and its so fun! Mostly to eat 🙂
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Haha love that comment and yes I agree with you hun xx
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Oh this looks like great fun! I would love to have a go at this one, would make a great gift experience
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It was well fab and yes makes for an ideal Christmas gift xx
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I’ve never tried making my own fudge before. Looks like you did a good job!
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To be fair, we did ok, but we had the experts keeping an eye out for us haha xx
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I love cooking and playing with food! This looks like such a fun experience to enjoy and also learn something new. Thanks for sharing!
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Me too and my pleasure! It was so much fun xx
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I love fudge so much and this looks like it was an absolute blast.
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Same here and the experience was top notch xx
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Now I have made fudge at home many a time but I have never ‘worked it’. I had no idea that it was part of the process!
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Haha Fudge can be a tough one to get right. Working it is what it is all about lol xx
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This looks great, I’ve tried to make fudge at home but it didn’t go quite right, so I’d like to know what I did wrong!
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Looks like this could be the perfect experience for you xx
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I think this would be an amazing experience for me and my daughter – she is the worlds biggest fudge fan! I’m actually going to look into getting her an experience for Christmas as I had no idea that you could do this x
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Ooo that is great to hear!! Perfect for a mother daughter day out – have fun hun xx
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What an amazing experience. I actually walked past this place in the Shambles when I was there earlier this year, it smelt amazing!! 🙂
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Aw no, well next ti,e I would highly recommend pre-booking and working out that fudge lol xx
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Oh my, this looks like absolute heaven. I think I would want to move in x
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Haha I completely hear you on that one hun xx
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I’m really glad that you had so much fun with them. This is such a great experience you shared with us. I really need to try to make a fudge myself.
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You deffo should go along and make fudge at York – fab team and well worth a try xx
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I would love to do something like this! It sounds like so much fun. That’s awesome your give a straw hat and apron!
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You should and yes the straw hat and apron were fab to use during the session xx
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Oh I love this place! We have been several times now but never been able to have a turn!
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Ooo well I highly recommend pre-booking the fudge making experience next time you go – it was fab xx
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Looks like a great experience, I’d love to visit and try this out! Also did not know that the origin of saying “Fudge” literally came from the real thing! 🙂 xx
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It was amazing and yes so much fun facts to learn while doing the experience too xx
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I never knew how fudge was made but you’d think I should with the amount I eat. I absolutely love fudge. Sounds like my kinda thing to enjoy.
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Haha love that comment! Me to and you should deffo check this place out xx
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Now this is my kind of workshop, I would love to try making my own fudge
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You should, go for it…we had a fab time xx
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What a fantastic experience! Unfortunately I don’t like fudge (toffee, yes but fudge no), so it would be wasted on me … though the process fascinates me x
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It was amaze! Oh no…well im sure that you could gift this off instead, ideal Christmas gift for friends and family xx
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oh gosh this looks amazing! I would have probably been thrown out for face planting the fudge! lol
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Haha I hear you on that one Deb’s – love it lol xx
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My goodness, I had no idea it was such an involved process to make those delicious treats. Kudos for trying!
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Cheers, yes so much effort goes into the whole process of Fudge making xx
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This looks like a great experience. To be involved in the process like this, would be dream come true for me.
Angela.
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You should treat yourself to the experience, pop on over to their website to check out the deets xx
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What a fab gift experience idea for those of us who absolutely love fudge! X
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It was and we were in total fudge overload xx
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Oh how amazing! I love fudge sweets, best things are created by “mistake” lol, we have a similar story for our Argentinian “dulce de leche” 😉
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Ooo I will have to check that out, as it is a new one on me xx
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I would love to see fudge being made in a workshop like this! I bet it smelt amazing. York is a lovely city too.
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Ooo yes the smell was fab and I love to Visit York whenever I can xx
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Fudge making looks like fun! I bet the White chocolate raspberry and the Belgian chocolate swirl is amazing. Fudge Kitchen seems like a great place.
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The whole experience was brill and the fudge tasted delicious xx
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I didn’t know that fudge was created from gone-wrong toffee, that’s really interesting!
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I know, it was anew one on me too – so much fun and facts xx
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This looks like such a great experience, I love fudge! Kaz
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It was indeed and if you love fudge this is deffo or you xx
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