The history of fudge

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  • čas přidán 11. 02. 2023
  • Our appetite for fudge dates back more than a century, when someone making candy allegedly "fudged" a recipe, and a chocolate staple was born. Correspondent Faith Salie visits northern Michigan, home to the "Fudge Capital of America," where more than a dozen fudge shops each makes, at their peak, more than three thousand pounds of fudge a week.
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Komentáře • 101

  • @paulmichals
    @paulmichals Před rokem +29

    My college freshman chemistry professor used fudge as an example of the chemical principal of "Supersaturation ". And YES he made delicious fudge for the class to taste.

  • @berghorst
    @berghorst Před rokem +14

    Mackinac Island fudge is absolutely incredible.

  • @ThePlayerToBeNamedLater
    @ThePlayerToBeNamedLater Před rokem +9

    Mackinac Island has fudge but so much more. The waters of Huron, the gentle plod of horses, no cars, wonderful bike routes, fabulous history, beautiful sunsets and quaint as well as large accomodations.
    One of my favorite places of all time

  • @solitarybeag
    @solitarybeag Před rokem +17

    My mom made a tradition of making fudge any day we had 2” or more of snow (in MN & SD). My BIL watched 40 miles away, and drove my sister into town when it snowed. One of our best memories.

  • @BrianKliewer
    @BrianKliewer Před rokem +13

    Fudge is always HISTORY at my house.

  • @pamelabretschneider3780
    @pamelabretschneider3780 Před rokem +18

    Thank you for this delightful segment! This brings back so many happy memories of my Mom’s home-made fudge. Valentine’s Day is in 2 days….. an excellent reason to bring out Mom’s recipe box, and stroll down Memory Lane with that Heavenly aroma filling the house!

  • @dancer2die4
    @dancer2die4 Před 5 měsíci

    My family is from Michigan but now live all over the country. For holidays and special occasions I send Murdick's fudge. It's always a welcome gift. The chocolate walnut tastes just like my grandmother used to make.

  • @markmiller3308
    @markmiller3308 Před rokem +5

    Fudge is an upper Mid-West/Northern Rocky Mountain thing. My Dad got some every year from Christmas via Airmail and it was gone before breakfast.

  • @GrandmaJilly1
    @GrandmaJilly1 Před rokem +1

    Our family have been going up to the Island for decades! Nobody leaves the area without the Fudge! It is the best we've ever had.

  • @ebybeehoney
    @ebybeehoney Před rokem +6

    Never been a fudge fan, but this is was fun!

  • @gwenniegirl50
    @gwenniegirl50 Před rokem +11

    I liked the fudge my mom made. She used the Hershey’s Cocoa recipe, using a cast iron pot to cook the concoction. It had to be made when it was cool/cold and the humidity was low. Bringing the pot outside at right moment to help it “set” was crucial. I truly miss it.

  • @dt.b3590
    @dt.b3590 Před rokem +2

    Thank God for CZcams am I slept in today but I still can watch CBS say this morning 40 years maybe only missed a couple times the show

  • @matthewclark9652
    @matthewclark9652 Před rokem +2

    Have NOT been to Mackinaw Island yet BUT I have been to Mackinaw City, St. Ignace, Traverse City, East Tawas, Frankenmuth & a place called Saugatuck, MI which all of those places have fudge!!!

  • @chrisfinch8637
    @chrisfinch8637 Před rokem +3

    Faith and Fudge. How clever, and sweet. 🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

  • @bennyboogenheimer4553
    @bennyboogenheimer4553 Před rokem +2

    Vassar was once a Presbyterian faith based school.
    Sugar was seen as a Sin, as was Chocolate, Soda, and Pastries.
    Women were expected to keep slim for their man.
    This what why a Birthday cake were once such a HUGE thing in a home.

  • @DETROIT1948
    @DETROIT1948 Před rokem +6

    Fact! A day without chocolate is a day without sunshine.

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před rokem +2

      Never say "no" to chocolate.

  • @anett-cr8ix
    @anett-cr8ix Před rokem

    Thank you for this delightful segment

  • @laurenletsche1134
    @laurenletsche1134 Před rokem +2

    fudge is really easy to make it is so delicious

  • @jlg395
    @jlg395 Před rokem +2

    This is important.

  • @cocoaorange1
    @cocoaorange1 Před rokem +1

    Fudge in your coffee? To each their own. Making fudge as a form of rebellion, interesting!

  • @angelaholmes8888
    @angelaholmes8888 Před rokem +6

    God I love fudge 😋😊

  • @katringibbins4270
    @katringibbins4270 Před rokem +6

    Just a dumb european strolling through.... I have never heard of fudge before, i only knew it was some kind of soft texture in a sweet. Has this ever left the U.S. ?
    We have Nougat and Marzipan here so maybe that need is filled already?
    Love from Germany ❤

    • @vegetariansuniteworldwide8091
      @vegetariansuniteworldwide8091 Před rokem +1

      You should try making some! Some recipes call for marshmallow cream but you don’t have to use it. ❤

    • @Liggie55821
      @Liggie55821 Před rokem +1

      There are a number of fudge shops in London and Southern England. I believe it may even have reached Germany and Austria.

    • @KRG30001
      @KRG30001 Před rokem +2

      It’s its own thing and very rich tasting, marzipan and nougat are great too!

  • @fourthgirl
    @fourthgirl Před rokem +12

    I don't like fudge, but I love this episode.

    • @DillonTrinhProductions
      @DillonTrinhProductions Před 8 měsíci

      Why don't you like fudge?

    • @fourthgirl
      @fourthgirl Před 8 měsíci

      @@DillonTrinhProductions It's like eating a firm stick of butter. Not appealing.

  • @chromebomb
    @chromebomb Před rokem +2

    I LOVE FUDGE

  • @LKHComm
    @LKHComm Před rokem +1

    Murdick’s is my favorite - first tried on Martha’s Vineyard

  • @jackiepersing-hy3lo
    @jackiepersing-hy3lo Před 4 měsíci

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ our Island

  • @wjb2tt391
    @wjb2tt391 Před rokem

    I order this fudge several times a year. Delicious!

  • @AnasAbbas-uj6dw
    @AnasAbbas-uj6dw Před 9 měsíci

    I’ve been there 2016, it was my first time in the USA 🇺🇸 as a tourist after I landed in Detroit at first, now I’m thousands miles away here in Qatar 🇶🇦 craving some 😔

  • @travismester
    @travismester Před rokem +2

    Love it. Go get some Mackinac Island fudge… NOW!!!! Lol

  • @scpatl4now
    @scpatl4now Před rokem +8

    I love fudge, but one of the most disgusting flavors of fudge I ever tried was Key Lime...it was awful. Some things are not meant for fudge

    • @chromebomb
      @chromebomb Před rokem +1

      agreeed, they need to stick with classic fudges

    • @microbios8586
      @microbios8586 Před rokem

      Have you tried fudge made with Velveeta cheese? Or how about the kind made with mayonnaise?

    • @lynnhubbard844
      @lynnhubbard844 Před rokem

      @@chromebomb including PB fudge!!! And maple fudge!!!!!

    • @lynnhubbard844
      @lynnhubbard844 Před rokem

      @@chromebomb including PB fudge!!! And maple fudge!!!!!

  • @stonew1927
    @stonew1927 Před rokem +1

    Oooh that looks so good! Shame I can't have sugar!! It just messes me up too bad :(

  • @melanykahn3295
    @melanykahn3295 Před rokem +1

    Another great story brought to us by Faith. 🥰

  • @margieerwin5798
    @margieerwin5798 Před rokem

    Yum!

  • @dianekrzywonos4078
    @dianekrzywonos4078 Před rokem

    I love making fudge. My favorite is peanut butter

  • @ljacob66
    @ljacob66 Před rokem +1

    Nice story however you left out a very important fact. The ideal latitude and atmospheric conditions on Mackinac Island is the greatest contributor to the successful production of fudge. It is at this lattitude, and at the analogous one in the southern hemisphere, that defines this zone as the "fudge belt" and it so happens that Mackinac Island is at its epicenter along with many other ideal locations throughout the belt.

  • @mililaniman
    @mililaniman Před rokem +3

    I love fudge, but I can only eat it in moderation.

  • @kevinhoward9593
    @kevinhoward9593 Před rokem

    Theres a place in Philadelphia that makes great fudge. Shane Confectionery. its been at the same location for over a century.

  • @woodenbeast9337
    @woodenbeast9337 Před rokem +1

    Do they Pack the Fudge also?

  • @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy
    @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy Před rokem +5

    Just think of how many of our common dishes were result of the mistake.

    • @rosebyanyname
      @rosebyanyname Před rokem +1

      Like chocolate chip cookies! (and potato chips were created because a cook was frustrated with a customer )

  • @peterdurkin8980
    @peterdurkin8980 Před rokem +1

    Maine has the best fudge

  • @louisianarainwater
    @louisianarainwater Před rokem

    💚💚💚

  • @pikasnipe1
    @pikasnipe1 Před rokem +1

    Fudge is more important than a train derailment...

  • @sandyhicks3176
    @sandyhicks3176 Před rokem

    They have shops on another island…Martha’s Vineyard!

  • @raquelaguillon5336
    @raquelaguillon5336 Před rokem

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @tjhall74
    @tjhall74 Před rokem

    Mmmmm, doooonut.....I mean fuuuuudge. 😆

  • @Jbgro
    @Jbgro Před 2 měsíci

    I trained with that dude back in the day!

  • @Wayzor_
    @Wayzor_ Před rokem

    I also know where the Milk and Lemon Aid are made.

  • @microbios8586
    @microbios8586 Před rokem +1

    Faith needs to do something about those brows

  • @jaytripoli2057
    @jaytripoli2057 Před rokem +1

    It looked like some dr. Fudged the reporters face

  • @waryinzero
    @waryinzero Před rokem

    They also pack fudge in Green Bay, hence the team name.

  • @bbygrlpt2
    @bbygrlpt2 Před rokem +4

    Looks good but way too sugary

    • @sarahlouise7163
      @sarahlouise7163 Před 3 měsíci

      can't make fudge without a lot of sugar. it is what it is.

  • @hinthegroove9740
    @hinthegroove9740 Před rokem

    Fudge!

  • @TiMalice2009
    @TiMalice2009 Před rokem +1

    At least they don’t use corn syrup

    • @suzannebenz8928
      @suzannebenz8928 Před rokem

      My Mama made wonderful Fudge, and always added Corn Syrup.

  • @sorayaassar1602
    @sorayaassar1602 Před rokem

    I never knew people in the north had fudge.

  • @emeraldkimble7602
    @emeraldkimble7602 Před rokem

    Two ingredient recipe condensed milk and chocolate chips

  • @KodakYarr
    @KodakYarr Před rokem

    As a certified fudge packer I know a thing or two about fudge.

  • @timpoos4635
    @timpoos4635 Před rokem +1

    The thumbnail looks like meatloaf, not fudge

  • @lindamerchant123
    @lindamerchant123 Před rokem

    Fudge brownies heart shaped valentine's

  • @andrastetriformis6241
    @andrastetriformis6241 Před rokem +1

    🍫❤️💖👍

  • @azax3813
    @azax3813 Před rokem

    Where tom cruise??

  • @chawwa777
    @chawwa777 Před rokem

    3:19
    Noice..!!

  • @emeraldkimble7602
    @emeraldkimble7602 Před rokem

    Cars not allowed in mackinaw idland

  • @jcs3330
    @jcs3330 Před 17 dny

    @jcs3330
    4 minutes ago (edited)
    Lived in Greenwich visiting the market on regular occasions.
    Fudge has always been my 'go-to' confectionary of choice over any other since I was a child. (I have always liked fudge, toffee and caramel tasting types of confectionary hence the liking of fudge. We know that sugar is one of the main ingredients, hence so many examples in stores or marketed has 'handmade' or "exclusive quality fudge" etc, seem to fail. (including those fudge makers who make it on site in front of you and that which is sold in exclusive stores etc).
    In the years of occasionally treating myself I have only ever found 4 fudge makers that have mastered this incredibly difficult taste balance. Two being handmade in and two being what fudge makers call 'processed fudge' (ironically being much better then the majority that claim to be/or are 'original, handmade or with top quality ingredients".
    As said, to get a fudge that 'traditionally' contains so much sugar yet does not taste overly sweet or sickly is quite a difficult achievement, and I have sampled a lot of so-called 'artisan' fudge makers which fail this 'ideal' balance and produce highly sweet fudge

  • @Me97202
    @Me97202 Před rokem +5

    I love chocolate, but I’ve never been a fan of fudge.

  • @DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

    There are fudge recipes from England in the 1700s. Like Apple pie, it's not American.

    • @suelancaster6959
      @suelancaster6959 Před rokem +1

      It absolutely is American. No recipes for fudge came out of England in the 1700s or after. The closest thing to a fudge in Europe was Tablet and that's being generous since the texture and flavor is completely different. Take the L and move on Limey

    • @Bella-fz9fy
      @Bella-fz9fy Před 2 měsíci

      In the recipe book ‘The Forme of curry’ from 1390 in England,there is a recipe for nut fudge or harder nut brittle,but they didn’t call it fudge at the time!

  • @scottcello418
    @scottcello418 Před rokem +7

    A mask needs to be worn to prevent workers' saliva from spraying around.

    • @robertmarley8852
      @robertmarley8852 Před rokem +1

      Lol

    • @dwood78part23
      @dwood78part23 Před rokem +1

      True. We don't workers turning Homer Simpson on us while making it goin "hmmmm fudge..." Salving all the way!

  • @microbios8586
    @microbios8586 Před rokem +3

    2:30 so women can pack fudge too

    • @florinest
      @florinest Před rokem +1

      I was waiting for a fudge-packing comment. Thanks!

    • @microbios8586
      @microbios8586 Před rokem

      @@florinest I was waiting for it too, but I became impatient...lol

  • @iLoveBoysandBerries
    @iLoveBoysandBerries Před rokem

    You sure this isn't the history of meat loaf?

  • @florinest
    @florinest Před rokem +1

    Not a fudge fan.

  • @ckmodele
    @ckmodele Před rokem

    Ah yes. The appropriate break from shooting down of non-alien 🛸

  • @AA-wc3tw
    @AA-wc3tw Před rokem +1

    I'm from Michigan and I think fudge is gross. It's an overly-sugary slimy paste that doesn't exactly taste like chocolate. Fudge is the epitome of 'Murican.

    • @lmnopgr
      @lmnopgr Před rokem +4

      don’t make it, buy it, or eat it then. i’m pretty sure none of us consider it a Food Group all on it’s own. for my family, it’s a simple but deep connection to place, time, and people we love. it doesn’t define us, any of us. those of you with such condescending comments.... i’m not going to finish that sentence.

    • @bernieburton6520
      @bernieburton6520 Před rokem +1

      Good fudge is the best fkin thing ever. Especially loaded with nuts.