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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Spoonfudge
I don’t consider myself a fudge connoisseur, though I certainly eat it when it’s presented to me but it rarely appears here on the blog. Fudge is basically a combination of sugar, milk and butter and usually chocolate. It’s boiled to the soft ball state and then beaten as it cools in order to form a melt-in-your-mouth crystalline structure. I’m rather fond of crumbly fudge, more like penuche, but it also has to have a fair amount of fat in it to. I’m not even sure if what I prefer falls into the “good fudge” category. Like toffee & pornography, I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it.
Spoonfudge! solves that problem. Billed as creamy, dream fudge, each little jar holds five ounces and includes a little plastic spoon for immediate indulgence. While the package seems small at first, I remember that I often order fudge in quarter pound increments. Each order is two jars, as well, which can be mixed & matched by flavor. It’s great for keeping it fresh and of course resealing it when you can’t finish it all. Yes, it’s much like eating frosting out of the tub. (But much better, have you ever read the ingredients in those?)
I got an assortment of four flavors, which change often, so you’ll just have to keep an eye on their website. Just Chocolate for Me! is plain chocolate. The glossy look of it in the jar was quickly broken by my spoon. It scoops easily with the little plastic one, though I prefer a metal one that I keep in my candy tasting kit for just such occasions. It smells like butter, chocolate and sugar. Kind of like Disneyland. The soft bite also dissolves nicely on the tongue, not too fatty, but very sweet. The chocolate flavor is definitely not just “cocoa” but full bodied chocolate. The texture was microfine. I like a crumbly fudge, so this suited me very well.
What I was hoping for was chocolate with a hint of spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and perhaps chili or black pepper. Instead it’s just chocolate with a zap of cinnamon. When I say cinnamon I don’t mean that powdery stuff you sprinkle on sticky buns. I mean cinnamon kapow that’s in Jolly Ranchers. It’s an interesting combo because the cinnamon flavor is so clear and precise but it lacks all that fun woodsy, complicated stuff that the little curls of bark do for me. But then thinking about it, this definitely felt unique. How many other products have I had that delivered that other cinnamon & chocolate combo? Plenty. This was the first that really had that cinnamon fire plus chocolate. I must have liked it, because it was the second jar I finished. Yeah, it tastes like Williams-Sonoma smells this time of year, but hey, I dig that.
It has a pleasant orange scent, not overly zesty. This one was less chocolatey that the rest and much creamier and a bit fluffy. It was a lot like frosting and so sweet, I just couldn’t eat much of it. The flavor, beyond the sweetness had a good rounded citrus flavor. The chocolate just wasn’t cutting through the throat burning sugar though.
It was wonderfully soft and scoopable, a good mouthfeel. The raspberry flavor is more scent than flavor. There’s not berry tang in here, certainly no seeds. It’s all floral and flavor and somewhere in the back of it all was a little bitter aftertaste that I think was from the food coloring. Spoonfudge! comes in a huge array of flavors. Earlier this year it was a bunch of other candy mix-ins like Butterfingers. Right now everything is holiday themed (and rum sounds like a good combo). I think I’m probably a fudge purist. I probably only like chocolate fudge and pecan pralines. I didn’t care for the fruity ones, but liked the more chocolatey ones. Your experiences will probably vary. There are some superb selling points with Spoonfudge. They’re gluten free but also nut free. (It’s hard to find fudge makers that don’t use other nuts.) The packaging is pretty light and spare (reuseable & recycleable #1 PETE jar) and makes it easy to reseal and share. Shipping is completely affordable and other products at the webstore include a whole line of gluten free cooking & baking mixes. (And even some dairy free ones, too.) Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:55 pm
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My next flavor selection was Mexican Cocoa Zing!. I can’t refer to the website description since this isn’t in the current rotation of flavors. 
The last flavor is Dreams of Raspberries which appeared much darker though has a large pink swirl through it that I didn’t find until a few spoonfuls later. 
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Commenting is not available in this channel entry.That you so much for including Gluten-free in the description. I’ve been drooling over your blog, but figured that I wouldn’t be able to eat most of what you try. By adding the GF status, it makes this one candy that I’ll actually look into getting for myself!
u r probably pretty fat eating so much candy?!
Merry Christmas Cybele!
“...much like toffee and pornography…”
*grins*
Jo: See Cybele’s http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/why_im_not_fat/ section. It explains why she isn’t fat. It mostly boils down to: Eat right the rest of the time, and you can have treats.
Oh YUM, Cybele. I just finished making some fudge for Christmas. I’m especially eager to give it a taste now!
Perfect ingredients list notwithstanding, I’ve just never liked fudge.
That was rude, Jo.
What a great idea to spoon it out and have one’s own private supply. Will definitely look into this one. Thanks for sharing.
Love your blog! You might consider trying Miss Molly’s Frosting (which I came across in the last year at a little co-op in Vermont): http://www.missmollysprovisions.com/about.htm
and an interesting fudge ‘sauce’ is Wax Orchards, which is stunningly fat free, fruit-sweetened, but still tasty somehow.
That looks pretty and delicious.
Wow, I’m a long time reader of your blog and lover of Spoon Fudge. Cherie, the creator of spoonfudge and her husband are the webhosts and designers of my website. She’s multi-talented. If you get the opportunity to try the dark chocolate coffee bean, it’s my favorite (can’t remember if you are pro beans in chocolate? this version has ground up beans in it, I don’t know if she sells it on her site but she makes it for me and I love it)
oh, and the peanut butter chunk is really, really good, too
Mmmm this sounds like it’s worth investigating!!!
Oh No!! I just went on to the spoonfudge website and apparently they have order windows and this one ends tomorrow and they said the next won’t be until spring! I must go buy some now!!
What is the website for this product?
I can’t find it anywhere!
dora - looks like it’s no longer available from Glutenada website.
Spoonfudge is now available at Spoonfudge.com!
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