Fudge is a brand of

chocolate bar A chocolate bar (Commonwealth English) or candy bar (some dialects of American English) is a confection containing chocolate, which may also contain layerings or mixtures that include nuts, fruit, caramel, nougat, and wafers. A flat, easily brea ...

manufactured by

Cadbury Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company fully owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mar ...

. It is a bar of

fudge Fudge is a type of confection that is made by mixing sugar, butter and milk, heating it to the soft-ball stage at , and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency. In texture, this crystalline cand ...

in a semi-circular cross-section covered in a layer of milk

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. Produced in small bite size bars and in larger bars, the Fudge continues to be produced and sold in countries such as the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was launched in 1948, originally under the name ''Milk Fudge'' which later became simply Fudge.

Production

In November/December 2010, production of Fudge was transferred to Cadbury's new plant in

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, Poland from the

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Cadbury's plant in Somerset. confectionerynews.com - Final UK-made Cadbury Crunchie bars from September
Labels for these products do not state a country of origin, instead stating "Made in the EU under licence from Cadbury UK Ltd".

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Production

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