# Can fudge be frozen?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 27, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491 "2012-06-27T18:51:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491/1 "2012-06-27T18:51:10Z")
Can fudge be frozen? If so, for how long?
If not, why not?
How about refrigeration? Will this extend the “life” of fudge?
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491/2 "2012-06-27T18:57:21Z")
Depends on the fudge. Denser fudge will fare better than a lighter one. I’d give it a freezer life of a few months.
In the fridge I’d give it maybe a little less than a month.
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### Author:  [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491/3 "2012-06-27T19:09:11Z")
I always freeze fudge with no ill effects. However, it usually gets eaten within a month or so, I can’t speak to long-term freezer issues.
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### Author:  [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491/4 "2012-06-27T20:58:40Z")
Does fudge need to be frozen? Isn’t it (like jam, or actual sugar) too sugary for anything to be able to grow on it?
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### Author:  [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491/5 "2012-06-27T21:09:55Z")
Fudge won’t really “go bad” but it can dry out with age. If you have the (unlikely) option, a non-frost-free freezer is better as the frost-free operation of a regular home fridge cycles the freezer temp up and down a bit, which can accelerate drying out or freezer burn.
Of course, I’ve never had a need to really worry about storing fudge longer than a week or two. 😃
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### Author:  [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491/6 "2012-06-28T01:30:25Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#):
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> Fudge won’t really “go bad” but it can dry out with age. If you have the (unlikely) option, a non-frost-free freezer is better as the frost-free operation of a regular home fridge cycles the freezer temp up and down a bit, which can accelerate drying out or freezer burn.
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> Of course, I’ve never had a need to really worry about storing fudge longer than a week or two. 😃
So the important thing is not so much to freeze it, but to wrap it up tight in cling film or something similar, right?
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### Author:  [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491/7 "2012-06-28T02:53:36Z")
Moved from General Questions to Cafe Society.
**samclem**
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### Author:  [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491/8 "2012-06-28T03:35:11Z")
I freeze my fudge. I don’t bother wrapping it tightly…it’s just in a Tupperware box. If it’s wrapped all snug and tight it makes it too difficult to steal a piece when you are down in the basement doing laundry.
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### Author:  [@Mopal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mopal)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-fudge-be-frozen/626491/9 "2012-06-29T15:30:42Z")
If I’m a “bad” diabetic this weekend it’s your fault.