i was having a discussion over diner last night and a tray of fudge was passed round.
someone asked where it came from originally. i tried to look it up on the net and couldnt find much on it.
1 thing said it was invented by the Americans in 1947, which i thnk is untrue.
another said it was invented in Germany in the 1800’s.
does anyone know where fudge originally came from?
Tone 
thank you
The OED show that it appears first in print in 1896, and is American in origin.
That’s the candy meaning.
Damn! I just found a cite from Barry Popik that takes it to 1893 at Vassar College. They evidently enjoyed making fudge on a regular basis.
Another site has the fudge story going back to 1886, at Vassar College.
Going out on a limb, here.
That site which proclaims Ms. Hartridge’s attestation to fudge in 1886 is just, well, fudging.
I’ll post the particulars to the American Dialect Society mailing list, and Barry Popik will read it and reply(hopefully) that there is no such proof. I’ll also email the site that purports that this is true, asking for proof.
I thought it was made “around the corner”.
i just found an article in saying that it was invented in germany…and now i cant find it again
poo