# WTF is the deal with touristy spots and fudge? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [June 19, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759 "2023-06-19T04:34:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/61 "2023-06-22T11:11:08Z")
I kinda do think of Lake Buena Vista as a tourist trap, fwiw. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/62 "2023-06-22T11:19:33Z")
Well, the fudge we received as a gift was tasty while it lasted. We were enjoying a tiny piece each evening. Then I bought a watermelon and we began having watermelon for dessert each evening. Now I cannot find the remaining fudge! Coincidentally, my gf works from home. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/63 "2023-06-22T14:23:08Z")
Uranus Fudge claims to be the best. I bet pre-teens think it’s funny. > **[Uranus Fudge Factory](https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/)** > > The Best Fudge and Other Gifts come from Uranus ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/64 "2023-06-22T14:26:02Z")
Nobody buys fudge anymore. There are just too many stores. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/65 "2023-06-22T14:53:23Z")
That’s a great name for a confection that looks a lot like poop. And they are clearly leaning into it. I wonder if their fudge is any good. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/66 "2023-06-22T14:57:14Z")
I’m proud of everyone that participated in this thread without mentioning anything about the employees who pack the product for shipment/sale. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/67 "2023-06-22T14:57:52Z")
Oh, check out uranus fudge (link above). They mention it many many times. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/68 "2023-06-22T15:00:38Z")
Oh my. Many, many times. 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/69 "2023-06-22T16:35:38Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Yes, there is. I have been to all 50 states (goal completed November, 2008) and just about every touristy area is inundated with fudge shops. 1 - Congratulations on the completion of your noble quest. 2 - Well, there are worse things to be inundated with, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/70 "2023-06-23T15:12:20Z")
And then there’s the Peter pull at St. Taffy’s! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/71 "2023-06-23T15:31:17Z")
I am currently in Italy (as of this writing) and here it is gelato. Lines out the door of many of them and they are found seemingly everywhere (read: touristy areas I have been) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/72 "2023-06-23T15:37:52Z")
I remember New Orleans as having daiquiri bars rather than fudge shops. ISTR a daiquiri kiosk on the roof of [Jax.](https://shopsatjaxbrewery.com//) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/73 "2023-06-23T17:45:12Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > When we walked out of our hotel there was an ABC Store on the left side, and a separate ABC Store on the right side, and another, separate ABC Store across the street! If only there was some way of identifying them using symbolic notation… ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/74 "2023-06-23T17:46:37Z")
Sounds like they are full of hot air. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/75 "2023-06-23T18:02:03Z")
Absolutely! Orlando = Tourist Corridor So many distractions to choose? Did you mention cruises? Yes one can book an Orlando to Bahama cruise 😉🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/76 "2023-06-23T22:19:43Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Yes one can book an Orlando to Bahama cruise 😉🤪 One can book a combo trip where one leaves Orlando/Buena Vista on a bus to Port Canaveral to get on a ship. Ain’t no ports in Orlando, even if you count the suburbs. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Blindmellowjelly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindmellowjelly/32/13920_2.png) [@Blindmellowjelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blindmellowjelly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/77 "2023-06-24T01:58:25Z")
Well, could be, the touristy, culinary Specisl where you are at, fer instance, Tampa Bay… is the awesome, smoked mullet dip with saltines. Mwah Mwahhh, mwahhh… Fudge or Mullet?! ---
**Author:** ![Blindmellowjelly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindmellowjelly/32/13920_2.png) [@Blindmellowjelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blindmellowjelly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/78 "2023-06-24T02:23:16Z")
I remember when Cedar Point, on fresh Water Lake Erie was known for their excellent Salt Water Taffy in so many flavors. They had taken that New Jers3y Shore Boardwalk candy and made it tradution in shore, Sandusky, OH. Same thing the Greeks did Here on Lake Erire with Coney (Island) Hot Dogs. Toledo, Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![Blindmellowjelly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindmellowjelly/32/13920_2.png) [@Blindmellowjelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blindmellowjelly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/79 "2023-06-24T02:49:09Z")
Maybe that should be a variable, “shore#h20” , maybe the fudgeerie location anomaly is directly related to “shoreside” proximity. might be these are “seaside” confectionaries in great preponderance. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759/80 "2023-06-24T20:30:14Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I remember New Orleans as having daiquiri bars rather than fudge shops. ISTR a daiquiri kiosk on the roof of [Jax.](https://shopsatjaxbrewery.com//) Shreveport and Bossier City have **drive-through** daiquiri stores. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759.md?page=5)