Fudge is synonymous with the holidays for me. My Dad has perfected his fudge recipe over the years, and when the smells of bubbling chocolate, butter, and sugar start wafting from the kitchen, I know I’m truly home for the holidays.
So when Erin Foster, Disney Moms Panelist and Disney Fudge connoisseur, recently requested that we do a fudge post on the Disney Food Blog, I knew the beginning of the holiday season would be perfect timing!
Thanks to Erin and her family for sampling the newest holiday flavors in Disney World over the past week, and for providing many of the fudge photos below!
Disney Fudge Basics
There’s nothing like staring at the rows and rows of fudge in Disney World candy stores and trying to decide on a purchase. In fact, I’ll never forget buying a sampler tin of Disney fudge at the Main Street Confectionery during my first trip to Disney World as a grown-up. I became a Disney Foodie right then and there!
Disney Fudge Displays
Disney Fudge Display
That daunting array of flavors is going to greet you no matter where you buy Disney fudge, so be prepared! Disney makes most of their fudge right there in the World; in fact, if you hang around at the Magic Kingdom Confectionery for long enough, you’ll surely see them putting together a few pans.
Weighing the Cinnamon for Pumpkin Fudge
Pans of Candy Cane Fudge Cooling
By the way, if you can’t decide on a flavor, consider purchasing a few squares at the beginning of your trip, then heading back to the store to purchase more of what you liked best at the end of the trip.
NOTE: You can use your Disney Dining Plan snack credits to buy fudge, so this is the perfect way to use up those leftover snack credits!
Snag a Square for a Snack Credit
And speaking of basics, “fudge lady” Erin Foster posted a few of her own fudge-related insights in a recent Moms Panel answer:
* There are sometimes discounts for purchases of large quantities of fudge.
* The mint flavors must be wrapped separately because the intense (and intensely delicious) aroma transfers to the other flavors.
* If you want to bring fudge home, try purchasing it on your last day at WDW for maximum freshness.
* Tightly wrapped, the WDW fudge lasts for about a week — not that I’ve ever had a chance to test that out 
Sampler Box of Disney Fudge
Ask About Discounts on Fudge
Disney Fudge for the Holidays
In addition to other flavors, Disney creates flavors for holidays and special promotions, such as Reese’s Pieces and Pumpkin for Halloween, and Peppermint and Eggnog for Christmas.
Reese's Pieces Fudge for Halloween
Disney's Candy Cane Fudge for the Christmas Season
No matter when you go to the World, you’re likely to find a special flavor for that time of year or for the Disney promo happening at the time.
Where to Find Disney Fudge
You can find different flavors of Disney fudge throughout the parks and resorts. Some of the most common spots with the widest selection are: the Main Street Confectionery at Magic Kingdom, the Scary Apothecary candy shop at Hollywood Studios, Bayview Gifts at the Contemporary Resort, and Goofy’s Candy Company at Downtown Disney.
Standard Flavors
Scary Apothecary Fudge Counter
Goofy's Candy Company Fudge Counter
Contemporary Resort Fudge Counter
And while you can usually count on most candy counters to carry the standard flavors, you never know what you’ll find! According to an email from Erin (and her kids, who are star fudge reporters),
We encountered fudge today at both Goofy’s Candy Co. at Downtown Disney and at
the gift shop at the Contemporary. The selection at each place was quite different, and also different from the selection at the Confectionery. We found today the following flavors that they didn’t have at the MK: vanilla raspberry, creamsicle, chocolate pecan, espresso, maple nut, maple pecan (looked totally different), chocolate caramel, Snickers, turtle cheesecake, chocolate cheesecake, and vanilla caramel.I guess the moral of the story is, if you’re looking for specific flavors, you have to shop around.
Good to know!
Disney Fudge Recipes
I know how many of you love sampling Disney recipes, so I scouted around the internet for a few Disney fudge recipes (or recipes inspired by Disney fudge). Be sure to let me know how these turn out if you sample them!:
Cooks.com Disney World Vanilla Fudge
Cookie Madness Disney World S’mores Fudge (GREAT Disney s’mores fudge photo here!)
AllEarsNet Food and Wine Festival Canadian Maple Walnut Fudge
How About You?
Do you have a fun fudge story or recipe from Disney? Let us know via twitter, facebook, or email.
Thanks again, Erin and family!
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it is 2 am and you are tempting me with Fudge!!! Peanut Butter Fudge at Disney is my FAVORITE fudge!!!!! AJ……. you are lucky I like you….. lol
Ha ha!! My sincere apologies; if it helps, I’m tempting myself, too!
Ok, you killed me with this post….. I now want fudge really badly!!!
If you aren’t able to make it to Disney World but live close to Niagara Falls, I suggest making the trip over the boarder into Canada, and visiting the Maple Leaf Fudge store in Niagara-on-the-lake (http://mapleleaffudge.com/). They make really awesome fudge, right in the store. And Niagara-on-the-lake is a really beautiful town. I hope to retire there some day….
James — Thanks for the suggestion. I grew up near Buffalo and can agree that Niagara on the Lake is beautiful! Now, do they make flavors other than maple…?
AJ, do they make flavors other than Maple?!?! Of course!! LOL. They also have a great selection. I’m planning to spend a weekend there in January, so I will make sure to take some pictures and send them to you.
Pictures would be great! Wish I was going to be at my parents’ house longer than four days this year — I’d join you up there in January! I’d probably snag some ice wine on the trip as well…
AJ, if you are an ice wine lover, you need to try one of the red wine ice wines. Personally, I prefer them over the Vidal or Riesling ice wines.
I had no idea there WAS such a thing as red wine ice wine!!! Is it served cold?
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Hi guys! Just received a comment from Lee, via email:
“Re your fudge article, I’d like to add two things. I love Disney’s caramel fudge
and the only place I can find it any more is in the Süssigkeiten store (cookies,
etc.) in Epcot’s World Showcase Germany pavillion. I get six pieces every time we
visit several times a year. I freeze it when we get home so that I can enjoy a bit
of it until we return to the World again.
Also, re the fudge, a few years ago in the month of February the Main Street
Confectionery’s featured fudge was Rum Raisin and I purchased some. It was
sensational, BUT I have never been able to get it again at any Disney fudge
location. I loved that fudge so much I’ve tried to duplicate it but without much
success.”
hey does anyone have the recipe for disney worlds fudge? it is the best i ever tasted.
John, if you look up in the post, you’ll see links for three different recipes for Disney World’s fudge. Enjoy!
wow didn’t see that sorry thank you
No problem! Thanks for reading
If you try the fudge recipes, I’d love to hear how it goes…