Here Comes The Fudge

Great Scott! Fudge Kitchen

3621 Brooks St.

Missoula, Mont. 59801

(800) 462-9639, Ext. 1060

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“I make a might y fine fudge myself, but I have to admit, yours is almost as good as mine. “

--A 73-year-old grandmother tasting Great Scott! Fudge for the first time.

“I grew up on fantastic fudge,” says ex-Californian Jim Scott. That was in the ‘50s, when Scott lived in Hermosa Beach and hung out at George Sanan’s Fudge Shop, just a block from the water. Unfortunately, when Sanan died, his business died with him.

Scott started experimenting with his own fudge recipes, but he never came up with anything that could compare with the fudge he remembered from his youth. “I had some real disasters,” says Scott, who now lives in Missoula, Mont. “Then I tried using semi-sweet and a bit of bittersweet instead of milk chocolate. For sweetening, sugar. For creaminess, a touch of marshmallow cream. And butter, a lot of fresh butter.”

The result is Scott’s expensive fudge, packed in a hand-crafted knotty-pine box; it has a remarkable chocolate flavor and a wonderfully creamy consistency. There’s just one small hitch. How do you choose between the plain and the macadamia nut version?

Great Scott! Fudge costs $23 for 1 1/2 pounds plain, $25 for 1 1/2 pounds with macadamia nuts, including shipping and handling.