Fudge is a brand of chocolate bar currently manufactured by Cadbury

Cadbury

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. It is a bar of fudge

Fudge

Fudge is a type of Western confectionery which is usually very sweet, and extremely rich. It is made by mixing sugar, butter, and milk and heating it to the soft-ball stage at , and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency...

 in a semi-circular cross-section covered in a layer of milk chocolate

Chocolate

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. Produced in small bite size bars and in larger bars, the Fudge continues to be produced and sold in countries such as the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 and the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It was launched in 1948.

In the 1980s and early 1990s Fudge was advertised with the famous slogan "A finger of fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat", conceived by singer and songwriter Mike d'Abo

Mike d'Abo

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. Its accompanying jingle

Jingle

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 was based on the English folk song "The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Lincolnshire Poacher

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".

Fudge is currently produced in the Keynsham

Keynsham

Keynsham is a town and civil parish between Bristol and Bath in Somerset, south-west England. It has a population of 15,533.It was listed in the Domesday Book as Cainesham, which is believed to mean the home of Saint Keyne....

 plant in Somerset, UK; however, as of November/ December 2010, production will transfer to Cadbury's new plant in Skarbimierz, Poland. Labels for these products do not state a country of origin, instead stating "Made in the EU under license from Cadbury UK Ltd"