Early Bird Fudge Discounts at The Palms Market

During October and November 2014, we are offering a discount to R30 per packet if 2 or more packets of our fudge are purchased before 11.00am. Our normal retail price is R35 per packet. So even if we are not actively promoting this special offer at the market during October and November, you only have to say that you have seen this promotion on our blog to get the discount. Just get to our table before 11.00am and choose 2 or more from any of our flavours and types.

Popular flavours that we usually bring to the market are: traditional butter fudge; brown sugar fudge (it goes without saying that all our traditional "type" fudges are made with butter); ginger fudge; amarula fudge; double chocolate fudge and Wellington Squares (chocolate, traditional fudge and a shortbread biscuit base).

To be sure that we have your favourite flavour in stock, you are welcome to call us on 021 715 7130 or email us at gloriousfudge@gmail.com

Otherwise pop along to The Palms Market on a Saturday between 9.00am and 2.00pm and look for your favourite flavour. Remember: the early bird catches the packets at a discount!

Free Delivery of Fudge Glorious Fudge in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town

As previously mentioned, we offer FREE fudge deliveries to many areas of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town. This free delivery service is subject to certain minimum orders being placed:
Meadowridge: minimum order is 1 packet (R35 for the packet),
Bergvliet, Kreupelbosch, Diep River: minimum order is 2 packets (R70 for 2 packets)
Constantia, Plumstead, Wynberg, Tokai and Kirstenhof: minimum order is 3 packets (R105 for 3 packets)

By arrangement, you are welcome to collect your fudge from our premises in Meadowridge and then there is no minimum order required. For suburbs not mentioned above, enquire for rates by contacting us on gloriousfudge@gmail.com

Our American Style Fudge is Proving to Be Popular

We have recently introduced a small range of American style chocolate fudges to our table at The Palms Market in Woodstock. The four flavours we currently have available in this range are dark choc mint, white lemon meringue, chilli chocolate fudge for that bite with the sweet and our caramel flavoured and coloured rounds. These particular fudges are round and can be eaten as they are or can be cut into quite thin slices and eaten sliver by delectable sliver.

from left to right: chilli, caramel, meringue and mint

We continue to produce our more traditional ranges of fudges as well. This range includes our traditional butter fudge and from time to time the more unusual cranberry or ginger fudges up to the top of the range Wellington Squares (fudge sandwiched between chocolate and biscuit.

The Palms Market is open every Saturday from 9.00am until 2.00pm at The Palms @ Woodstock Decor and Lifestyle Centre. The centre offers free covered parking to visitors on a Saturday morning!

We are there pretty much every Saturday and are located about halfway up or down the market (depending on which entrance you select to the market)! Please note that we unfortunately will not be there on Saturday 9 August. When you visit look for the red table cloth and some of the best fudges in Cape Town!

First the Marula Tree, then Amarula Liqueur and now Marula Fudge

Amarula Liqueur is a product infused with the juice from the marula tree. We have taken this liqueur one step further and blended some into our traditional butter fudge. The resulting Amarula flavoured fudge has already found support amongst our fudge aficionados.

The female Marula Tree (Sclerocarya birrea) is a prolific bearer of the marula fruit. Depending upon the size of the tree, up to 500kg of fruit can be borne by a tree in any one year. The Marula Tree grows mainly in the more northern and eastern areas of South Africa and further into Southern Africa. A number of products are created from the fruit, with the best known undoubtedly being Amarala Cream Liqueur.

Marula fruit and cream are magically transformed into Amarula Liqueur. We then take that bit of magic and with a few tricks of our own, blend it with our traditional butter fudge to create our new Amarula Fudge.

Of course there is no real wizardry. Rather just some careful blending and mixing and stirring together of fine ingredients for your enjoyment

So if you are fond of Amarula and really enjoy some of the best fudge around, now is your chance to taste the best of both worlds. 

A good place to try our marula is at The Palms Market in Woodstock on a Saturday morning between 9.00am and 2.00pm. So if you are heading for the market on Saturday, we would be delighted to meet you and give you a taste of our new marula fudge.

Fudge back at The Palms Market, Woodstock

For those fudge connoisseurs who missed us earlier this month at The Palms, we have been back again for two weeks and are there this morning until 2.00pm We took some leave at the beginning of May, but are now back with our interesting and delicious range of fudge flavours.

Today, at the market, we have traditional (just like grandma used to make it), brown sugar, cranberry, ginger, honey, chocolate marshmallow and double chocolate fudges on offer. We also have our decadent, top of the range Wellington Squares (our traditional fudge sandwiched between a layer of chocolate and another of shortbread biscuit).

At The Palms today, Ike Moritz will be back again to entertain us with his easy on the ear selection of songs. So on this brisk morning, why not dress up warmly and pay us a visit at The Palms. We have tasters for all our flavours, so this is a great place to decide which kind of fudge you would like to spoil yourself with or buy as a gift for someone.

Fudge Easter Bunnies and Chocolate Marshmallow Eggs at The Palms Market

With only a week to go until the Easter weekend, you will be pleased to know that we have specially created Easter bunnies out of our traditional butter fudge and Easter eggs from our original chocolate marshmallow blend. They are on sale today at The Palms Market in Woodstock between 9.00am and 2.00pm ("secure", free covered parking available). So for slightly different Easter gifts, along with Easter swing tags for that message to someone special, visit us at The Palms today!

Solid marshmallow chocolate Easter egg

Fudge Delivered to Your Doorstep in the Constantia Valley

Dear fudge aficionados, we would like to tell you about our fudge delivery service within the Constantia Valley.

This may be of special interest to you if you used to get your fudge from us at Porter Estate Market. We are currently not selling our range of fudges at Porter Market, so we are sure that you would be pleased to hear that we deliver 2 or more of our R35 packets free within the Constantia Valley (there may be a surcharge for the delivery of one packet).

If you prefer to come along and taste our fudges and buy your pieces and packets as before, then you are welcome to visit us at the Market at The Palms in Woodstock, where we continue to sell our fudge between 9.00am and 2.00pm on Saturday mornings. Another plus for The Palms Market is the covered parking. With autumn and wet weather approaching, you don't have to get your feet wet walking from your car to this indoor market.

early Saturday - setting up at The Palms

To order your fudge directly from us, either phone us on 021 - 715 7130 or send an email to gloriousfudge@gmail.com and let us know which flavours we can deliver.

Our range of fudge flavours may include traditional butter, brown sugar, vanilla, cranberry, coconut, honey, ginger, chocolate marshmallow, double chocolate and Wellingtons Squares [delectable fudge sandwiched between a layer of chocolate and shortbread biscuit] which could be the "plain" or "espresso coffee" variety. You may also like to order our new "vegan" fudge.

Please note that we do not always have stocks of all flavours, nor large quantities of any, so please give us a day or two for delivery. We can sometimes deliver same day and usually within 24 hours, depending upon the type or the quantity.

The Palms Market Celebrates 2nd Birthday and Fudge Glorious Fudge will be there!

We are proud, to be a stallholder at The Market in The Palms in Woodstock and invite you to visit our fudge table as the market celebrates 2 years tomorrow!

Market at the Palms is celebrating a two year anniversary with an enormous bash! Forty amazing food traders. Master of Ceremonies - Gerhard Scholtz from De Kat TV.
A cook-out with six celebrity cooks sponsored by SPEKKO RICE…every contestant gets a packet of rice, a bottle of wine and R75 worth of groceries to create a magical dish…
The concept…REIS met RYS (A journey with rice!)

The six contestants:
Herman Lensing - Sarie
Marinda Engelbrecht - Kokkedoor finalist
Nina Timm - RSG Kuberkok and blogger
Zola Nene - Expresso Show
Johnny Hamman - Chef of Slippery Spoon pop up restaurant
Bernice van der Merwe - Chef, owner of My Basaar restaurant and presenter of cooking program on Dagbreek TV Show

The five judges:
Eloise Pretorius - Smile Radio
Pieter Arno du Toit - Marketer of Cederburg Wines
Arina du Plessis Huysamer - Food editor of Landbouweekblad
Chris von Ulmenstein - Whale Cottage blogger
Ingrid Jones - Editor of the Mango inflight magazine…JUICE!


The Afrikaans television program BRAVO will be there to cover the event

PLUS....Music by one of our favourites Dave Ferguson. And upstairs a jam packed Kattebakmark with amazing collectables and finds!!

Valentine's Day is Just Around the Corner

Friday 14th February is Valentine's Day. Tomorrow is not too early to get some Glorious Fudge for that special person or indeed those special people in your life. In the Cape Town area, we will be back at The Palms Market in Woodstock and Porter Estate Market (weather permitting) in Tokai.

We will be doing up some of our packets with Valentine's Day heart ribbons. They will look something like the photo depicted here.

Valentine;s Day or St Valentine's Day is supposedly named after a Roman Saint who died on 14 February. He does not appear to be listed any longer as a saint within the Roman Catholic Church, but 14 February is reportedly listed as a commemoration day in the Anglican Church for "Valentine, a martyr of Rome", stemming from about AD 269.

However, we need not concern ourselves with these details, unless we particularly wish to, of course. Much more to the point, is to use this day to give flowers or confectionery or to send cards. We can of course help with the confectionery. Our range of fudges have proven to be very popular with anyone with a sweet tooth. They appreciate a fudge that is as smooth and natural as possible.

So this year, why not do something really sweet for your Valentine and say it with Fudge Glorious Fudge?
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Not the Cheapest Fudge in Cape Town

If you shop around, we are sure that you will find cheaper fudge at some markets and shops in Cape Town. We at Fudge Glorious Fudge, don't make cheap, we don't sell cheap, we don't even like the word cheap. Cheap leaves a nasty taste in our mouths, just as cheap fudge might do in yours. So enough about cheap.

Wellington Squares - with coffee or without?

 Our fudge is more expensive because we use top ingredients and we don't take any shortcuts when we make our butter fudge. There lies the first clue. All our fudge has butter as an important ingredient. Some cheap fudge is made with margarine and then instead of stirring slowly and lovingly on the stove top, some fudge is bunged into a microwave and a few moments later, hey presto, you have grainy, sugary fudge. The sugar hasn't even had time to dissolve properly and the fudge is often a light brown or yellowish colour as the sugar hasn't had time or the right method to caramelise.

We are proud of the fact that our fudge has a relatively short shelf life (see the expiry date on the bottom of our packets). Some fudges are pumped full of preservatives, artificial colourants and flavourants with scary sounding names and formulas. We add nothing like that. Sure, our vanilla fudge has vanilla added, but it is genuine vanilla extract rather than artificial vanilla essence.

A few of the added products such as the marshmallows in marshmallow chocolate fudge, gets blended with our fudge and comes along with whatever has been used in the manufacturing process of that product, but we ourselves do not add artificial additives.

So for a superior fudge, we charge a little bit more. We are sure that you will appreciate it.