A small fudge counter in the Granville Island Public Market, doing it the slow way since long before it was fashionable.
Olde World Fudge Co. is a confectionery counter inside the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver — the one under the neon sign, next to the brass bell. Twelve fudge flavours sit in the case as full loaves, and everything is cut, weighed and wrapped to order.
We make it in small batches with Callebaut chocolate and sell it by weight. That is slower and fussier than shrink-wrapping bars in advance, and it is the reason the fudge tastes the way it does. We have never seen a reason to change it.
Four habits we have not been talked out of.
We use Callebaut. It costs more than the alternatives and it is the single biggest reason a piece of chocolate fudge tastes like chocolate rather than like sugar with a brown colour in it.
Nothing is portioned for you in advance. Point at the loaf, say how much, and it is cut and weighed on the spot — one slice or a whole slab, no minimum.
Small batches mean the case turns over and nothing sits. The dipped strawberries and caramel apples in particular are made for that day — come early if that is what you are after.
Twelve fudge flavours, three brittles, three barks, plus caramel apples, dipped strawberries and toffee. Enough that everyone in a family finds something, small enough that it all turns over.
