A Flair For Fudge

So, I have here in front of me a sampling of fudge from A Flair For Fudge. I’ll be sampling the following fudge varieties:
1. Cuban Coffee Toffee
2. Dark And Spicy
3. Key Lime Pie
4. Dark Wasabi And Ginger
5. White Oreo Cookie
Full disclosure — I’m going to pair these morsels with a big, rich 11% Kopi Luwak coffee oatmeal stout from Mikkeller, and use this as a nightcap. I can think of no better way to review a bag of fudge.
First up, Cuban Coffee Toffee. Pretty impressive, I’m getting lots of sweet espresso flavor with plenty of sweet toffee in the mix too. It’s quite on the sweet side, but so is its namesake coffee, so I guess this is fitting. Pairing with the big Imperial Stout parries the sweetness somewhat and brings out some great smoky flavors from the toffee that weren’t there before.
Dark And Spicy is a fudge with cayenne pepper and sea salt… I’m looking forward to this. Interesting consistency here, it’s almost a little chewy, firmer than the Cuban Coffee variety. I’m not really tasting too much salt, nor cayenne for that matter, though to be fair the cayenne does score a nice landing on the back palate and aftertaste. This too works well with the beer, this time the beer seemingly intensifying the cayenne, and the cayenne somehow intensifying the coffee in the beer.
Next up is the Key Lime Pie. Wow, there’s actually a little layer of graham cracker crust on this piece of white chocolate fudge. This doesn’t quite capture the flavor of Key Lime Pie — first of all it’s too sweet, and second of all the white chocolate aspect overpowers the lime. I’m not tasting any interesting flavor synergy with the beer, either — in fact this one seems to be making the beer taste more like a liquor than a beer, like some kind of odd coffee flavored bitter. Not a good pairing.
Dark Wasabi And Ginger next, bring it on! Ginger infused into dark chocolate with wasabi; this should be fun. As I take a bite, I get ginger immediately, then the unmistakable taste and nasally burn of wasabi makes itself known. This is really exquisite, I would definitely buy this. Not such a winner with the coffee stout, though, as the ginger seems to be making the beer taste overtly bitter and actually astringent and medicinal.
Last is the White Oreo Cookie, which is apparently just Oreos and white chocolate. Again, to me white chocolate is almost always way too sweet, and this is no exception, though the gritty Oreos make for a nice contrast. This does, however, pair well with the beer, once again coaxing a smoky caramelized flavor out of the mix, and blunting the very sweet white chocolate.
That’s it — and now I’m really full. A little of this goes a long way. Check out some of the other varieties that weren’t included in the bag I got:
Black Bean
Dark Chocolate Orange
Dark Chocolate Oreo Cookie
Guava And Cream Cheese
Milk Chocolate Oreo Cookie
Pumpkin Pie
White Wasabi And Ginger
White Chocolate Blueberry Pie
Predictably, my favorites were the Dark Wasabi And Ginger, and the Dark And Spicy. Next time I crave some specialty fudge, I’ll keep this Internet-​only business in mind!

Who doesn’t love fudge? It is the ultimate comfort food, something our Mothers used to make and give you on a nice cool day. Now, you can have comfort food with a twist. A delicious, decadent amazing twist.
A Flair For Fudge delights your taste buds with innovative and whimsical flavors. I was so happy to see a fudge with two of my favorite flavors blended into fudge, Ginger and Wasabi. Yes, how awesome is that? Quite crazy awesome actually. The flavor of the Ginger and the Wasabi with the delicious fudge was truly a treat! All of the flavors that I have tried have all been delicious, Cuban Coffee Toffee? Yes, please. Dark and Spicy? Ay Mama! Key Lime Pie? Floridalicious. White Oreo Cookie? No glass of milk needed! Its all so good, so, so good.
They are an internet based company so you can order as gifts for friends and family. I can’t wait to order some of the Pumpkin Pie fudge. I may just order it for me, myself and I as I am kind of addicted to their wares!