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Customers Ginger Cowart and Judith Larson search for the perfect piece of Darby's Famous Fudge.
Darby’s fudge has Miss-Lou mouths watering
Published Sunday, November 25, 2007
Good cooks always have secret ingredients. Darby’s Famous Fudge creator Darby Short is no different. For the past 23 years, Short has been adding her secrets to a fairly common fudge recipe.
She found the recipe while working a market booth for her former employer. Short’s booth was set up next to a company that specializes in premixed fudge recipes. Right then and there, Short decided she was going into the fudge business. Short took the company’s recipe, tweaked it, and Darby’s Famous Fudge was born. The only secret ingredient Short was willing to divulge is love, which was her way of saying that her fudge secrets aren’t going anywhere.
“The name says famous fudge, but we laugh and say it’s almost famous,” Short said.
Short told stories of just how almost famous the fudge had become. There was a lady in Houston who was approached by a stranger in an airport because she was eating Darby’s fudge. There was a large bank in Georgia who gave the fudge away as corporate gifts. There were people stretched across the county that have the fudge shipped to them every year. It seems Darby’s Famous Fudge really is famous.
“We ship this stuff as fast as they can make it,” said 74-year-old Evelyn Dauphin, who works the counter at Darby’s. “Everybody loves it. It’s just so good.”
During the holiday season, the well-known candy flies out the door at a fevered pitch. Short is expanding her current two-kettle fudge setup to a three-kettle just to keep up with the orders.
“During Christmas it gets to be so crazy around here,” she said. “People call us and order fudge almost nonstop.”
Darby’s Famous Fudge comes in a variety of flavors ranging from plain chocolate to Heath Bar crunch. Short offers 10 varieties year round and adds a few special selections during the holidays.
The famous fudge can be found at 427 Main St. in Natchez.
Comments
Posted by NtzMom55 (anonymous) on November 25, 2007 at 1:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The fudge flies out the door so fast I'm gonna get me a net to catch me some! Oh, soooo Goooood!! But hunny, you've got to watch out cause a minute on your lips may last a lifetime on your hips.
Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on November 25, 2007 at 9:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)
OR just pig out on this fudge and then starve for a week or so...balances out.
Posted by gemccull (Gary McCullars) on November 25, 2007 at 10:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Or for men, it is the tire around the middle or is that a money belt!
Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on November 25, 2007 at 2:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
hahaha....probably NOT a money belt!
Posted by Peace007 (anonymous) on November 25, 2007 at 5:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
They really do have the best fudge. I wish I had some right now, but maybe tomorrow, sigh.
Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on November 25, 2007 at 5:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
wish I could, just on occasion make those things!! not gonna happen
baking is not my bag
Posted by ntzmom (anonymous) on November 25, 2007 at 7:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I do love their fudge. I give it as gifts all the time!
Posted by firered (Elizabeth Geter) on November 26, 2007 at 10:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)
mmmm.... i love me some Darby's fudge!!!! My mouth really is watering just thinking about it!
Posted by Teach4Peace (anonymous) on November 26, 2007 at 12:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Okay, this isn't fair! I have just finished a good lunch and now, all I want is some good chocolate and I can't get to any, right now!!!! That picture looks so yummy!!!
Posted by peacerulz (anonymous) on November 26, 2007 at 1:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You could all do the same thing at home. It's not cooked fudge. It's powdered sugar fudge that a grade schooler could make.
Posted by noneya (anonymous) on November 27, 2007 at 11:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)
and the fudge at The Gift Box in Ferriday tastes the same.
Posted by peacerulz (anonymous) on November 27, 2007 at 3:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You wanna know why??? It's the same "fudge". It's because there is a company that you can buy all of the ingredients from, and this electric mixer that you just dump the ingredients into. They send you the boxes with the name of your store on them too.
Posted by noneya (anonymous) on November 28, 2007 at 7:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
yep, you'er so right peace....Darby really "tweeked" it didn't she? Thats why she won't divulge her recipe....she doesn't have one!!
Posted by HappyAppy (anonymous) on November 28, 2007 at 7:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Fudge always tast better when some one else makes it... lol... I know how to make fudge, but it is just time consuming.
Posted by wward11 (anonymous) on December 12, 2007 at 9:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The fudge is great and very rich. The chocolate pecan is outstanding. You can order it on the website at www.darbysfudge.com
Posted by AFriendofDarbys (anonymous) on April 10, 2008 at 11:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Gees, why are some people so critical of another person's successes. Darby's fudge IS the best by far, no matter how it is made. Perhaps it is the people that make it that are the difference! It's perfect and definitely, as they say, made with love...I have watched it happen. All the best to Darby and Dennis from a friend who knows how hard you work!
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