Fudge Kitchen sails into 2018 on a raft of NPDs, including …

… teaming up with artisan tea specialists Debonair Teas for a new Afternoon tea fudge selection … a gift boxed library of hand-worked Luxurious Caramels in six flavours … two new Delectables range caramels in Cherry Bakewell and Mocha … sumptuous new packaging on Christmas gift selections … Find out more at Stand FE411, Top Drawer, Olympia, London: 14 – 16 Jan 2018 Hall 4.2, Stand K40b, ISM, Cologne: 28 – 31 Jan 2018 _________________________________________ Premium confectionery innovators, Fudge Kitchen, have outdone themselves this year, with another raft of trailblazing NPDs, targeting the gift and self-gifting markets. All are still hand made and hand decorated in small batches with all-natural, provenance-rich ingredients; and all continue to push the boundaries of flavour and ingredient combinations, artisan collaborations, production techniques, packaging creativity and confectionery possibilities. Cha-mazing … 2018 sees FK once more joining forces with another Kent, artisanal brand, similarly founded on authenticity, quality and innovation: Debonair Tea Company. Using their hand-blended teas and infusions, sourced and created by accredited tea experts, Fudge Kitchen has developed a new member of the 14-strong, five Great Taste Award-winning Sliders range of fudge. Once more, six substantial squares of supremely creamy, handmade fudge are lined up in a bronze sliding tray. This time, a truly palate-pulsating Afternoon Tea Fudge selection combines 12 hour infused teas with their ground leaves, for an added depth of flavour, flecked through the smooth, sweet fudge; all balanced meticulously with complimentary spices and citrus ..

• Earl Grey with bergamot oil and lemon
• Masala Chai with ginger and peppercorns
• Persian Rose infusion with cinnamon and fennel

Availability: www.fudgekitchen.co.uk from end February 2018 Weight: 125g Shelf life: 7 months RRP: £6.49 (plus P&P) Caramel-uxe … The Delectables range of hand stretched brittles (Peanut Brittle right) and hand worked caramels welcomes three new members to its elite ten-strong club for 2018 …

• Cherry Bakewell Caramels – an uncannily accurate recreation of this

tea time favourite, creamy, almond caramel is wrapped in thick milk chocolate and topped with a morello cherry (pictured below).

• Mocha Caramels – the coffee and chocolate combo is hard to improve on … except we have. Sweet caramel hand worked on marble counters for supreme smoothness, infused with a natural coffee hit and smothered in milk chocolate. The perfect coffee morning gift.

Weight: 125g RRP: £6.49 Availability: www.fudgekitchen.co.uk from end January 2018

• No Added Sugar Salted Caramels – soft caramel made with the revolutionary new sugar substitute Zùsto®, which has a quarter of the calories of sugar; shot through with flakes of sea salt and covered in thick, no added sugar, Plamil chocolate. This Great Taste Award winner is all the treat with none of the guilt and indistinguishable from its top selling sugar original. Ideal for weightwatchers and diabetics.

Weight: 125g RRP: £7.99 Availability: www.fudgekitchen.co.uk and selected stockists from Summer 2018 Can’t decide? 2018 will also see the launch of a beautifully boxed ‘library’ of Luxurious Caramels (left). Lined up in a gorgeous, gilded tray are twelve milk chocolated squares of caramel that has been hand made on marble counters for exceptional creaminess. Choose from six inspired flavours: Sea Salted Caramel, Chocolate Caramel, Raspberry Caramel, new Cherry Bakewell Caramel and Mocha Caramel … or simply pile through the lot. Its festive friend, the Christmas Caramels gift box (left), similarly reveals twelve creamy, milk chocolate-coated caramels; here in six seasonal flavours of Sea Salted Caramel, Winter Spice Caramel, Chocolate & Orange Caramel, Chocolate Caramel, new Almond Caramel and Honey & Ginger Caramel. Christmas with bells on! Availability: www.fudgekitchen.co.uk and selected stockists from Summer 2018 Weight: 240g RRP: £14.99