And not wanting to be left behind, we have a fudge joke for you….
There you go – happy joke day everyone.
So with the Coronavirus Pandemic having caused the cancellation of the 2020 Wimbeldon Tennis Tournament, there will be many of you out there who are missing their annual treat of strawberries and cream.
While we may not be able to do much about the Tennis (mainly because we aren’t particularly god at tennis here in the Gardiners office), we can help out with the strawberries and cream.
‘But you don’t sell strawberries’ we hear you cry. True. But we do make a meltingly delicious strawberries and cream flavoured fudge. Handmade in the heart of Scotland using only the finest ingredients.
So if you are needing a treat to get over the lack of the Lawn Tennis tournament then treat yourself to some Strawberries & Cream Handmade Fudge here >>>
Not all of these will suit everyone but we can only hope it helps you in this incredibly difficult time ahead.
1 – Mark out a race track on the kitchen floor (make sure you don’t damage the floor)
2 – Organise the cook books in the kitchen in colour order (to add a rainbow of colour)
3 – Make decorative bookmarks so you can mark the kids favourite recipes
4 – Let the kids pick recipes from the cook book to plan out the meals ahead
5 – Create a den under the kitchen table using bed sheets
6 – Do some leaf rubbings
7 – Make paper aeroplanes
8 – Play a board game
9 – Get any boxes you have and make a ‘Wild Wild West’ Cowboy Town
10 – Create a paper chain and see how long you can make it
11 – Play Simon Says (You can use this as a good way of getting them to do exercise)
12 – Create musical instruments using rice and an empty jar
13 – Learn how to bake bread (and then make some bread).
14 – Keep a balloon in the air as long as possible
15 – Do a mini gym workout (you can merge this with Simon Says)
16 – Create movie posters based on the kids favourite movies
17 – Listen to an audio book
18 – Have a kids ‘afternoon tea’ with cake (and some meltingly delicious fudge)
19 – Take apart an old electrical device (one that doesn’t work anymore) so that the kids can see how it works
20 – Potato Paintings – lots and lots of potato paintings
21 – Create a family tree
22 – Become a newsreporter. Create a fake news story and interview the family like they were ‘witnesses’.
23 – Paint the kids nails and have a beauty appointment.
24 – Use Video chat like Skype and Face Time to have a catch up with the kids Grandparents/Family Friends
25 – Homework (just because school is shut doesn’t mean they should stop learning)
26 – Create a new game from scratch (let the kids imagination run wild)
27 – Make a box fort using any larger boxes you may have in the home
28 – Get the christmas tree lights out from the loft and decorate the living room (and have a disco party)
29 – Write letters to loved ones (a bit like when you send family postcards on holiday)
30 – Do some science experiments (there are loads you can find online using everyday at home items)
31 – Bake a cake and add some meltingly delicious fudge to it
32 – Play shopkeeper
33 – If you are creating a play shop, then you can use that to your advantage and have a Spring Clean of the kitchen cupboards
34 – Do a ‘fashion walk’ using grown-up clothes (it will be hilarious)
35 – Using oild toilet roll cardboard tubes, create dolls resembling the whole family
36 – Plant some seeds so that the kids can monitor the growth over Spring and into Summer
37 – Make some origami animals
38 – Put on a sock puppet show
39 – Create a sensory shaker using a cleaned out bottle, glitter and water
40 – Build a really really tall tower using Jenga pieces
41 – Press flowers with a heavy book or ceate homemade perfume using flowers in the garden
42 – Measure each others height, arm length etc
43 – Become ‘professional’ photographers using all the filters and effects on your phones camera
44 – Create a time capsule to mark your Self Isolation time during Coronavirus
45 – Set up a line of dominos and know them over
So Tuesday the 13th of February 2024 is Shrove Tuesday. And while many of you may be rushing out to buy chocolate spread, syrup etc, may we suggest an alternative…Vanilla Fudge Pancakes!!!
This soft, sweet and meltingly delicious fudge pancake recipe will go down a storm with kids and grownups alike.
180g plain flour
180ml milk
1 tbs white sugar
8g baking powder
a pinch of salt
2 large eggs
1 tbs unsalted butter
Vanilla Extract
A tin of meltingly delicious Gardiners Vanilla Fudge.
Step 1. Mix the sugar, flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl.
Step 2. Melt the butter.
Step 3. In a separate bowl, whisk the two eggs, the melted butter and milk.
Step 4. Create a small crater in the bowl of mixed flour and pour in the bowl of mixed milk/butter/eggs.
Step 5. Mix the contents until they become a smooth mixture with no lumps.
Step 6. Add a non-stick frying pan to a medium heat. When suitably hot, take a large spoon of pancake mix and add a ‘blob’. You are aiming for an end result pancake of 1cm. Turn over to cook on both sides.
Step 7. Set the cooked pancakes to the side and allow to cool on a wire rack.
Step 8. Take the meltingly delicious fudge, add to a heatproof bowl and place over a pot of low simmering water. Slowly stir until the fudge melts into a smooth delicious sauce. Try to melt the fudge slowly for a smooth consistency. If you need to, you can add a little water, natural yoghurt or even honey to help create a fluid consistent sauce.
Step 9. Pour over the fudge sauce.
Step 10. Yum yum yummmmmmm…..
Okay so let us paint the picture…..you have a tin of our meltingly delicous vanilla fudge but you have decided NOT to just eat it all on its own (I know – crazy right!!). Anyway, in this ludicrous scenario, what would you do with some of the fudge. Well, why not make a Banana Bread with Fudge!!!!
And to help you with that, here is a recipe for one.
150g (5oz) salted butter (keep a bit to the side for greasing)
300g (10oz) plain white flour
175g (6oz) muscovado sugar
2 medium or large free-range eggs
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
150ml milk
3 bananas
75g (3oz) of our Meltingly Delicious vanilla fudge
Whipped Cream
Step 1. Turn on the oven to 180ºC (160ºC Fan). Use a piece of butter to lightly grease the baking tin.
Step 2. Beat the butter and muscovado sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat the mixture between adding each egg.
Step 3. Add the flour and bicarbonate of soda, stir in to the mixture and then add the milk gradually until you are left with a smooth mixture.
Step 4. Mash the bananas and then add into the mixture.
Step 5. Cut up the vanilla fudge and add into the mixture (be sure to gobble a cheeky extra bit for yourself to celebrate completing stage 5.)
Step 6. Spoon the mixture into the baking tin and smooth the top of the mixture once it has settled.
Step 7. Bake for about 30 hour on the middle rack of your oven. After 30 minutes, remove the loaf from the oven. Cover with foil and then return to the oven for another 30 mins.
Step 8. After the loaf has been in the oven for an hour, take it out and let it sit to cool for about 10 mins before you try and take it out of the baking tin.
Step 9. Once the loaf has cooled you can decorate it with some whipped cream, extra slices of banana and some more small cut pieces of fudge.
Step 10. Yum yum yum yummmmmmmm!!!!
If you like to live under a rock, you may not know what Black Friday is. And for those of you who love a bargain…you will definitely know what Black Friday is.
And this year we have decided to take part so from today until the 2nd of December, you will be able to get 10% off absolutely everything on the Gardiners website simply by using the promotions code FudgeFriday10
So if you are addicted to the meltingly delicious flavours of Gardiners Fudge then you can make a nice wee saving this Black Friday.
And if you are a newbie to fudge and don’t know whether or not it is for you – now is the perfect time to find out.
One word of warning for the newbies out their though. Our meltingly delicious fudge truly is something special and with so many flavours out there, it can be easy to get lost in the deliciousness.
For those of you who follow Gardiners and have read up on the history of fudge, you will know that we have a lot to be thankful for from America.
It was America after all who helped create fudge in the first place and it was America who created Rum & Raisin.
And….for those of you who are bourbon fans, you will find a fine combination of American Bourbon and Scottish Fudge with our Jim Beam Fudge.
So you can see why we like to highlight Thanksgiving at Gardiners.
And for those of you out there who celebrate it – Happy Thanksgiving.
Unless you live under a rock, you will know that the countdown to Christmas has truly begun.
And while you may be bogged down in trying to figure out what to get your family, your friends and your loved ones for Christmas…at Gardiners, we are just excited that we can really get into the Christmas Spirit.
And to help speed that along, we put together a ‘Top 5’ list of the most Christmassy Feeling Fudge Flavours and Tins that we sell.
You can read about them here >>>
Name: Hazel Gardiner
When did you join the Gardiners team? When I was born. Actually 1991 after finishing High school.
What do you do at Gardiners? Manage exports, product photography. Make my own tea and coffee.
Favourite Gardiners product? The Baileys Sea-salt & Caramel Fudge. Baileys Sea Salt Caramel Fudge Carton 200g
While the history of fudge can be traced back to the 19th Century, we never like to sit still at Gardiners. We are always mixing, experimenting and blending to produce new and exciting flavours and varieties of our meltingly delicious fudge. And when we have hit the nail on the head of a new flavour, we get to launch it to the world in a bespoke designed presentation tin or carton that perfectly compliments the meltingly delicious fudge inside. And over the last couple of months, there have been quite a few exciting new additions to the Gardiners Range so we thought we should create this post to tell you about them.
The Teachers Blended Scotch Whisky that so many of us know and love has been carefully married to our own secret recipe of Scottish Fudge to retain the uniquely rich, rounded flavour of this renowned whisky.
One of the most famous Islay Malts has been perfectly captured in this rounded flavour of fudge and Whisky. Delicious with your after dinner coffee or with a ‘wee dram’ of the original.
Coming in a beautifully embossed gifting tin, our clotted cream fudge is smooth, sweet and luxurious.
Handmade Sea-Salt & Caramel fudge in a beautiful decorative gifting tin. We can’t decide which is the more beautiful. The balance of sea salt enhanced caramel or the beautiful tin design.
An instant favourite. Enjoy the smooth taste of Baileys with the added distinct flavour of Sea Salt & Caramel Fudge.
So yesterday in the Gardiners office, we all had that Friday feeling. So much so that a couple of us forgot that it was infact actually Thursday.
So to get over that crushing disappointment, we decided to cheer ourselves up by cracking open a wee carton of Gardiners meltingly delicious scottish fudge.
But considering we have ready access to the entire stock range of fudge, what should we go for. Through a passing comment about ice cream the other day, we decided to open a carton of our Rum & Raisin Scottish Fudge.
Meltingly Delicious – Yes
A classic flavour – Yes
But where did Rum & Raisin first come from. A dig onto the internet using a well known search engine that sounds like yoogle showed us that it is an old fashioned flavour that has its roots in Sicily where it is known as Malaga. While the Sicilians were the first to create this amazing combination, they used local wine instead of Rum. It was thanks to America that the wine was replaced with Rum and a legend was born.
So there you go. We got to treat ourselves and make Thursday go a bit faster AND we learnt an important history lesson that will prove vital should we enter a pub quiz OR need to impress someone with out knowledge of historically significant flavours of meltingly delicious fudge!
And is this has made you yearn for the smooth flavour of Gardiners handmade Scottish fudge then you can check out our Rum & Raisin fudge here >>>
Name: Jennifer Manson
When did you join the Gardiners team? I joined the office team in March 2014 but had worked in the factory almost every summer from when I was 14 years old, through High school until I graduated from university.
What do you do at Gardiners? At Gardiners I work in invoicing and UK orders despatch department.
Favourite Gardiners product? My favourite Gardiners product is the chocolate fudge followed closely by The Famous Grouse Fudge!!
When you are not making delicious Gardiners Fudge, what do you get up to? When not working at Gardiners I spend my life running my daughters to and from gymnastics! Any spare time that I do get – I enjoy the gym, fitness classes and spending time with my husband and 2 girls, seeing friends and I also love going to gigs when I can get babysitters!! I look forward to the girls being old enough to take them with me!!
Gardiner’s of Scotland Ltd are delighted to begin a working partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University.
Today we had the privilege of welcoming Dr. Janice Taylor for an introductory site visit. We discussed the winning combination of supporting education and the next generation of food and drinks manufacturers.
As we will always need food and drinks, this was a very easy and enormously valuable discussion to have. Of course, it was made sweeter as we were surrounded by a variety of handmade confectionery.
Scottish grown talent and Scottish brands are highly regarded in the global market. That’s because we do a lot of things very well.
Here’s to continuing the Scottish food and drinks success with the next generation.
There are times when you need to say thank you. Thank you for looking after my dog while I was away. Thank you for watering the flowers. And in this instance, thank you for being so nice to my daughter.
One of the Gardiners of Scotland teams daughter is finishing Nursery this week before moving onto School next week. While it is a big step for her, it see a line being drawn on one of the big parts of her early life as after three and a half years at the local nursery, Friday is her final day.
The parents wanted to get the small Nursery staff team a little something to say thank you as they had all been so great to their daughter over the years. But what to get? It had to be something that they could all share.
So a short discussion in the office and the answer became pretty clear pretty quickly. What better way to say thank you than with a ‘Thank You’ gifting tin >>>.
This beautiful gifting tin say exactly what it means to. Filled with delicious handmade fudge, it is the perfect little something that the nursery team can share amongst themselves and the added bonus – the decorative tin can then be used as a handy storage vessel for all sorts of knick knacks at the nursery for years to come.
So if you have a thank you to give to someone soon – what better way of saying it than with a tin of meltingly delicious fudge that just so happens to say it for you.
For those across the globe who love the smooth and meltingly delicious flavour of our handmade fudge AND the smooth delicious flavour of Teachers Scotch Whisky…today is your lucky day.
We have expanded our range to now include Teachers Whisky Fudge.
As always, our fudge ‘technicians’ have been hard at work in the Gardiners factory working on the perfect recipe so that you get the rich flavour of Teachers Whisky combined with the meltingly delicious fudge of Gardiners of Scotland.
If has bee a hard slog with lots of taste testing but it is a sacrifice that we are willing to take.
This Scottish Fudge is available in a beautiful decorative gifting tin that is designed to match the branding of Teachers Whisky. A perfect gift for a friend at Christmas or for a birthday OR, if you just fancy treating yourself to something truly delicious.
We hope you enjoy. Click here to visit the Teachers Fudge Product Page and click here to find out more about Teachers Whisky.
It is the start of another working week (sigh). But if you are looking at the week as another 5 days before freedom and the weekend then what you really need to do is treat yourself.
At Gardiners, we make delicious handmade fudge to our own traditional Scottish fudge recipe. With each piece of fudge individually wrapped, Gardiners fudge makes for the perfect little treat. What better way to get through the week than with an occasional piece of Clotted Cream Fudge? Or if you are only just breaking free of the grip of chocolate addiction, then maybe some Chocolate Fudge can help you move onto better tasty treats.
At Gardiners, we produce a huge variety of flavours of fudge that come in beautifully designs cartons and tins that make them the perfect gift or special treat to help you get through the week.
Enjoy. And remember, by the time you have finished reading this – you are already a little bit closer to the weekend.
Gardiners of Scotland is a bit like a large family. Just because we make some of the Worlds most delicious fudge confectionery does not mean that we do not value each and every one of the Gardiners team. Which is why we thought we should introduce some of them to you. And that is exactly what we are doing.
Every month we will be introducing one of the Gardiners of Scotland team and giving you a few snippets of who they are and what they do at Gardiners of Scotland. Oh and they will be revealing their favourite Gardiners fudge as well.
This month, we would like to introduce you to Vicky Loch.
Vicky Loch
August 2018
Various things including licensing, staff wages and salaries. Grind the coffee beans.
Walking, socialising, knitting and going on holiday.
It is Shrove Tuesday which to those with a sweet tooth is actually PANCAKE DAY!!!
Across the country, so many people will be mixing ingredients to create what they think is the perfect pancake recipe.
We don’t want to burst your bubble or anything but we have the perfect pancake recipe and unsurprisingly, it involves fudge.
180 Grams of plain flour
2-3 Teaspoons baking powder
1/2 Teaspoon salt
30 Grams of caster sugar
2 x Large eggs
250ml Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
100-120 grams of Gardiners of Scotland Vanilla Fudge (whatever fudge you have left can be enjoyed on its own (added bonus)).
To recreate this meltingly delicious Fudge Pancake recipe, simply…
Meltingly Delicious Fudge and Banana Pancakes for Pancake Tuesday using Meltingly Delicious Gardiners Handmade Vanilla Fudge.
With mothers day approaching next month why not have a browse through our gift lines and pick her up a lovely sweet treat this year.
For the Gin lover we have Caorunn Scottish Gin Fudge, for the chocolate lover we have wonderful Belgian Chocolate and Sea-Salt Fudge, and for those who just like the good old vanilla there is plenty ranges to choose from.
So January 2019 is now behind us. We suffered the sadness of packing away the Christmas decorations and the difficult task of trying to keep our New Years resolutions beyond the first week of the year.
But now we are in February, we can relax and even treat ourselves for getting through the first month of the year.
And what better way to celebrate than with some meltingly delicious handmade fudge made right in the heart of Scotland.
Sounds good doesn’t it. So have a look through our range and treat yourself to something special just for you.
Meltingly Delicious Handmade FudgeGardiners of Scotland is a long-established family run manufacturer which specialises in a range of traditional Scottish confectionery from Butter Tablet, Macaroon bars and Toffee to a wide range of flavoured fudge packaged in high quality gifting tins and cartons.
