Darling Sweet, the company behind South Africa’s favourite range of toffees and soft caramels turned 10 on 14 July 2024, and, to celebrate its decade in the confectionery world, owners Hentie van der Merwe and Frits van Ryneveld have launched their latest sweet offering – Fudge!
In between munching on some deliciously smooth and tasty fudge, we spoke to van Ryneveld about Darling Sweet’s new line of confectionery.
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He tells us an interesting fact: Darling was famous for its fudge way before we started our confectionery manufacturing plant in the village. A gentleman from Darling, Hugh Davies, was famous for his Darling fudge which he produced for over 20 years, selling it to shops in and around the village. Last year Hugh and his wife Sheila decided to move to Johannesburg to be closer to their daughter and, at the age of 89, he offered us his fudge recipe and officially gave us permission to continue with the tradition. And we had the solution for our new line offering!
How long did it take you to develop the recipe?
Hentie graciously used Hugh’s old recipe, fine-tuned it and figured out how to up-scale the volume for production in our Darling Sweet kitchen. We have been savouring fudge attempts for the past 12 months. Yum!
Can you share some of the ingredients?
Our full range of ingredients is top quality with no added preservatives. We use as much locally sourced butter as possible as well as top quality sugar and condensed milk. To make our range accessible to a wider audience the range is also certified Kosher and Halaal.
Where can fudge lovers buy it?
Our products are available in select shops as well as in delis and farmstalls countrywide and also online at our store. Anyone visiting Darling can also try, and buy, our range at our tasting room in Darling.