Fudge (1894)

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   Greetings from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.  Just a short, scenic ride (especially for the fall colors) from NYC.
   Lee Edwards Benning came here to research her OH, FUDGE!: A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE CANDY (1990).  A letter from 1921 had it that there was "fudge" here in 1887-1888, but Benning's first citation is from the VASSAR MISCELLANY, vol. 24, no. 8 (May 1895), pg. 397.
   From the yearbook VASSARION (1894), pg. 124:

I came in and got a fudge.--F. L. R.

(Benning's book made other errors.  I'll discuss them later if I have the energy...Not to be included in the OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK--ed.)