Fudge (1894)

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   I wrote too soon.  OED has 1896.  From the same yearbook, VASSARIAN (1894), pg. 97:

   "I could manage the cooking.  I can make good fudges you know."

   From pg. 109:

   _Mrs. Dane._  (...) But I suppose college dining rooms are all alike.  Then I thought her friends never would get through saying good-bye.  They indulged in reminiscences of the entire year.  I wonder who Fudges is that they said to be sure not to forget.  What a nick-name!