Opening Times:
Mon to Thurs : 9am to 4pm
Fridays : 9am to 2pm
welcome to the fudge factory
Welcome to The Fudge Factory here in Bacup, Lancashire, for all of your delicious sugar confectionery needs. Primarily makers of traditional, premium quality fudge products our range has continued to grow over the years to meet customer demand and now incorporates many other tempting sweet treats, offering you a huge array of nougat, truffles, toffee and chocolate items.

As an award- winning family business, all of our confectionery is lovingly hand made here on our very own premises. We carefully carry out all of our procedures right through from beginning to end, to ensure the production of the highest quality confectionery, achieving the attention to detail that mass manufactured products cannot deliver. From the selection process of our fine ingredients, through to the cooling, cutting, wrapping and packaging of our fine flavoured products, we offer the most amazing selections to suit every possible taste.

We continue to employ the traditional methods of the confectionery maker to recreate that nostalgic taste of yesteryear throughout all of our product lines and pride ourselves on being one of the leading copper pan sugar boiling companies remaining in the U.K.

As well as catering for our retail customer, we are renowned in the confectionery manufacturing world and supply to countless wholesalers up and down the country.

Our range of mouth-watering products is so wide and so varied that we supply to all those involved in the wholesale confectionery market, from the small market stall holder to the giant high street sweet and chocolate makers. Click on wholesale page if you are interested in hearing more about what products we have available for you.

We offer our retail customers and any visitors the fabulous opportunity to come and visit The Fudge Factory and learn all about how fudge and other sugar confectionery is made. You can even sample some of our gorgeous homemade fudge free of charge when taking part in the Fudge Theatre Experience. Just sit back and watch as we guide you through the fascinating stages demonstrated live on screen in our charming Vanilla Fudge Tea Room.

Enjoy a drink or a snack from your choice of scrumptious hand made sandwiches and salads, to high tea or hot chocolate from our varied and appetising lunch menu. Why not indulge yourself with one of our most amazing Fudge Ice Sundaes. Most of all, we invite you to enjoy the sights and delicious aromas of the amazing fudge theatre experience.

All of our confectionery is beautifully gift wrapped and is available for you to buy afterwards in our Fudge Factory Shop to take home and enjoy, or maybe to purchase as a gift for someone special. From individual fudge bars, nougats and truffles, to assorted bags and presentation baskets, the combinations are limitless. From tradition flavours to the more daring delights, with so many different varieties, flavours, textures and types of confectionery, we guarantee you’ll be spoilt for choice.


So come along with friends or with family and see for yourself!

* All our products may contain traces of nuts. This is because nut products are stored and prepared here on our premises. For a full and comprehensive list of ingredients contained in our confectionery products please click on our Product Ingredients page.