Boston - December 09, 2005

Cuckoo for Cocoa

The Fudge Bar

There are times when it seems like you spend your entire holiday season trying to avoid OD’ing on chocolate. (Mysterious, but true.) Steering clear of the cake stand at parties (like it’s a drunken ex). Leaving suspiciously sweet-looking care packages unopened for months.

Just get it over with already. Why not kill the craving all at once?

We know just the place: the new Fudge Bar. Centered around an actual eighteen-foot bar, they carry 30 flavors of the stuff, from standards (chocolate, chocolate with nuts, maple walnut) to novelties (mint Oreo, chocolate raspberry, coffee toffee crunch, chocolate mint swirl). Seasonal offerings include a pumpkin pie fudge that puts the real thing to shame, and cranberry walnut.

Still haven’t completely overdosed? There’s a dipping station: marshmallow kabobs, pretzel sticks, and caramel apples to sink into melted fudge, then roll in your fave toppings. And if that doesn’t do it, there’s soft-serve ice cream, too.

But the real deal is the fudge, which is enough to satisfy needs you didn’t even know you had.

Or, at least, that you were pretending you didn’t.

The Fudge Bar, 1219 Hancock Street, Quincy (617-774-1219 or thefudgebar.com).