fudge / fəj/ • n. 1. a soft candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. ∎  rich chocolate, used esp. as a filling for cakes or a sauce on ice cream: chocolate cake filled with whipped cream and topped with hot fudge | [as adj.] a fudge cake. 2. an instance of faking or ambiguity: the new settlement is a fudge rushed out to win cheers at the conference. ∎ archaic nonsense.3. a piece of late news inserted in a newspaper page.• v. [tr.] present or deal with (something) in a vague, noncommittal, or inadequate way, esp. so as to conceal the truth or mislead: a temptation to fudge the issue and nudge grades up. ∎  adjust or manipulate (facts or figures) so as to present a desired picture.• interj. dated nonsense (expressing disbelief or annoyance).

fudge Caramel in which crystallization of the sugar (graining) is deliberately induced by the addition of fondant (saturated syrup containing sugar crystals).

fudge1 patch up, fake. XVII. perh. alt. of earlier fadge, occas. fodge fit, adjust and ult. identical with ME. fage, dial. fadge deceive, beguile, of unkn. orig.
Hence sb. made-up story, deceit; int. stuff and nonsense! XVIII.

fudge2 soft sweetmeat. XIX. perh. f. prec.