Fudge. Who can resist its deep, dark chocolate tastiness and creamy, velvety smoothness? Cindy Cole couldn't. She loved the confection so much that when she and her husband, Tom, opened Cole's Gourmet Popcorn and Treats, fudge took a front-and-center position, ahead of the huge collection of nostalgic candies and sodas. "When we used to go to Branson, Mo., I loved going in the craft malls and watching the ladies make fudge.