Custom Fudge Boxes
Custom fudge boxes from 100 — tuck boxes, window boxes and lidded gift boxes with grid inserts that keep each square of fudge apart, sized to the cut you make and the flavors you sell together.
Fudge is soft, heavy for its size and sold as a mix of flavors
- Board
- Cardstock SBS 18–24 pt or kraft board with an inner coating; rigid grayboard for gift boxes
- Builds
- Tuck box with grid, window box, slab tray with sleeve, lidded gift box
- Inside
- Paperboard grid cut to the square size, glassine cups or waxed liner
Order online
Order fudge boxes
Starting from $1.20 per unit
Printed to your artwork or plain, sold in runs of 100 up to 5,000 units per product online. Freight to the US, UK, Canada and Australia is inside the price.
How an online order runs
- Add the units you needThen check out with your delivery address. Add other products to the same order on the way.
- A digital proof comes backLaid on the dieline, before anything prints. Change it as often as you need.
- Pay once you approve itPay by PayPal invoice or bank transfer after you approve your digital proof, or cash on delivery in the US and Canada.
- We make it and ship it deliveredYour delivery date is confirmed with the proof, against the spec and your fill date. Freight and customs are handled on the way to you.
Another size, board or finish, or more than 5,000 units? Send the spec for a price instead. Freight by market and our terms cover delivery and remakes.
Get a price for Fudge Boxes
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
A place for every square
Fudge squares press into each other when they travel loose, and a soft square touching a nut fudge ends up carrying half of it. A grid insert gives each square its own cell. We cut the grid to your square size, typically one inch to an inch and a half, and to the number of flavors in the box, so a six-piece taster and a twenty-four-piece gift box share a family look without sharing a dieline.
Slabs are the other way to sell fudge: a single block wrapped and cut at home. A slab needs a flat tray box sized to the block, not a grid. The difference is set out further in our guide to inserts that hold a product in place.
Builds for a fudge shop, a market stall and a gift order
| Tuck box with grid | Folding cardstock, printed outside, paperboard grid inside; 4 to 12 squares |
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| Window box | PET window over the grid so the flavors are chosen by eye; shop shelves |
| Slab tray with sleeve | Flat tray for an uncut block, printed sleeve slides over it |
| Lidded gift box | Two-piece or rigid box with a ribbon and a flavor card under the lid |
Keeping fudge from drying out
- Each square sits in a glassine cup or on a waxed liner, so the cut faces are not left bare to the board.
- The lid closes tight on the grid; a loose lid lets air across the top of every square.
- For a box that will sit on a shelf, a cello wrap over the closed box keeps it fresh much longer than the board alone.
- Kraft board is porous; on kraft fudge boxes we add a food-safe coating on the inside so moisture is not drawn out.
Carrying the weight
A square of fudge weighs more than a chocolate the same size, and a twenty-four-piece box can approach a pound. A thin carton bows in the middle when it is lifted from one end. We build heavier fudge boxes in 20 to 24 pt board, add a folded floor on the larger sizes, and tie the grid into the base so it adds stiffness rather than just separating pieces.
Weigh a full box before you order. That number decides the board weight more than the box size does.
Telling the flavors apart
Fudge flavors look alike once they are cut. A box with a window lets a shopper pick by sight, but most gift boxes are closed, so the flavor guide goes on a printed card under the lid or on the inside of the lid itself, laid out as a map of the grid. Shops that change flavors through the year print the box once and the card separately. The rest of our sweet packaging is collected under custom candy boxes.
Fudge from a market stall
Fudge sold at fairs and markets is often weighed out on the spot and boxed in front of the customer. That needs a box that folds up fast, without glue, and comes in two or three sizes for a quarter, a half and a full pound. An auto-lock base and a tuck lid set up in seconds, a printed liner sheet does the job of the grid for loose-cut pieces, and a sticker on the lid records the flavor mix and the weight.
Fudge Boxes — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Board
- Cardstock SBS 18–24 pt or kraft board with an inner coating; rigid grayboard for gift boxes
- Builds
- Tuck box with grid, window box, slab tray with sleeve, lidded gift box
- Inside
- Paperboard grid cut to the square size, glassine cups or waxed liner
- Sizing
- From the square or slab size and the number of flavors
- Full color outside; printed flavor map on the lid or a separate card
- Minimum
- 100 fudge boxes per size
On every job
- Print process
- Flexo in one to six colors, printed on the outer face only and before any lining goes on.
- Color
- Food-safe inks throughout. Kraft mutes color; a white board or liner is needed for anything photographic.
- Tolerance
- Cutting plus or minus 1 mm, and fit confirmed by filling a plain sample from your own kitchen or line.
- Tooling
- A cutting die per size, kept. Molded pulp needs a tool per shape, which is a longer lead and a larger one-off.
- Food contact
- Every board food-contact grade, with grease resistance built into the sheet and never a PFAS treatment.
- Sustainability
- Aqueous linings and unlined boards repulp with ordinary paper. PE-lined cups need cup collection, and we say which you have.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build fudge boxes on
Food packaging is chosen for what the food does to it: grease, steam, heat and time. Every board here is food-contact grade, and none of them uses a PFAS treatment for grease resistance.
Food-grade virgin board
Bleached board made for direct food contact. Clean, bright, no recycled fiber and no mineral-oil risk from recovered paper.
14–24ptGrease-resistant board
Resistance built into the sheet rather than sprayed on. Holds fries, pastry and butter without darkening. PFAS-free.
16–24ptPE-lined cupstock
Board with a polyethylene film for hot and cold liquid. Microwave-safe for reheating; recycled only where cup collection exists.
260–350gsmAqueous-lined cupstock
A water-based lining instead of PE. Repulpable in ordinary paper recycling in more places, and compostable; a slightly shorter hold time.
260–320gsmGreaseproof and glassine
Dense, calendered paper that resists fat through the fiber. Wraps, liners and interleaves; breathable, so pastry stays crisp.
30–55gsmFood-grade corrugated
E and B flute with a food-contact liner, vented where steam has to leave. Pizza, catering and anything hot and heavy.
E and B fluteMolded pulp and bagasse
Fiber pressed into a shape. Holds heat, resists grease with no lining, composts, and takes only an embossed or one-color mark.
Molded to shapeRecycled board
Post-consumer fiber. Used for outers, sleeves and anything that does not touch food directly — not for direct contact.
Non-contact onlyNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
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Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
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We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Food finishes are limited by what may touch food, and that is the point.
Food-safe inks
Printed on the outer face only. Every food pack we make uses them, laminated or not.
Uncoated kraft
No coating at all. Breathable, so pastry stays crisp, and it takes one or two colors.
Aqueous varnish
Scuff resistance without a plastic film, so the pack still repulps.
Molded emboss
A logo pressed into pulp or bagasse. No ink, nothing to rub off, and it survives grease.
Grease-resistant face
Not a finish you can see. It is in the sheet, it is PFAS-free, and it is why the print stays clean.
Matte lamination
Available on outers and sleeves that never touch food — a cake box lid, a carrier, a gift sleeve.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing food packaging around a portion, hot: fudge boxes
Food is sized by serving, not by dimensions, and it is served hot, heaped and in a hurry. Send us the portion — or better, the box you use now with the food in it — and we size to how it is actually filled.
- Portion, heaped
- Fries, popcorn and salad are served above the rim. A box sized to a level fill looks mean and spills in a bag.
- Lid clearance
- Enough that a loaded burger or a topped cake does not touch the lid. This is the single most common complaint about a food box.
- Venting
- Hot food steams. Vents in the lid keep pastry and fries crisp; a sealed box is right only for cold food.
- Grease path
- Where the fat sits decides the board. Say if the food is fried, buttered or sauced, and whether it is held for minutes or an hour.
- Stacking in a bag
- Delivery boxes are stacked five high on a bike. The lid has to hold the box above it off the food below.
- Sample fill
- A plain box filled from your kitchen settles the size in one try, and we send one before the run.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Build your Fudge Boxes in 3D
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a board and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about fudge boxes? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
How do you size the grid in a fudge box?
From your square size and the number of squares in the box. A one-inch cut and an inch-and-a-half cut get different grids.
Will fudge dry out in a cardboard fudge box?
Less than you might expect. Glassine cups, a tight lid and an inner coating on kraft all slow it, and a cello wrap over the closed box keeps it fresh on a shelf.
Can a fudge box hold a slab instead of squares?
Yes. A flat tray sized to the block with a printed sleeve over it is the usual build for slab fudge.
How heavy a load can a fudge box carry?
We build to the weight of a full box. Larger fudge boxes use 20 to 24 pt board and a folded floor so they do not bow when lifted.
Do you make fudge boxes with a window?
Yes. A PET window over the grid lets shoppers pick flavors by sight.
Where does the flavor guide go in a fudge gift box?
On a printed card under the lid or on the lid itself, drawn as a map of the grid.
Can nut fudge and plain fudge share a fudge box?
Yes, in separate cells. The grid keeps the squares apart so a nut piece does not press into a plain one.
Are kraft fudge boxes food safe?
Yes. We add a food-safe coating on the inside, and the squares sit in glassine cups rather than on bare board.
Can a fudge box be a holiday gift box?
Yes. A two-piece or rigid lidded box with a ribbon and a flavor card is the usual gift build, and a seasonal sleeve can change the look.
Do fudge boxes need a cello wrap?
Only for boxes that sit on a shelf for a while. For fudge eaten within days, a tight lid is enough.
What is the minimum order for fudge boxes?
One hundred per box size. Flavor cards can be printed in smaller runs when the range changes.
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