Russ' Fudge Cake Sale

I honestly wasn't blown away with this. I've tried a few of these Russ tobaccos. They aren't bad. In general they all seem to smoke well with no bite, but the flavor is always so suttle, kinda muted. But it's their. Some tobaccos smell great but you can't pick up the taste. You can pick up the taste here it's just kinda underwhelming.

This smoke is a winner with me. It has a light aroma and a hint of chocolate after exhale is when I enjoy the taste. I'm a very avid pipe smoker and this is one of my top 5 favorites! I would highly recommend this smoke. My partner also enjoys the aroma while I am enjoying the flavor. Great tobacco!!

Smell was pleasant but not over powering. The flavor wasn't was I expected.

Smooth rich flavor! Perfect for my evening smoke on the patio…. Pleasant Chocolate blend!

This was very good! Moist when it came and gives HUGE amounts of smoke. Scent is rather nice as well.

Nice flavor good with coffee in the morning. Don't recommend with a bourbon or scotch

Smoked as advertised and you could still notice the tobacco in the smoke.

Smooth and tasty flavor with a pleasant aroma

After 40 years of smoking, I switched to vaping nine years ago. Four years ago I began extracting tobacco flavors for E-Liquid. This year I tried Russ' Fudge Cake for the first time, and it does not disappoint ! Chocolate can be one of the most difficult flavors to recreate in vaping, but Fudge Cake is a rare exception. The chocolate taste is the star, the tobaccos have support roles as the Cavendish adds a little sweetness, and the Burley gives a nutty taste in the background. A few friends in the vaping community, who have tried unsuccessfully to recreate a chocolate tasting vapor, have asked for this by name. This vapes smooth and rich, with a taste similar to a Hershey's Chocolate with Almonds. An instant "keeper" in my rotation. I will continue to order and extract this flavor as long as it is available. If a pipe smoker is looking for a mild, smooth spot-on chocolate tobacco flavor, this is a must-try.

Nice aroma and smell a little tongue bite.

I appreciated the skill of mixing the flavors of both, chocolate and tobacco. The best thing is a mild flavor and, satisfies the craving for smoke, that is something I've tried with my own mix, yet I could not do better. I should have began with Russ's Fudge Cake, really good, no bite, smooth and, has taste. This is wonderful for all day or, coming back to a taste of chocolate that, is'nt overpowering and, not like incense, just tobacco and, some kick.

Great taste

Smokes good no re-lights. Smell is strong in the bag but not as strong once lit. The flavor isn’t as chocolaty as it smells but you do get chocolate flavor during the smoke.

This is simply the best full flavor aromatic I’ve ever tried. Russ’ Fudge Cake tastes delicious and maintains a true tobacco flavor while smelling amazing. After smoking and returning to the area I enjoyed smoking in, I smelled fresh baked brownies. I have started mixing Fudge cake with Lane IQ and I find it to be a fantastic all day smoke. I will never let myself run out of this good friend.

A nice mild, slightly chocolate aromatic, that burns good and is satisfying.

Pleasant

Russ' Fudge cake is a very pleasant pipe tobacco. It burns pretty evenly, has a good odor i8n the bag or canister, & smells quite good when it is smoked (even my help-lady liked it) (I am 80 year old & pretty confined to my home). Don't care much for the packaging - a plastic bag. Be nice to get it in a tin or canister. But, all in all, a good smoking tobacco at a good price.

Russ Oullette is a GENIUS. PERIOD. First chocolate cookies, then onto flourless chocolate tart... and then Death by Chocolate. LOVE IT. Would eat it if I wasn't stopped by my wife.

Good for an aero

Russ wins AGAIN. I've been hard-pressed to find an R.O. creation that I didn't LOVE. Not an 'all dayer', but rather a 'dessert' treat, I will hold ALL Cocoa/Chocolate/Fudge Blends to this high bar. BRAVO.

Smooth, sweet, cool. Who could ask for anything more? My everyday smoke.

Great easy smoking aromatic. The aroma is wonderful. Stays lit, has great flavor. Not too sweet.

Great all day smoke - Mild, Great Aroma, never a bite.

mild, no bite with lite aroma. will buy again.

Just tried it and really liked it,,,Opening the tobacco and smelling you do get that fudge brownie smell that almost make you want to go after a glass of milk to go with it.(haha) Does smoke well, but, I will let it dry just a bit in the future before smoking.. Has a pleasant room note and my wife loved it. I did not smoke it too fast so I had no tongue bite at all. Very Good Job Russ

Not as Chocolaty as I expected it might be. Smoking Chocolates is new to me so I don't have much to compare it to. I think I'll try William J's suggestion and try Russ' Snow Drift. Otherwise, lights up good and stays lit without much fuss. Maybe you will like it, but you won't hate it either.

Excellent flavor,however, not to sweet or harsh on the throat. great smoke and lives up to the reputation of a Russ's tobacco.

Enjoyed this smoke. The officer that pulled me over for dead tags also commented on the nice aroma. (Got off with a warning since I was on the way to DMV).

Very good blend, nice and tasty and mellow.

I thought it was a really nice blend

Seems excellent so far. Tasty.

This is one of my favorite aromatic blends. It’s a good all day smoke, or excellent after a meal or winding down for the evening. I would recommend for pipers that enjoy a nice sweet but not too sweet aromatic blend.

Good smell and good flavor.

Is a very nice tobacco,, however not the favorite of the ones I have tried.

Russ' Fudge Cake is yet another outstanding blend from his monthly series. It has a wonderful pouch and room note with just the right amount of chocolate in the flavor to keep it from being overly sweet. I was expecting something along the lines of Sutliff Chocolate Mousse but what I got was a subdued cocoa flavor more akin to his blend Snow Drift. Closer to a cup of hot cocoa rather than a Hershey bar. Smokes down to a nice white ash without a hint of tongue bite. Highly recommended.

smooth with rich flavor

this is my second batch of this tobacco....i think. i like it. it gets to be a bit much to smoke all the time....but 2-3 evenings a week is just right.

I'm an aromatic fan. The sweeter, the better. Russ' Fudge Cake, though, isn't too sweet as I would like, but it's not bitter as well. Imagine a semi-bitter chocolate, yet bold and smooth, and you'll get this tobacco. It burns very well and is one of my favorite tobaccos.

My new go too

I'm a new pipe smoker. I'm also definitely an aromatic sort of guy. Russ' Fudge Cake, like the rest of his line, is absolutely wonderful. I've been smoking it for about a week now and thoroughly enjoy it. I just smoked it indoors today since the weather has been colder and was pleasantly surprised at the smell of the room after it was aired out. I will be buying this again in the future! This is a must-try!

I am a new pipe smoker nice to mix with others

Again Russ blends cavendish with a delightful flavor and aroma, this time FUDGE. All the ladies in the senior housing where I live enjoy the room note. It smokes smoothly and tastes darn good.

Light and enjoyable smoke, the fudge is just a hint of a flavor. I've come to not like the term room note as it leaves room for interpretation. I use "mustache note". For me the mustache note is nice. Leaves you feeling like you are sitting across the house while mom or grandma had been cooking brownies and you get a whiff of it from time to time. Not overpowering, just that nice- yea.

This one has some nice chocolate tones to it that make it smell so good my fiance tried to eat some of the leaf despite my warning. It easily masked the heavy scents of prior tobaccos and oils in the garage and left my car smelling nice. Was a bit wet and needs some drying but is worth that wait.

Delicious: both flavor and aroma! this is 2nd time i ordered it, hope it will be continued.

didn't really taste the chocolate - however - very enjoyable flavor & aroma - no bite - will buy again

Adequately sweet and a nice kick. Burns really well with good thick smoke. Stays lit on a good tight pack.

I haven't found a Russ' blend that wasn't good. My 9nly critic is that it could be more chocolatey

A nice chocolate smoke...although I do prefer Russ' Snow Drift over this...they are both pretty darn good.

The description is pretty accurate. There is a pronounced pouch note that was evident (even to the uPS driver) before I even opened the box. Fortunately, however, it's quite subdued in the smoking, not sweetly cloying or overpowering. It does, however, pretty well sublimate the tobacco taste, which only peeked through occasionally. Still, someone new to aros, or trying to transition from aros to non, would probably find this quite acceptable. It's just an enjoyable "sit and have coffee" kind of smoke, and could easily be an all-day smoke, without tiring of it. It will require some drying time, however, as it's quite moist right out of the pouch. Try mixing it with a bit of Russ' Walking Stick, and you have something with just a tiny bit more tobacco taste, and a much more subtle cocoa/vanilla room note. Bottom line, I'm pleased with this, and will be adding a little more to my stash, but I'd rate it only as a solid 3.5 - 4.0 stars. Worth trying.

taste just like the name deeper taste the chocolate

A pleasant smoke with little bite. A very pleasant room note. Very pleased with the purchase.

mild and aromatic with little bite

My first tobacco from P&C that I can say, I just do not care for. The chocolate flavor/taste I was hoping for just wasn't present. It also is a bit too far on the moist side, making it hard to stay lit. Constantly having to re-light. I can't really say that it had that "chocolate aroma" while still in the can. For my taste. I'm going to stick with Russ' Snow Drift, which I find to be an excellent smoke for the chocolate lover.

tasty little smoke

This tobacco was a little damp when I received it but was still smokeable. Nice dark chocolate fudge scent and flavor. To me this was a mild smoke without an over powering chocolate or chemical taste. As far as aromatics go I would say this is a hit. I plan on putting some frosty mint with it to see what happens. Good job Russ!

Not much chocolate flavor. Was expecting more. Smokes OK.

One of the better chocolates out there. Not overpowered, like Sutliff's mousse, almost a match of Sutliff's hot chocolate to me 🍫😚

Very cool smoking blend. Chocolate is very light, not overpowering. Great fragrance.

My first experience with Ross's Fudge Cake was not very good, but that is no fault of the blend or blender. I was breaking in a new pipe. Still, after smoking it for a few weeks after, I believe I have a fairly good idea of the product. I am a hardcore aromatic smoker, so keep that in mind. Fudge Cake has a wonderfully pleasant tin note. The tin note reminds me of a smore as there is some chocolate smell, but more of a marshmallow-graham cracker smell. This tin note does not translate into taste once lit. The primary notes when smoked are that of mild but noticeable tobacco and very mild earthiness. There's a sweet aromatic retrohale that is faintly reminiscent of chocolate to me. If you don't normally smoke aromatics, then this may seem like a chocolate cake for you. It is, perhaps, a perfect transition for people wanting to try aromatics for the first time when coming from other styles of tobacco. The room note is pleasant and wont insult anyone. I would imagine the usual curious compliments and questions from people about the scent. I know I gave it only 3 out of 5 stars, but there are other aspect you might want to consider. Price Point: 4/5 A good enough smoke to pay this price for. Smoke Quality: 4/5 Remains lit easily, burns cool if you let it. I'm cellaring the rest of my order, I wonder if it will only get better with time. Thanks Ross for making this blend, It is enjoyable, but it's hard for me to taste anything after smoking Molto Dolce.