A new shop in Grange-over-Sands is already proving to be a massive treat for locals.
Fudge My Life, found at 10a Lowther Gardens, opened its doors for the first time on Friday, November 1.
The business is managed by Cheryl Hamilton and has primarily been an online outlet since 2021 before she decided to take the next big leap.
Cheryl said: "The shop is a huge hit, people are really happy, and people are cross-buying.
"This means that they're buying my stuff, which is the main seller thankfully, but they're also buying a lot of other stuff that I'm stocking.
"This is stuff that I've selected from other small businesses like me that I wanted to give a chance to grow."
For Cheryl, the aim of the shop is to provide residents with enough treats to satisfy their sweet tooth as well as backing businesses that are starting the same journey as Fudge My Life.
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She added: "So it's been really exciting. I'm hoping to offer much more space to more small businesses, and share the space with my product obviously being the main one.
"But, like I said, it's looking like a huge hit, people have been really supportive, we're getting very happy and quirky customers that are saying it's really nice to have something different in the area."
The mum-of-three is originally from South Africa and trained as a chef and hotel manager in Durban before calling Grange-over-Sands her home.
Fudge My Life will be attracting customers thanks to its World Record attempt, creating the largest ever royal icing-decorated sugar cookie - even if Cheryl's pet dalmatian Pebbles tried to eat the first attempt.
"Luckily, we were able to salvage a couple of pieces and they're now displayed here in the shop, right next to the new and improved Cookie 2.0," she said.
"We recreated it with even more love and determination and, thankfully, the biscuit is actually better than the first one."
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