Fudgie the Whale

Fudgie the Whale is a type of ice cream cake produced and sold by Carvel in its franchise stores. It was developed by Carvel in the 1970s as an expansion of its line of freshly made products, along with Hug-Me Bear and Cookie Puss.

Although the cake depicts the shape of a whale and was originally decorated as such, it was sometimes adapted for holiday uses by rotating it 90 degrees counter-clockwise so that the whale's body, now upright, could represent a face. The whale's tail would then represent whatever a character traditionally had on its head: the Easter Bunny's ears, a leprechaun's hat, or Santa Claus's tassel. But Fudgie the Whale was usually promoted around Father's Day, using the slogan, "For a whale of a dad."

Fudgie the Whale has been the subject of parody for comedians Patton Oswalt, Kevin Smith and Billy Crystal. It has also been used for comedic effect on television shows such as How I Met Your Mother, The Simpsons, The Daily Show, Damages, Family Guy, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and The Office.

In the early 1980s, David Letterman "Exposed" the cake as really being a dog in disguise.

An episode of The Colbert Report displayed what Colbert called a "Prophet Muhammad Carvel ice cream cake", which depicted Fudgie the Whale with a turban.

An episode of 2 Broke Girls shows the main characters talking about and eventually obtaining a fudgy on the bus ride back home from visiting Caroline's Dad in prison.

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