Along with offerings of chocolate and lavender lemonade fudge, you can add prayer to the drive-thru offerings at Carlsborg’s WeDo Fudge, 11 Valley Center Place.

Considered the world’s only drive-thru fudge stand, Christina Norman, co-owner with her husband Charles, said they added a sign offering drive-thru prayer slightly over a month ago.

“What we discovered is that people feel safe in their cars and that they’re not here for fudge but here for comfort,” Christina said.

She said fudge has an association for people whether it’s for a neighbor or a loved one who is sick.

“People share a lot with me,” Christina said.

“My regular and monthly customers give me a snippet of their lives so I started praying for them at home.”

She asked a few customers later on if it was OK to pray with them, which grew into the idea of putting up a sign.

Christina has had at least one person — Christians and not — ask for prayer each day she’s open.

The sign even threw one customer who asked if she was still making fudge, she said.

Customers and those just in need of prayer are encouraged to stop by for prayer and if people can fill out a prayer request sheet if they’d prefer, the Normans pray for them later.

Since the beginning of WeDo Fudge, the Normans have been upfront about their faith.

The couple attends Dungeness Community Church and uses images by local photographer Ross Hamilton with Bible verses that Charles felt best fit each photo.

On their website, the couple states that one of their principles is they “want to serve our Lord Jesus in all ‘WeDo,’ including the operation of our business.”

Wholesale customers are offered private labels without cards though.

WeDo Fudge opens noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays from April-December and Christina has had people come through to pray for her and the business, she said, and a church member stayed to pray with customers if needed.

Christina said what she does isn’t about fudge.

Her goal is for fudge to be part of or the instigator for a faith-based conversation.

About the business

The Normans started WeDo Fudge in 2013 at the Sequim Farmers Market and rented Rainshadow Coffee’s kitchen space to make products to see if Sequim could support a market for fudge, Christina said. After one season, they began operating at the stand in Carlsborg off Hooker Road simply for its kitchen space.

However, after six months, people started driving up looking for coffee, she said, so they opted to open two days a week. Their wholesale business grew so Christina began adding days and now makes fudge on Tuesdays, cuts it on Wednesdays and delivers it on Thursdays.

“Every year we grow a little,” she said.

Now, their fudge is sold in Washington, Oregon and California, including several lavender farms that provide their own lavender buds or essential oils for Christina to make their own distinct flavor of lavender fudge.

“I have two seasons – Christmas and lavender,” she joked.

Christina works from a recipe list of about 200 different kinds of fudges, she said, including diabetic recipes.

Her most popular flavor is dark chocolate sea salt caramel and all proceeds from her peanut butter chocolate fudge support KSQM this year. In recent years, that flavor’s sales have supported the Seattle Children’s Hospital Guild and a Peninsula College scholarship.

WeDo Fudge is open noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays from April-December, at 11 Valley Center Place in Sequim. Contact the business at 360-232-4656 or visit www.wedofudge.com.

Reach Matthew Nash at mnash@sequimgazette.com.

WeDo Fudge co-owner Christina Norman stands outside her business that now offers prayer in its drive-thru. She said people tell her a lot when they stop by so she wanted to offer them prayer if needed. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Even though it’s in the name, Christina Norman, co-owner of WeDo Fudge, said her business isn’t about fudge. She hopes it is used in opening up dialogue about faith. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash