The Scottish confection made by boiling sugar, butter, and cream until it forms a smooth, soft-textured sweet is Scottish tablet.
Tablet is a traditional Scottish confection with a texture that is firmer and more grainy or crumbly than fudge. Its basic ingredients are sugar, butter, and condensed milk or cream, and the mixture is boiled to a high temperature before being beaten and left to set.
The beating process encourages the formation of very small sugar crystals. That crystallization gives tablet its characteristic short, melt-in-the-mouth texture, while fudge is usually softer and creamier because it is handled differently during cooling and setting.
Recipes vary by household and region, and some versions include vanilla, whisky, nuts, or other flavourings. The word tablet can cause confusion internationally because it normally means a medicinal pill, but in Scotland it also names this traditional sweet.