penuche
noun
pe·nu·che pə-ˈnü-chē 
variants or less commonly panocha
pə-ˈnō-chə
: fudge made usually of brown sugar, butter, cream or milk, and nuts
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Their nine flavors include chocolate, chocolate walnut, mint chocolate swirl, sea salt caramel, vanilla, peanut butter and chocolate, penuche plain, penuche nut, rocky road and chocolate coconut. 
Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2022 Along with some of the more typical flavors including milk chocolate and peanut butter, the Nutmeg has butterbeer, cheesecake, buckeye, penuche, tiger butter and milk walnut. Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2022
Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2022 Along with some of the more typical flavors including milk chocolate and peanut butter, the Nutmeg has butterbeer, cheesecake, buckeye, penuche, tiger butter and milk walnut. Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2022 Word History
Etymology
Mexican Spanish panocha raw sugar, from Spanish, ear of maize, ultimately from Latin panicula panicle — more at panicle
First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above