Busselton to Margaret River The sweets trail, from the foreshore to the fudge window

Chocolate made behind an orange wall on the Busselton foreshore, ice cream on Commonage Road since 1993, nougat you can watch being made, and fudge poured behind a window on the main street. Four sweet stops, and how to get them home in one piece.

By Made Down South, Busselton · Checked against the makers' own sites, September 2026

Start
BusseltonA chocolate shop on the foreshore
Finish
Margaret RiverFudge on the main street
Watch it made
3 kitchensChocolate, nougat and fudge
In summer
Cooler bagFudge and a hot car don't mix

Eat the ice cream now, pack the rest

Two stops on this trail sell things that won't make the drive: gelato from Little Otto's takeaway window, and Simmo's by the scoop. Both are frozen and sold in person only, so they belong in a cone, not the boot. If you want a tub of Simmo's for later, bring an esky with ice.

Fudge, nougat and chocolate travel better, but not on the back seat on a summer afternoon. Keep the bag out of the sun, and in the cabin with you rather than the boot.

Red months: bring the cooler bag.

Four stops, foreshore to fudge window

West from Busselton to Dunsborough, south to Tom Cullity Drive near Cowaramup, and on into Margaret River. Scroll down and the line drives it with you.

  1. STOP 1

    Busselton: Little Otto's Big Choc Shop

    Start on the Busselton foreshore, in the building that used to be the town's tennis club. Little Otto's Big Choc Shop opened here around Easter 2025 and makes its chocolate on the spot, in a production room behind a bright orange wall. Free tours go behind the wall every day and finish with a tasting; the shop recommends booking.

    The name is local history: in 1897 a blue whale washed up in the Vasse River inlet, and the town called him Otto. The range is built for grazing and giving: rocky road in three sizes, honeycomb and salted pretzels coated in dark chocolate, little sea creatures moulded in chocolate, and a house drinking chocolate.

    Gelato is made on site too, and sold from a takeaway window. It's frozen, so that window is the only place to get it.

    WatchFree tours behind the orange wall; book ahead
    TryRocky road, gelato from the window
    HoursCheck before you go
  2. STOP 2

    Dunsborough: Simmo's Ice Creamery

    Simmo's has been making ice cream on Commonage Road, just outside Dunsborough, since 1993. It began as a father-and-son venture on a former deer farm, with a recipe from Ireland, a dozen flavours and a machine that turned out two tubs a batch.

    Now there are around 60 flavours, made with local full-cream milk. Vanilla, strawberry and bubblegum share the cabinet with Apple Pie, White Choc Malt and a caramel with a salted caramel ribbon through it. The dairy-free side runs to sorbets and coconut-cream ice creams in chocolate, mango and salted pistachio.

    The ice creamery shares its block with a family fun park, with barbecues, mini golf and an adventure playground. There's no online shop: it's all frozen, so this one is strictly in person.

    MadeAbout 60 flavours of ice cream and sorbet
    Next doorMini golf and a playground
    HoursCheck before you go
  3. STOP 3

    Cowaramup: Bettenays

    On Tom Cullity Drive, Bettenays makes nougat in a kitchen with a window onto it. You can stand and watch the work, and there are free samples of the nougat while you make up your mind.

    The nougat kitchen was added in 2012, on the family's property here. It's sold mostly as 180 g bars across dozens of flavours: honey and toasted almond or French vanilla bean for the purists, then lavender and almond, rosewater and pistachio, cranberry and pistachio, and salted caramel.

    Can't choose, or buying for someone else? The 90 g mixed box puts several flavours in one pack.

    WatchNougat made behind a window
    TryHoney and toasted almond
    HoursCheck before you go
  4. STOP 4

    Margaret River: fudge on the main street

    Finish on the main street at the Margaret River Fudge Factory, family-owned and making fudge by hand in town since 1999. A window onto the kitchen shows each batch mixed, poured and cut, fresh each day.

    The classics lead: Vanilla, Chocolate, Salted Caramel and Old English Caramel, with Strawberry and Cream and a Fairy Fudge at the brighter end. Most come in 120 g portions, so three flavours is a perfectly reasonable order.

    There's a Chocolate Rocky Road too, in case Busselton's wasn't enough.

    WatchFudge made behind a window
    TrySalted caramel, in 120 g portions
    HoursCheck before you go

Sweets trail questions

Where can you watch fudge being made in Margaret River?

At the Margaret River Fudge Factory on the main street, where a window onto the kitchen shows each batch being mixed, poured and cut. On the same trail you can watch nougat being made through Bettenays' window on Tom Cullity Drive, and take a free tour behind the orange wall at Little Otto's Big Choc Shop in Busselton (the shop recommends booking). Check hours before you go.

Is there an ice cream factory near Dunsborough?

Yes. Simmo's Ice Creamery has been making ice cream on Commonage Road, just outside Dunsborough, since 1993, with around 60 flavours and a dairy-free range of sorbets and coconut-cream ice creams. Simmo's says it has won three Grand Champion awards at the Perth Royal Show. It's all frozen, so it's sold in person, by the scoop or the tub, with a family fun park next door.

Is there a chocolate factory in Busselton?

Little Otto's Big Choc Shop makes its chocolate in a production room on the Busselton foreshore and runs free tours behind its orange wall every day, finishing with a tasting; it recommends booking. It makes gelato on site too, sold from a takeaway window. For bean-to-bar chocolate further south, see our chocolate trail.

Where can I buy nougat in Margaret River?

At Bettenays on Tom Cullity Drive in Cowaramup, where the nougat is made on site behind a viewing window and there are free samples. It comes in 180 g bars across dozens of flavours, or a 90 g mixed box. Further north, Nougat & Nice makes honey nougat in Bunbury and has a factory outlet in East Bunbury.

How do I get fudge and chocolate home in summer?

Bring a cooler bag and an ice brick, keep the bag in the cabin rather than the boot, and buy the fudge on the way home rather than the way down. Eat the ice cream and gelato on the spot: they're frozen, and sold in person only. Little Otto's also posts its chocolate Australia-wide by express post from Busselton.