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Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores
Aug. 31, 2013
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 457
Sold, Not Yet Open [Member] | Franchise Stores - Domestic Stores [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 3
Sold, Not Yet Open [Member] | Franchise Stores - Domestic Stores [Member] | U-Swirl, Inc. [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 6
Sold, Not Yet Open [Member] | Franchise Units - International [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 1
Sold, Not Yet Open [Member] | Cold Stone Creamery - Co-Branded [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 9
Sold, Not Yet Open [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 19
Open [Member] | Company-Owned Stores [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 6
Open [Member] | Company-Owned Stores [Member] | U-Swirl, Inc. [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 12
Open [Member] | Franchise Stores - Domestic Stores [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 219
Open [Member] | Franchise Stores - Domestic Stores [Member] | U-Swirl, Inc. [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 68
Open [Member] | Franchise Stores - Domestic Kiosks [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 6
Open [Member] | Franchise Units - International [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 69
Open [Member] | Cold Stone Creamery - Co-Branded [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 58
Open [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 438
Company-Owned Stores [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 6
Company-Owned Stores [Member] | U-Swirl, Inc. [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 12
Franchise Stores - Domestic Stores [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 222
Franchise Stores - Domestic Stores [Member] | U-Swirl, Inc. [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 74
Franchise Stores - Domestic Kiosks [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 6
Franchise Units - International [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 70
Cold Stone Creamery - Co-Branded [Member] | Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory [Member]
  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Number of Stores [Line Items]  
Number of Stores 67