Candy Making

The fine art of candy making fascinated "Grandma Gertie" Krautheim, who, at the tender age of seven, carefully examined a Babe Ruth chocolate bar and wondered, "how did they make this?!" Her curiosity continued through her teen years as she honed her skills, learning European-style baking from an Austrian chef. Her focus, however, always remained on chocolate! After her marriage to Carl Krautheim, whom she soon learned was also an avid chocolate lover, she continued her quest for producing the finest chocolate confections, with her signature enthusiasm and unbounded energy.

Gertie called her kitchen her "laboratory" and would often cook late into the night perfecting many of her recipes. Carl and Gertie tested a variety of the world's finest chocolate in order to produce the perfect dark, velvety truffle. They both enjoyed chocolate made in the French tradition, with a strong, rich chocolate 'bite.' Gertie also developed rich, buttery caramels as well as delightful opera creams, all drenched in French chocolate.

Carl and Gertie's success in producing the finest, world-class chocolates is due to their unwavering insistence on using only the highest quality ingredients. Gertie was determined to create the perfect confection that would make a chocolate lover smile and sigh, "Ohhhh! Chocolate!"

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