Meet our Cherrynut Cream - part twelve

 

Editor's Note: Introducing Meet Me Mondays - Candy Version!  I am Britta Malsch, the Purchasing Manager at Anderson's Candy Shop.  I also help the Andersons with social media duties.  As I enter my 10th year at the store, another one of my goals has been to help introduce each of our delicious candies to our wonderful customers, while also providing a tool for the general public to be able to identify our candy.  I hope you enjoy this series which will highlight all the Anderson's Candy that you love!   

Twelfth in our series is Cherrynut Cream.

Our Cherrynut Cream is for those who love flavor. 

Packed full of rich cherry flavor, this cream center rivals Peppermint Cream for the most potent in our line!  

Cherrynut cream is made and flavored much like the other fruit creams in our line. It starts out as a blank cream and is flavored with sweet cherry oil (yes, from real cherries). It is added just a few drops at a time until the flavor is just right. The cook is looking for an authentic and bold cherry flavor that will punch through a layer of chocolate to delight your pallet.

  The originators of our recipe a few generations ago decided to "upgrade" this cream by adding a sprinkling of chopped pecans into every batch -- hence the Nut in Cherrynut Cream. The earthy pecans with the tart bold cherry swirl with our sweet chocolate and delight your tastebuds! 

Much like other fruit creams we make, Cherrynut does not have a larger candy bar counterpart. But it does get to shine bright at Easter time!  

That’s right, our Cherrynut cream also is made into a Cream Egg for Easter, but with a twist!

We add chopped pineapple and cherries to the recipe and Waa Laa! The Fruit & Nut Cream Egg is born! 

When looking for a Cherrynut Cream piece in a box of our chocolates, remember to look for an oblong shape.  This particular piece will have a “rough” mark on top, just like before on our Buttercream pieces and Peppermint Cream Bars.  This mark has a scribbly or messy look to it. Messy, perfect and delicious.

Fun Fact: Cherrynut is also GLUTEN FREE! 

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Meet our Sweet Heart Bark - part eleven

 Editor's Note: Introducing Meet Me Mondays - Candy Version!  I am Britta Malsch, the Purchasing Manager at Anderson's Candy Shop.  I also help the Andersons with social media duties.  As I enter my 10th year at the store, another one of my goals has been to help introduce each of our delicious candies to our wonderful customers, while also providing a tool for the general public to be able to identify our candy.  I hope you enjoy this series which will highlight all the Anderson's Candy that you love!   

Eleventh in our series is Sweet Heart Bark!

This one’s a real treat!  

We have taken the concept of our famous Peppermint Bark and put a sweet twist on it!  

We take our creamy white chocolate and garnish it with delicious heart-shaped jelly beans! The jelly beans are full of juicy flavor - strawberry, cherry and watermelon! 

One bite and you'll be smiling! Your pallet filled with a swirl of the sweetest white chocolate and bright fruity notes, too! 

By far this is one of my favorite batches to help make! Although I must admit, my duties for the candy shop have shifted me out of production in the Molding Room in recent years. My job is more administrative since having my first of three children about 7 years ago! 

It takes two people to make this version of bark. We pour liquid white chocolate into a large mixing bowl and carry it over to one of our prepared candy-making tables. We then, VERY QUICKLY, have one of the people uses a large spatula to spread the chocolate evenly all over the table. We are looking for about a half inch thickness.   

This process is done quickly as white chocolate hardens extremely fast. 

Meanwhile the second person follows close behind the spreader taking handfuls of the fruity jelly bean heart garnish and dropping them on to the wet bark. Sometimes a gentle pat is required to get the beans to sink deep enough in so that they stay when the bark is fully dried.

Once the chocolate has fully solidified, it is cracked into shards and packaged into 1/4# bags, sealed shut with an Anderson’s label and moved to the counter for you to purchase! 

Sweet Heart Bark is available for a very limited time each year from approximately Jan. 10 to Feb. 14!  One of our newer products, this bark is great for giving to for Valentines Day but it has also gained popularity as a good snack to set out to enjoy while you watch the Super Bowl!

Fun Facts: The maker of those jelly bean hearts bursting with fruity flavor is actually also the makers of Jolly Rancher! We have chosen them because they pair so nicely with our white chocolate!

Sweet Heart Bark is also GLUTEN FREE! 

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