Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Meet our Lemon Cream - part nine


 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!   

Ninth in our series is Lemon Cream.


Fresh.  Sweet. Just tart enough.  A showstopper in our books! 

Our lemon cream is made and flavored much like the other fruit creams in our line.  Starting from a blank slate so to speak of sweet but unflavored cream center and then brought to life by our head cook and his assistants.  Getting the flavor just right is an art form.

We use pure lemon oil in our Lemon Cream centers spading each small batch by hand and tasting along the way. A few drops can take the center from a hint of lemon to make-your-mouth pucker quickly! Our goal is to add enough oil so that when covered in chocolate the cream is unmistakably lemon. A sweet citrus that fills your mouth roundly with flavor and blends perfectly complimenting the chocolate.

When looking for Lemon Cream in a box of Anderson's Candy, you will look for an oblong piece (remember all cream centers are either round or oblong).  

Look for the piece marked with a cursive “L” on top. And if you've been following along with us you know each L will look different depending on the chocolate handwriting of person who dipped it!

We do not make a larger candy bar counterpart for our Lemon Cream pieces, but if it is one of your favorites you can always order a 1/4#, 1/2# or 1# box of these delicious pieces by calling us at the shop 1-888-214-7614 or using our Make A Special Request feature online. 

Fun Fact: Lemon Cream is also GLUTEN FREE! 




Sunday, November 6, 2022

Meet our Raspberry Cream - part eight

 

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!   

Eighth in our series is Raspberry Cream.


If you love the authentic taste of our “Fruit Cream” centers, Raspberry Cream will not disappoint.  From the flavors to the color, everything about this piece screams DELICIOUS! 

There are only a few of our cream center candies we make that come only as individual pieces. The flavor is potent, and we love the ratio of cream center to chocolate in the "piece" format so unless you place a special order you won't find a Raspberry Cream egg or candy bar.

The Raspberry Creams at our shop start out as a "blank" cream center. We use a very high grade beaten egg white in our recipe to ensure a fluffy, creamy consistency every time. We also hand spade this cream center and add in pure raspberry oil little by little until the cream center is super smooth and the flavor is just right! It has to be bold enough to come through the chocolate but not too strong or the effect will be "perfume" like.

When searching in a box of chocolate for the Raspberry Cream, whether it be in a Creams Assortment, an Everything But Nuts (EBN) Assortment or a Deluxe Assortment ... look for a small round piece with a beautiful capital "R" on top.

If you have not had the pleasure to taste this wonderful piece, next time you are in to our Richmond shop, ask for a sample, you won’t be disappointed! 

Fun Facts:  Sometimes this cream center piece is larger than other round cream centers in a box of Anderson's Candy. This is due to the consistency of the center which sometimes is "spreads" more as it is dipped in chocolate. This is due to the edition of the Raspberry oil. 

And, did you know that Raspberry lovers can find several chocolate creations in our line besides the Raspberry Cream? We also use Raspberry oil plus REAL whole raspberries in our Raspberry Jel which is part of the center of the Raspberry Mallow candy bar. And, we use real raspberry fruit in our ganache for the very popular Raspberry Truffle!

Raspberry Cream is also GLUTEN FREE!