The last of the fondant-covered peanut butter dollops pass into the chocolate coating section of the enrober. |
Owner Tracy stands next to the Packing Wheel which is where the candy boxes are filled with a variety of candy treats. |
Some of the many items that are made in the candy molds. These decorated boxes are cast in either metal or plastic molds and then the tops and bottoms are placed together. |
PS - I must admit that the chocolate coated licorice was mentioned by Tracy's cousin Ron whom I went to Millersville University with and is the handy-man around the factory. He relayed to my wife that he at times lays a piece or two of his favorite licorice on the enrober to have it chocolate coated just for him. Following are the photos I snapped during our tour of the Miesse Chocolate Company's factory. Enjoy!
This is the head of the enrober where raw material can be forced through the patterns by means of the serrated rollers. The heart shaped pieces in this case will drop onto the cream colored belt. |
Here Tracy stands at the first coating station where the bottoms of the candy will receive a coating of chocolate. |
The candy travels by belt through the next coating station where it gets a second coating on the bottom and is draped with a coating from the top. |
As the chocolates come through the coater, Becky places a slight twirl on the top of each candy. This is one of the many processes that is done by hand in this factory. |
Here Sarah removes the candy from the cooling end of the enrober and stacks it in boxes. |
The result is trays of caramel. |
Here Sarah drains chocolate from the melting pot where the chocolate is formulated. |
She uses that chocolate to fill the coating part of the enrober. |
This is Becky putting fondant on the peanut butter dollops. The fondant is a sugary coating that is placed on certain candies. The fondant is heated to make it liquid for coating purposes. |
Here Jayne is decorating chocolate lollipops with ribbon. Labor intensive procedures makes Miesse Candies a true treat. |
Some of the packaged molded chocolate pieces in the store next to the factory at 118 North Water Street in downtown Lancaster, PA. |
Great story of the history and story telling about my great grandfather Daniel W Miesse. Amazing pictures and possible connection to Milton Hershey (I suspected the same)
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