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McCrea's Candies
Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Kate and Jason McCrea fell in love while working as researchers on the Arctic Tundra, and after double layoffs, they began to cook up sweet treats for their neighbors and friends. The raves came rolling in, and before long, they were whipping up batch after batch in copper kettles, then feeding it all through a restored, early twentieth-century cutting and wrapping machine. They’re on a mission to make the world’s best caramel (and with those fresh-as-can-be ingredients, they just might have done it).
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Reviews for
McCrea's Candies Handcrafted Caramel Advent Calendar
Reviews for
McCrea's Candies Handcrafted Caramel Advent Calendar
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Brought joy to the Advent Season
Gave this to my daughter and she adored it! The caramels were exquisitely flavored, there was a nice mix and they were generously portioned for sharing with a grateful mom.
Will look forward to this again next year.
Just beautiful.
Not for kids
This charmingly designed advent calendar gave me the impression that it would be ideal for younger folk- it's not. It has some flavor profiles that don't appeal to the younger set (coffee noir, truffle caramel, rosemary). It's beautiful and the caramels are good but just helpful to know it's really an adult designed set of candies.
Delicious!!
These are delicious! I know it is an advent calendar but I'm going to scoop up a few extra so I can give them to friends to help them countdown to their birthdays!
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