Close your eyes and try to get this picture in your mind..........

A long narrow kitchen containing a copper kettle, gas stove, enrobing machine, chocolate temperer (melts and holds chocolate at correct temp.), long-handled wooden spoons, thermometers, red aprons, and lots and lots of chocolate, not to mention all types of nuts, sugar, corn syrup, peanut butter, and a variety of tools, all used to help in the art of candy-making!

Even before you enter the retail portion of our store, delicious smells entice you. I know that some of those smells are from our friends at the Bake-n-Brew Restaurant next door, but the sweet, nutty, buttery smells are ours! And yours, too, if you care to visit.

Today we will feature, Greg Goumas, our expert hand-dipper of chocolate. Greg is busy making dark chocolate nut clusters today....all kinds of nuts which he has roasted will be gathered into his hands, then carefully dipped into a warm pool of dark chocolate. Each cluster is placed on a tray, cooled and boxed, all by hand, one piece at a time.

He uses almonds, peanuts, pecans, brazil nuts, hazelnuts, cashews. He also will be dipping raisins, coconut (haystacks) cranberries, dark chocolate sea salt caramels, potato chips, pretzels, English Toffee.

So, if the art of candy making interests you, or if you just want to look at/eat our candy, visit our online store at www.goumasconfections.com

Or come into our candy shop at 1287 Log pond Dr. in Newark, Ohio or 224 E. Broadway in Granville, Ohio. We would love to share our history and some of our quality products with you!