Sweet, Exotic Specialties Await

July 21, 2010 - PRLog -- Sweet, Exotic Specialties Await: Candymakers Busy at Work Transforming Summer’s Bounty into Decadent Treats

July 21, 2010,--NEW ORLEANS—Southern Candymakers, an 18 year-old New Orleans confectionary business specializing in Southern pralines and other candies, reveals  several new decadent treats this week.

Candymaker Sue Sue Scalf-Mankin recently made the acquaintance of a Califiornia pistachio farmer, inspiring Head Candymaker Jill Demeny to create a fresh Lemon-Pistachio Ganache and transform it into rich Truffle spheres enrobed in silken bittersweet chocolate.  
Like all of the confections at Southern Candymakers, including the award-winning pralines, these candies are handmade in small batches with absolutely no preservatives so quantities are very limited.
   Meanwhile Scalf-Mankin, felt the call of the tropics, leading to the creation of Key Lime Pie Fudge – vanilla fudge tinged with fresh lime juice and zest, swirled with a ribbon of graham cracker crumbs and topped with creamy, marshmallow-meringue topping. Who could resist? YUM!

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Founded in 1992 by Pete Thompkins and Chuck Williams, Southern Candymakers crafts all delicacies, including pralines, to order. Bon Appetite magazine named Southern Candymakers a “Not to Miss” destination when visiting New Orleans, saying we “Make the Best Pralines.” From the very beginning we have been showered with the high praises of our customers' ooh's and aah's followed by comments like "this is the best I have ever tasted," or "these are even better than my mama's!” The judges at the Atlanta Gourmet Show agreed and gave our Creamy Pralines the Best Candy Award