Archive for the ‘Sweet Treats’ Category

• Chocoholics Rejoice: Why Chocolate is Good for Your Health

  • November 2nd, 2012
  • Posted in Chocolate, Health Benefits of Chocolate, Sweet Treats, Wockenfuss Candy
  • Tags: candy makers Baltimore, chocolate as a remedy, health benefits of chocolate, studies on benefits of chocolate

  We reach for chocolate as a temporary remedy for heartache and emotional headaches, but as it turns out, dark chocolate is proven to be a cure for potentially long-term health issues as well. Cacao – the main ingredient in dark… Read More

• Wockenfuss Candy: Best of Baltimore 2012

  • October 17th, 2012
  • Posted in Best of Baltimore, Sweet Treats, Wockenfuss Candy
  • Tags: Baltimore Magazine, Baltimore's Best, Baltimoreans, best candy shop Baltimore, Best of Baltimore, Best of Baltimore 2012, Best of Baltimore Food, candy shops Baltimore, Charles Herman Wockenfuss, confectionary shops, reviews of best candy shop Maryland, Wockenfuss Candy

  Every year, Baltimore Magazine rounds up a list of the best in local entertainment in celebration of the city’s quirky yet beloved businesses, ranging in genre from food and fun to services and shops, news and art. Taking the cake… Read More

• Oh, Fudge! What Candy Has to Do with Shams and Wars

  • October 12th, 2012
  • Posted in Fudge, Sweet Treats, Wockenfuss Candy
  • Tags: candy consumption in U.S., Caramel Fudge, Charles Herman Wockenfuss, chemistry of fudge, David Koch, family businesses baltimore, history of fudge, history of wockenfuss candies, homemade candies baltimore, how to make fudge, Paul Wockenfuss, popularity of chocolate, Wockenfuss Candies

  The word “fudge” dates back to the seventeenth century, when it was used as a verb to describe doctored dealings: matters that had been inelegantly or dishonestly thrown together in such a way as to make them appear correctly worked…. Read More

• Wockenfuss Candies: Serving you Sweets since 1915

  • October 4th, 2012
  • Posted in Sweet Treats, Wockenfuss Candy
  • Tags: Baltimore businesses, candymakers Baltimore, candymakers Maryland, family-run business, gourmet candy, gourmet chocolate makers baltimore, gourmet truffles, gummi candies, Herman Charles Wockenfuss, nonpareils, Paul Wockenfuss, Wockenfuss Candies, Wockenfuss Harford Road location

  Wockenfuss Candies has successfully worked its way into the hearts of sweet-toothed Baltimoreans and Marylanders for nearly a century: since 1915, the specialty shop – which has expanded to include eight locations – has been a family-run business with a… Read More