History
he company was founded by Frank Crail, who had recently moved to Durango from Newport Beach, California to raise his family in a small town. In 1981, the first store was opened on Main street by Frank and two partners. In 1982, the company's first franchises, one in Colorado Springs and one in Park City, Utah were opened. An offsite factory was also built that year. the company manufactures chocolate candies and other confectionery products to supply its many franchise locations, delivered fresh by its fleet of refrigerated trucks. The factory typically produces approximately 300 chocolate candies and other confectionery products. These products include many varieties of clusters, caramels, creams, truffles and molded chocolates. Individual stores prepare a variety of caramel and candy apples, fudge, chocolate items and confections in full view of the customer using traditional cooking utensils such as copper kettles on gas-fired stoves and marble slab cooling tables.
Specialties
Apples: Caramel Apple, Apple Pie Apple, Peanut Caramel Apple, Pecan Caramel Apple, M&M Apple, Cheesecake Apple, Caramel Apple with Butterfinger, Rocky Road Caramel Apple, English Toffee Apple. Chocolates: Gourmet Truffles, Caramels, Clusters, Creams, Meltaways, English Toffee, Peanut Butter Buckets, Seafoam. Fudge: Plain, Chocolate Walnut, Chocolate Pecan, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Rocky Road, Semi-sweet Double Chocolate, Vanilla, Vanilla Peanut Butter. Dipped Items: Strawberries, Pretzels, Oreos, Marshmallows, Graham Crackers, Cheesecake, Ice Cream Bars, Frozen Bananas.