Sweets of Eden — Homemade Caramels Still Being Made the Old-Fashioned Way — Slow Cooked Small Batch, Hand-Wrapped, and M

1. Sweets of Eden — Homemade Caramels Still Being Made the Old-Fashioned Way — Slow Cooked Small Batch, Hand-Wrapped, and Made in Spreckles, California Susanne McBride admits she’s not much of a cook, but when it comes to caramels, she’s a regular Mary See. A micro-confectioner, if you will, one batch at atime. Spreckels, CA, March 11, 2019 — Susanne McBride admits she’s not much of a cook, but when it comes to caramels, she’s a regular Mary See. A micro-confectioner, if you will,one batch at a time. Whilenotanexpertinthekitchen,makingcaramels iswhatshecoulddoand herfriendsandfamily agreed. McBride, along with her daughter Kate Brown and their combined families, are owners of Sweets of Eden, Homemade Caramels and More, a business they began in2016. McBride began making the creamy treats 30 years ago after remembering her mother’s caramels, a family recipe that was lost a decade before. She found a new recipe, and while notexactly the same as hermother’s,it was ahitand broughtbackfondmemories. The caramels are all made by hand, slow cooked, small batch and individually wrapped. Currentlythey are being sold at pop-up locations at festivals and fairs in Monterey County as well as Downtown Gift Shop in Oldtown Salinas. Making up to 20 pounds per week and recently permitted to sell wholesale, they are in the process of creating packages for local stores throughout Monterey County, with a different flavor featuredmonthly. Starting with vanilla caramels, they soon expanded and now produce up to more than 15 flavors seasonally, including sea salt, apple pie, coffee, pumpkin, peppermint, raspberry, root beer, green apple, orange creamsicle, passionfruit, lemon, cinnamon and licorice. All are gluten and dye-free. The family is testing out several new flavors, such as bacon caramel, a hot spicy caramel and sugar-free and never lack for volunteers for the taste testing. The maker’s favorite? McBride says, “The last batch made is alwaysthefavoriteuntilthenextbatchismade.” McBride is a third-generation Monterey County resident — her family has been in the area since the 1870s. BothMcBrideand Brownhavefull-time jobs,butlovetostepintothekitchenandstirthepot.As for how the name of the company was created, well, it just made sense. “We are surrounded by Steinbeckanditclicked.There isasweethistoryhereandweare goingtoincludeit.” Sofartheonlywaytogetthecaramelsisatoneofthepop-ups,at selectstoresandbycontactingthe familydirect.

2. Sweets ofEden (831)783-5566 sweetsofeden831@gmail.com https://sweetsofeden.net https://www.facebook.com/pg/sweetsofeden/ Contact: Marci BraccoCain Chatterbox PR Salinas, CA93901 (831)747-7455 https://sweetsofeden.net ###