|
|
 |
 Many
people have wondered how the
Peppermint Pig™ is made. So we
have decided to dedicate a page
of our web site to show you the
Peppermint Pig™ process.
Each pig is hand made at our
family run facility in Halfmoon,
New York. We use the finest
ingredients to produce this
sweet treat. Here you see our
head chef and owner at the stove
heating up the ingredients.
The process starts in the fall
of each year, when the weather
starts to cool (warm, humid
weather prevents proper curing).
Then the folks at Saratoga
Sweets gear up to produce that
year’s batch of Peppermint Pigs™
(for delivery between Columbus
Day and New Year's Day), which
have brought cheer to so many
generations for the holidays.
The first step is mixing the
right combination of ingredients
and cooking them to just the
perfect temperature to form the
sweet candy everyone craves.
Temperature is critical in candy
making. If it is too cold the
candy will not setup correctly
and if it is too hot it will
burn.
While thoroughly mixing in the
final ingredients to the
mixture, the penetrating smell
of peppermint can make your eyes
water.
The liquid peppermint solution
is then individually poured into
our custom designed Peppermint
Pig™ molds and allowed to cool.
After cooling, the pig is
released from the mold, cleaned
and trimmed by hand.
To ensure quality and preserve
freshness each Peppermint Pig™
is heat-sealed.
The Peppermint Pig™ is then
carefully boxed with the pouch,
hammer and story by our
dedicated staff. |
|
|
