How a Peppermint Pigä is Made
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Many people have wondered how the Peppermint Pigä is made. So we have decided to dedicate a few pages of our web site to show you the process of how we make this very special holiday tradition.

As you will see each pig is hand made at our family run facility in Halfmoon, New York. We use the finest ingredients to produce this sweet treat.

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 Pigsä (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. Here you see our head chef and owner at the stove heating up the ingredients.
Temperature is critical in candy making. If it is too cold and candy will not setup correctly and if it is too hot it will burn.

 
While thoroughly mixing in the final last ingredients to the mixture, the penetrating smell of peppermint can make your eyes water.