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Dorothy's Candies in White Oak will supply its hand-dipped chocolates for celebrity gift bags to be passed out at this year's Oscars on Feb. 27. A far cry from their humble beginnings during the Great Depression, the current proprietor's grandmother, Mae Gillespie, sold homemade confections in the West End during those tough times. Mae's daughter, Dorothy, later opened a tiny shop in the basement of her McKeesport home. It was that tiny basement shop that has become the Dorothy's Candies of today.
As lot has changed since the basement kitchen of 1947 ....They produce their chocolates in a state-of-the-art facility with climate-controlled storage rooms and advanced chocolate melters. But the most important things have not changed at all ...... They still use "Mom's" secret recipes developed over the years, they still use only the finest ingredients available, and the candies are still hand-dipped.
Apparently those things do make a difference .... Their chocolates have been featured twice before in giveaway bags at the Oscars and other celebrity events such as the Kentucky Derby. If you haven't tried Dorothy's Candies yourself, stop by some time and see what all the excitement is about!
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