Since 1956, the corner of Martin Luther King Blvd. and Long Beach Blvd. in the city of Lynwood, California has marked one of the sweetest places on earth. Here, you will find the Helen Grace Chocolates kitchen where all our premium confections are made.
Our delectable chocolates are created through strict adherence to time-honored recipes and a commitment to excellence throughout the entire chocolate-making process.
To achieve our distinct chocolate flavor, Helen Grace delicacies are created using a proprietary blend of fine chocolate with a high cocoa content and a low sugar content. A high amount of cocoa butter and a fine grind give Helen Grace Chocolates the rich, intense flavor and velvety smooth texture that you experience each time one melts in your mouth.
Our fillings are made with fresh milk, butter, cream, and fruit as well as pure vanilla. Using copper kettles, caramels and toffees are slow-cooked in small batches to ensure that the dairy caramelizes perfectly for optimum flavor.
Fresh peanuts and almonds are air-roasted just prior to use to ensure maximum taste, and almonds are left whole in many of our delicacies for the utmost rich nutty flavor.
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The start of making toffee. Melting butter in a copper kettle with a gas-fired mixer.
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Pouring in ingredients as the batch reaches the correct temperature.
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Chocolate being pumped into a melter before use.
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Finished toffee being poured onto a cooling table. We make about 3500 lbs. of toffee center a day, in full production.
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Finished toffee being broken up into squares , getting it ready to cover in chocolate.
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Nut cluster machine going into the chocolate enrober (the machine that covers all the pieces in chocolate). Nuts go in the little metal cups and it holds them in place as they get covered in chocolate.
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Finished Almond clusters coming out of the enrober. Workers make sure that none of the nuts are exposed.
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After the clusters are cooled they are packed into candy trays before they go into a box. All by hand about 250,000 individual pieces a day, come off the line.
