Show The Herald It’s Easter morning Probably before Mom and Dad awakened this morning the children were up eagerly searching for their Easter baskets filled with all kinds of goodies from traditional colored eggs to chocolate bunnies For children it’s much like Christmas a time to see what the Easter Bunny has left in the way of treats It’s even more fun if some of the eggs and candy have been hidden and they can hunt for them Chances are these tasty treats that Cache Valley children look forward to so eagerly in their Easter baskets came from the Bluebird Candy Factory in Logan Since January Steven Woolsey superintendent of the factory and his staff have been gearing up production to supply plenty of candy bunnies lambs ducks penguins and roosters not to mention eggs to fill the baskets Of the molded goodies bunnies are the most popular and come in all sizes from a few ounces (the frounce size is the most popular) to an enormous nine-pound- er Molded bunnies are made with light or dark i i tn ' chocolate and summer coating Summer coating is similar to white bark or white chocolate and is tinted green pink or yellow Making molded especially hollow molded bunnies can be a tricky business according to Eunice Mendelkow who specializes in making the huge d bunnies The chocolate is pound into one side of the mold then the two sides are clipped together Eunice rocks the bunnie to coat the entire mold Every five minutes while the candy is cooling Eunice rotates the mold to make sure that the entire shape is covered and there are no air holes It takes from a half to a whole hour for the chocolate to harden When Eunice no longer feels any rocking motion as she turns the mold she is sure the chocolate is firm The mold is then placed in a cooling room to finish off When the chocolate begins to break away from the mold the mold is removed Smaller bunnies are made in solid molds The molds are filled and shaken so that there will be no air holes in the finished product Then they are placed in a box nine-poun- DiMAe ara kont JournalCache Sunday March 30 1986—13 peanuts to harden “It may seems strange placing the molds in a box of cold nuts” Woolsey said “but it works Guy Cardon (owner of the Bluebird) saw this technique at a candy convention in California so now we do it too” Molding candy is an old art form brought over from Europe The Bluebird has been making molded candies for probably 40 or 50 years according to Cardon The Bluebird uses molds both plastic and metal made in Germany because they are the best with more detailing to make the candy attractive Woolsey said The Bluebird staff starts making the molded candies in January By Easter thousands of bunnies ducks and what have you are ready for the eager children who will gobble them down Next to Christmas the Easter season is the busiest for this candy factory with Valentine’s Day a close third Production of the eggs which are made with d fruit and nut centers dipped in chocolate and decorated gets under way in February While the Easter candy is being produced the of chilled hand-molde- |