The store has the characteristic black
and white décor with friendly staff
dressed in crisp white uniforms. But
what sets the establishment apart even
more is its commitment to producing
candy with the best ingredients and no
added preservatives. It is also one of
the few remaining candy makers that
ages its chocolate in order to give the
finished product a more lush, mellow
flavor. Like fine wine, fine chocolate
improves with age.
See’s has over 200 stores nationwide,
but the Ross Park Mall and South
Hills Village stores are the first in
Pennsylvania.
Local residents may be more
familiar with the new candy store
than they realize. One of the most
memorable episodes of the “I Love
Lucy” show was the scene in which
Lucy and Ethel are working at a candy
factory. When they cannot keep pace
with the hundreds of chocolates on
the conveyor belt, they begin to eat
the candy pieces by the handful. This
legendary moment in comedic history
was filmed at a See’s Candies factory in
California.
The See’s Candies story began in
1921 with a shop in Los Angeles,
opened by Charles See, who utilized
the recipes of his mother, Mary See.
Although the See family no longer
owns the confectionery empire, Mary
See’s image still adorns the boxes of
candy that are shipped throughout
the world and her recipes have been
carefully preserved in each of the
store’s offerings that millions of people
happily savor each day. ■
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