About The Sponge Candy Makers

Sandy and I came to Buffalo over twenty years ago as newlyweds and have lived together and worked side by side all this time without doing any major damage to one another. Nearly every couple we’ve talked to about being together 24/7 quickly moves the subject towards homicide. We don’t have a clue why because it quickly became a natural way of life for us. Probably similar to living on a farm except ours is an urban homestead.

I’m the candy maker and I spend many of my days in the candy kitchens with my crew making about 30,000 pounds of chocolate candies (which over half is Sponge Candy) from mid-September through mid-May. I’m also the accountant, mechanic, tech guy and I have about a dozen more hats to wear.

Sandy is the store and personnel manager but still gets her hands in chocolate from time to time when an employee is out sick or to hand dip Charlie Chaplin. She makes sure everything outside (and some things inside) the candy kitchens runs smoothly. Sandy also wears more hats but there’s no way to know how many since she is the essential detail person.

That’s pretty much it in a nutshell but there’s more to be found about the candy makers at the Ko-Ed Candies website.