Nov 5, 2011

St. Hilaire Candy Shop Gears up for Sweet HolidaysBy Ann BaileyGrandForksHerald.com

St. Hilaire, MN – In Sharon Hasby’s workshop, ’tis the season for chocolate — and for peanut butter, coconut and cappuccino, too.

Hasby makes candy year-round, but has the biggest sales during the holiday season. Hasby sells a variety of candy, most of it some variation of chocolate, from her store/candy-making shop in St. Hilaire. She also sells it at craft shows in northwest Minnesota and northeast North Dakota and at the Kruse-Inn gas station and convenience store in St. Hilaire.

Hasby has been making for about 15 years. She and her mom, Sandy Huot, now deceased, made candy as Christmas gifts for family and friends, Hasby said.

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