Monday, June 13

 
Birthplace of the Frango Mint

Here's one question that didn't get asked in this story about Knechtel Laboratories, a Skokie, Ill.-based candy and flavor lab that apparently developed the recipe and manufacturing process for my all-time favorite chocolate candy: the Frango Mint, sold exclusively by Marshall Field's.

Field's outsourced the candy manufacturing several years ago (one of many unwise decisions made when it was owned by Target/Dayton-Hudson).

Along the way, I am convinced that something has changed in the recipe. It's not as full-flavored. Or, the mouthfeel is different. Or something. But it's different.

Still good. But not as good as before when you could watch people making the little double-chocolate mints at the State Street store.

Even if you don't have a strong attachment to any of the candies, cereals or other treats Knechtel has concocted over the years, this is still an interesting story. Could have used a few more common-people details, but it did run on the biz page, not the Food page.
posted by Unknown 7:24 PM