Chocolates At The Bear Lake Craft Fair During Raspberry Days

Papa's Fine Chocolates

By Sandi Gunderson Warner, Contributor

Rich Civic Times

How many of you remember The Glade Candy Company in Salt Lake City? I always found their building on 8th South to be so enticing. It's been almost a century since Glade's went into business and now Robert Mathews, the third generation of candy makers, is right here in Bear Lake Valley. Having learned how to make chocolates from his grandfather, James Vernon Glade, Robert and his wife, April, started making them simply as a hobby. But after his grandfather tried them and told them they'd be foolish not to do more with their knowledge, they started a business in Alaska. In 2012 they moved to Montpelier where they have relatives and opened Papa's Fine Chocolates. Am I glad they did!

Once you try their confections it's impossible to ever want store bought chocolate again. My favorite is the salted dark chocolate although the toffee and coconut and chocolate covered nuts are right at the top of my list as well. But let's not stop there. They have orange, cheescake, butter cream, and light and dark chocolates. And let's not forget the caramels and peanut brittle. This year at the Bear Lake Valley Craft Fair they will be featuring chocolate covered raspberries and huckleberries and handmade “old world recipe”waffle cones with Aggie ice cream. YUM!

So be sure to stop by and see all the goodies they are currently hard at work creating for the Bear Lake Valley Craft Fair during Raspberry Days, Aug. 4-6. You'll find them and many other talented local crafters in the Lakeside Bldg north of the library in the Garden City Complex on 300 West.