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BY LESLIE CANTUThe Journal Scene

veryone’s heardof peanut butterbrittle. But haveyou ever had softpeanut butter brit-tle?

It’s a bit of anoxymoron, agreesM e l i s s aDiedricks, who

personally makes every batch of soft peanutbutter brittle for her company, AmbrosiaCandies, using her great-grandmother’s recipe.

Diedricks said the best way she can describethe gourmet candy is that it has more of a flakyconsistency.

Diedricks learned the recipe from her grand-mother, who used to sell it at craft shows onthe West Coast.

For years, though, Deidricks made the candyjust for family and friends and holiday events.The smell wafting through her kitchen wouldremind her of her grandmother, she said.

People always told her she should sell it, and

in October 2010 “we took a leap of faith andreally jumped into it.”

At first Diedricks operated a kiosk at a mallin Florida where she lives, but the responsewas so good that she had a hard time keepingup as a one-woman operation, with occasionalhelp from her sister.

She and her husband decided to scale backand only sell at craft shows so that she couldmaintain quality, she said.

This will be her first year at the FlowertownFestival, which she learned about from a goodfriend who also sells at shows.

“I’m super excited to actually be part of itthis year,” she said.

In addition to the original soft peanut butterbrittle, Diedricks makes variations that aredipped in chocolate, M&Ms, and various nuts.She also has a black and white version that’sdipped in white chocolate and milk chocolate.

Diedricks said the black and whites sellsingly for $1. People can buy half-pound bagsof the original candy for $6, or two bags for$11.

Ambrosia Candies is online at www.face-book.com/ambrosiacandies and www.twitter.com/ambrosiacandies.

Family recipe yields tasty business

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Melissa Diedricks personally makes every batch of soft peanut butter brittle sold under thename Ambrosia Candies using her great-grandmother’s recipe.

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16 • Summerville Journal Scene • March 21, 2012