Straight Talk from a Small-Batch Kitchen

Ingredients Our Kitchen Handles

Our Main Street kitchen is a single, cheerful, copper-heavy room. Everything below passes through it regularly:

• Milk and dairy — butter in the brittle and toffee, cream in the pillows.
• Eggs — marshmallow centers in our seasonal twists.
• Soy — soy lecithin in our caramel and toffee pours.
• Wheat and gluten — shared surfaces with our oat biscuit tins and seasonal cookie gift boxes.
• Peanuts and tree nuts — pecans and walnuts everywhere; brittle, praline and clusters share the marble slab.
• Sesame — toasted sesame honeycomb runs on the Iowa circuit only.

No Allergen-Free Claims

Because we are one small kitchen, we cannot promise the absence of any allergen in any batch. If you or your gift recipient manages a severe allergy, please do not rely on our candies, and consult your physician or a registered dietitian before enjoying them.

Craft Variance — the Beautiful Part

• Hand-cut brittle shards range from palm-size to pebble-size; both are correct.
• Sand-sugar finish on maple leaves may look pale on humid days and deep amber on dry ones.
• Honeycomb cells vary in size — a sign of a living boil, not a mistake.

Storage & Freshness Ledger

• Keep tins airtight at cool room temperature; never on a sunny windowsill or radiator shelf.
• Humid Midwest summers soften brittle and bloom honeycomb — a silica pack tucked by the tin lid helps enormously.
• Do not refrigerate; fridge air is damp and invites stickiness and grain on maple leaves.
• Peak flavor window is six weeks from the batch-tag date; after that, texture gently declines.

Traveling with a Tin

For care packages crossing state lines in August, choose deep-box tins and our honeycomb center. In January, any tin survives the mail beautifully. When in doubt, call the bench and we will match the packing to the weather.

Not Medical Advice

Nothing on this page is nutritional, medical, or allergy-management advice. For personal dietary guidance, talk with your doctor — we pour candies, not prescriptions.

Questions Before You Order a Gift Tin

Email copperkettleconfections@gmail.com with the tin and the recipient’s dietary notes; we will tell you plainly whether our kitchen is the right fit.