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December 2015

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42 | DECEMBER 2015 nshoremag.com Celebrities from as far way as California order goodies from Stowaway Sweets. photographs by Joel Laino BY BETTE KEVA Since 1929, Stowaway Sweets has supplied specialty candies to the North Shore and well beyond. Bevy of Bonbons After a day of holiday shopping in Marblehead, nothing beats a visit to Stowaway Sweets at 154 Atlantic Avenue for a mouthwatering treat. The dark wood mansion sits on a half acre generously dotted with gardens and trees, and it has been home to the famed candies for generations. Visitors enter through the weathered front gate, walk past the koi pond, push open the mas- sive antique door, and step inside a homey room where smells and sights carry them to a bygone era. Three long glass-covered tables made at Burnham & Parker, a Mar- blehead foundry that once occupied the present site of Stowaway Sweets, are covered with a wide assortment of handmade milk and dark choco- lates; dipped candied ginger; nut clusters with cranberry, cherry, and raisins; butternut crunch; turtles; salted caramels; fudge; and colorful fruit slices. There are buttercreams, jellybeans, penuche, truffles, flow- ered mints, and more. Stowaway Sweets' signature Meltaways, which do just that in your mouth, are legendary. "It's the quality of the ingre- dients," says new owner Emily DeWitt, explaining why the candies taste so good. Stowaway Sweets' founder, English-born Evelyn Moore, who studied in Paris, per- fected the recipes and brought them to the States. Customers may hand select each chocolate or purchase them pre-selected, all beautifully wrapped in gold paper. Emily and Don DeWitt are only the third owners since Evelyn Moore opened the shop on Atlantic Avenue in 1929 and operated it until her husband, at age 104, sold it to Alicia and Michael Canniffe to take over in 1980. As the Moores had done, the Canniffes lived in the upper quarters and operated the first-floor candy shop. When word got out this sum- mer that the Canniffes were retir- ing, DeWitt, who had worked there as a teenager, leapt to action. She happened to be around the corner at Devereux Beach with her husband and two children. "I told Don, 'Let's walk over right now. If it's true, I want to give it a shot.' There was no debate. It's 100 percent our calling," recalls DeWitt. "For the next two weeks, every day,

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