What happens when a forgotten buttered marble slab leads to a free sample tradition that lasts for decades? You get one of Georgia’s most beloved sweet shops.
It all started back in 1973, when a mother and daughter opened a small Christmas gift shop on a stretch of riverfront that was mostly abandoned warehouses. Then came the happy accident.
A candy maker forgot to butter the marble slab used for cooling pralines, and the batch crumbled into pieces. Instead of throwing them away, he gave out the broken bits as samples…