HISTORY
The Worcester family butterscotch recipe came from an English mail order catalog published in the mid-nineteenth century.

INGREDIENTS
We still make the candy with the same original five ingredients; pure cane sugar, Grade AA creamery butter, fancy unsulphured molasses, a dash of secretly flavored apple cider vinegar and salt.

COOKING & "MANUFACTURING"
Zeke's is cooked in small batches on a stovetop.  Each batch of 'hotmix' is poured into standard baking trays to cure overnight.  The cured slabs are then turned out onto a screened surface and the candy is cracked -by hand- with the butt end of a pair of regular table knives.  The screened candy is then sprinkled with pure cane confectioner's sugar and scooped into your container.

STORAGE
Zeke's Butterscotch is literally a VERY fresh candy, and, it is LOADED with real creamery butter.  There are no preservatives in Zeke's other than apple cider vinegar, which acts as a preservative.  Kept in a cool, dry place, Zeke's will still taste fine 6-12 months after purchase ('though not near as good...).  The beauty of Zeke's is that it turns soft, chewy and juicy in your mouth, unlike all other butterscotch candies.  It's the heat and moisture of your mouth that does it.  Heat, and moisture/humidity in storage will not spoil the candy, but it will cause it to stick together into big chunks, making it a heck of a job to get a bite-sized piece.  We recommend you put out a little at a time in a nice candy dish and keep the rest closed up real tight in a cool dry place.  If it sticks together,  an impact device (read: hammer) of your choosing is guaranteed to do the job.

We realize there's at least 1 or 2 reasons to store Zeke's for longer than a few weeks.  Cool & dry is best.  REFRIGERATORS: too moist!  FREEZERS: for longer term storage (1 month to a few years!) - be sure to double/triple wrap!
 

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