Catoris Candies uses only the finest ingredients in their homemade chocolates. They source high quality dairy, nuts, cocoa beans, and sugar. All chocolates are handcrafted through processes like hand dipping and enrobing to create unique pieces. The owner takes pride in their small batch and customer service-focused approach.

1. Only the finest homemade chocolates! www.CatorisCandies.com

2. Finest Ingredients
Sugar Cane
Pure
Sugar
The Cocoa Tree
Cocoa Pod Grade A dairy products are
purchased from local
providers. You can taste it Our chocolates are sweetened
Roasted in our homemade caramel. with natural products.
Cocoa Beans
Great chocolate starts with
great ingredients. Our
products are made with the
highest grade european style Almonds Pecans
chocolate. No fillers or These are the candy maker’s nuts.
preservatives are added to We buy top grade nuts that we
Peanuts Cashews roast and salt by hand. We can
our wonderful candies.
taste the difference. So will you.

3. Handcrafted Chocolate
All of our special dark and creamy
ivory chocolates are hand dipped
They Go In
by our experienced staff. This
gives a unique appearance (and
even flavor) to each piece.
They Get
Marked
They Come Out
This is the heart of our candy making
process. The ‘naked’ candy is loaded onto
our belt system and is enrobed with our
proprietary milk chocolate. As compared to
modern automation techniques, our process
creates a unique piece of candy.
Upon exiting the waterfall the candy is hand Several of our chocolates are
marked. You will get a ‘magic decoder ring’ made using a hand funnel. It’s
so you can differentiate the candy in your amazing how good they look (while
assortments. still being a little unique).

4. Our Factory
This is our chocolate enrobing
machine where the candy is
covered in chocolate. See the
previous page for more
We still make our own caramel
details.
from the original Catoris recipe
developed over 75 years ago. If you want a good laugh, go to
our ‘Things Chocolate’ page
and watch the I Love Lucy clip.
We hand roast
and hand salt
our own nuts so
they come out Marble slabs are used
just right. whenever we work the
chocolate by hand.
This is our Hobart mixing Marble’s smooth, cool
machine. It comes in handy for surface provides a
many of our chocolates. perfect working surface.

5. Great Customer Service
A business’ culture doesn’t happen over night. It We are a small candy manufacturer by any measure. We
takes years to develop. At Catoris Candies we are have a single factory that is attached to our only retail
customer driven. We love what we do and it outlet in New Kensington, PA. Over the course of time
shows. Whether it is a small child with $1 to the candy shipping portion of our business has grown.
spend, or one of our corporate clients, we will do Our typical customer is someone who used to live in
everything in our power to satisfy your needs. the area and has moved away. Even though they have a
dozen candy stores near them, they order from us. We
This is our packing area. Every box of chocolate is
appreciate their business and this web site was
packed to order. This allows us to be very flexible
launched to make their ordering process easier. We
with special orders. This is just one of the services
also hope to gather some new customers and share our
we offer that sets us apart from our competition.
chocolates with them.

6. A Message from the Owner, John Gentile
Wow! You got all the way to the end.
Thanks for taking the time to learn about
Catoris Candies. Launching this website
was a large endeavor for a company as
small as ours. I really hope you enjoyed
your visit and that you will order a box of
chocolates (or one of our seasonal items)
for you, a friend or loved one. We have
some unique gifts to offer for every
holiday season.
This website is a lot like us. We are
customer driven and give you options for
each product. Take a peek at the ‘Click
Your Own Box’ section to see the ultimate
in custom chocolates.
It’s also like us because it was done under
a tight budget. We worked a lot of extra
hours to get this done and it took a lot
longer than I thought it would.
Finally, this website is a lot like us
because it is surprisingly good.
I’d love to hear from you. Drop me a line
John@CatorisCandies.com

7. A Message from the Owner, John Gentile
Wow! You got all the way to the end.
Thanks for taking the time to learn about
Catoris Candies. Launching this website
was a large endeavor for a company as
small as ours. I really hope you enjoyed
your visit and that you will order a box of
chocolates (or one of our seasonal items)
for you, a friend or loved one. We have
some unique gifts to offer for every
holiday season.
This website is a lot like us. We are
customer driven and give you options for
each product. Take a peek at the ‘Click
Your Own Box’ section to see the ultimate
in custom chocolates.
It’s also like us because it was done under
a tight budget. We worked a lot of extra
hours to get this done and it took a lot
longer than I thought it would.
Finally, this website is a lot like us
because it is surprisingly good.
I’d love to hear from you. Drop me a line
John@CatorisCandies.com