Made in Montgomery County

Bauman’s Family PA Dutch Fruit Butters and Cider, in Sassamansville, about 40 minutes from Valley Forge, presses cider from area apples and begins brewing its apple butter in the fall. Adding cider to the fruit helps sweeten and firm it into this smooth, spreadable delicacy that never needs refrigeration.

More than 18 different fruit products are in Bauman’s recipe files. So there’s always something simmering: peaches and tomatoes in the summer. Apples in the fall, of course, and “to die for” pumpkin butter, which tastes just like pumpkin pie, except it's fat free!

Calorie-counting’s not permitted at Asher's Chocolates,in Souderton, where seven million pounds of candy are produced each year. Here visitors can enjoy tours showcasing the company’s history, the “enrobing” of foods in chocolate and free samples.

Edwards-Freeman Nut Company, in Conshohocken, is a confectionary “memory lane,” reminding patrons of childhood with treats from peanut chews to candy necklaces. Bountiful aisles feature roasted nuts, designer trail mixes, chocolates and the company’s signature peanut, cashew and almond butters, all ground on-site.

Butterfly corn, instead of the commonly used mushroom variety, is wet-popped with corn oil in small batches to create The Great American Popcorn Works of Pennsylvania tender crunchy treats. The popcorn is sifted twice to remove any small pieces, bagged and lovingly hand sealed at its factory tucked inside a former creamery building in downtown Telford. 

Farmer Trent Hendricks crafts award-winning artisanal raw milk cheeses in small batches, twice a week, on a 30-acre farm in Telford’s beautiful countryside. Visit Hendricks Farm and Dairy Store for his creamy creations which have won honors from the American Cheese Society.