Bring Home the Chocolate-Covered Bacon!
June 19, 2012
Ed Gotwalt, the owner of Mister Ed's Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium based in Orrtanna, Pennsylvania, recently introduced the phenomenon of meat and chocolate in his store. He started serving chocolate covered bacon about a month ago. Since then he's been keeping his supply up, ordering 25 to 50 pounds nearly every week.
According to Gotwalt, it has been so much of a rage that their supply is having a hard time keeping up with the demand. Their store’s sign says "Bring home the bacon to Dad. It's covered in chocolate." That seems to be pulling people into the store. "Dad always bring home the bacon. Now you can bring home the bacon for Dad, and it's chocolate covered," he said.
Mister Ed's chocolate-covered bacon, which is baked bacon covered in milk chocolate and drizzled in white chocolate, is priced from $3 to around $6, depending on the weight. A lot of patrons buy around five packs at a time.
They say its saltiness and chocolaty-ness rolled into one give it a delectable twist, which customers are rooting for. In lieu of Father's Day celebration last Sunday, Mister Ed's stocked around 200 pounds of chocolate-covered bacon, says Gotwalt.
Gotwalt first heard about such product last year, but only while staying on vacation in San Martin last February did he decide he should have some of these treats in his own store. At the time he was talking about all the different kinds of candy he had in his store. A French woman asked if he had chocolate-covered bacon. He recalls, "I said no, but nobody else does, and she said 'They do in Paris!'"
Upon going back home, he worked on getting himself a supplier. He went around making phone calls and going through the Internet. Surprisingly, one of his present candy producers had the product.
However, he'll never tell anyone where he gets his chocolate-covered bacon. Gotwalt says that's his secret. If you want some, you'll have to go get it from his store!
Mister Ed's Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium is at 6019 Chambersburg Road, Orrtanna, Pennsylvania. If you are in that area, try some and let us know what you think.
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