How One Of The Country’s Oldest Candy Shops Makes Candy Canes By Hand Every Year - The Experts

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • Lucas Candy has been open since 1896 in Haverstraw, New York. Together, owners Debbie Bertrand and Nick Loucas make candy canes, beer brittle, and a variety of chocolates.
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Комментарии • 194

  • @eater
    @eater  Год назад +80

    Support local businesses this holiday season, for more on Lucas Candies: www.lucascandies.com/

  • @colorless_man7325
    @colorless_man7325 Год назад +402

    santa on a firetruck most american thing ever said. good to see these two people doing so wholesome Christmas things together.

    • @mrdude88
      @mrdude88 Год назад +7

      All Santa need is candy cane-colored automatic rifle in one hand, and his naughty list on the other. ‘Murica

    • @el5495
      @el5495 Год назад +1

      Very cute couple

    • @The_Rangers_Hip
      @The_Rangers_Hip Год назад

      I remember a couple years ago I was doing charity at a Walmart and I saw a promotion for the military and they had a tank and Santa was in the tank

    • @tahlialee8486
      @tahlialee8486 Год назад +1

      Santa on a fire truck is also pretty Australian. Where I'm from in oz on Xmas Eve the local countryfire authority fire truck drives along every street in town throwing out candy (lollies in Aussie English) to kids. It's also a great way to raise some money during fire season.

    • @jb76489
      @jb76489 Год назад

      Neither of those things is uniquely American
      Christ what a stupid bastard

  • @sonicfactory-co-uk
    @sonicfactory-co-uk Год назад +107

    What talented people they are, small businesses like this deserve our support & success.

  • @sophiaisabelle01
    @sophiaisabelle01 Год назад +236

    Those candy canes look absolutely phenomenal. We all hope to see more great content like this. Keep up the good work.

    • @anonymous6366
      @anonymous6366 Год назад +2

      just the right amount of imperfection that lets you know they were made by hand

    • @BigboiiTone
      @BigboiiTone Год назад

      Yea he could toothole the wife with one saying hohoho and a happy new year over hear!

  • @michaelmich00
    @michaelmich00 Год назад +31

    this is the most wholesome video ive seen ever from eater, they are living a childhood dream!! they got even a chocolate factory

  • @JsgHair71
    @JsgHair71 Год назад +29

    I wonder if they know the folks over at Hercules in Syracuse. Same process and same length of time in business. So happy to see traditional methods still used. Candy is an art.

    • @MelissaThompson432
      @MelissaThompson432 Год назад

      I'm sure they do. It's possible Steve has mentioned them before. Not swearing to it.

  • @mm-qf5px
    @mm-qf5px Год назад +71

    Its amazing to see all of the work that goes into making these candy canes! I would love to visit this store if I ever get the chance!

  • @krishnasanyal7
    @krishnasanyal7 Год назад +17

    The brittles looks like a popular Indian 🇮🇳 snack called *Gurbadam* or Jaggery Peanut where instead of sugar we use Jaggery

  • @Lil_Harvard
    @Lil_Harvard Год назад +20

    They seem so wholesome

  • @DaniB19819
    @DaniB19819 2 месяца назад

    What a great story..you dont realize how hard thse people work behind the scenes . That beer brittle looks amazing , and the candy canes !! I gotta order somw of those for Christmas this year ...🎄✨️

  • @8826avatar
    @8826avatar Год назад +14

    Stay positive brother! You're doing an incredible thing for people with tremendous quality. There is much to be proud of!

  • @yiandrea84
    @yiandrea84 Год назад +3

    Love that it’s 4th generation owned. Thanks for sharing!!!

  • @JERS95
    @JERS95 Год назад +3

    I love Lucas Candies. Currently eating their delicious chocolate

  • @davidjones535
    @davidjones535 Год назад +13

    I've made a lot of peanut brittle for Christmas over the year but never seen it made with beer, used to make home made candles for years .

  • @Burps___
    @Burps___ Год назад +21

    Nick and Debbie, I am a candy lover and wonder this: If Debbie added flavoring to the red "sugar" part of the candy cane, it might be a smash hit! Peppermint (white) and cherry or raspberry (red) comes to mind! Yummy! 🍒

  • @vikz5786
    @vikz5786 Год назад +11

    Great to see these crafting traditions still going strong. Fantastic.

  • @jerrygonzales4006
    @jerrygonzales4006 Год назад +61

    Great episode, ordered me up some of that delicious looking brittle. 😋 I was bummed out that I couldn’t get any hand made candy canes as they were sold out. I’ll be on the lookout next Christmas season.
    Much love to you two and your shop!

    • @BuffaloNickel9
      @BuffaloNickel9 Год назад +1

      How was it?? All those peanuts and that brittle looked amazing

  • @latashajackson900
    @latashajackson900 Год назад +29

    Congratulations on 126 years keep growing strong May the lord continue to shine on you your family love ones and viewers have an awesome day God bless you all

  • @CutandShoot5x5
    @CutandShoot5x5 Год назад +6

    Congratulations Loucas’s!!!! Such a nice success story! Plus I love your candies!

  • @vitasbutkoon
    @vitasbutkoon Год назад +2

    This small business should be a big business by next year. God bless. 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

  • @Lousasshol
    @Lousasshol Год назад +6

    This is real life Santa and ms clause in the making

  • @TheLouWho2
    @TheLouWho2 Год назад +36

    Love this couple! The candy canes look so yummy 😋

    • @aidiken6797
      @aidiken6797 Год назад +1

      riiight ? they’re goals !!

    • @Flash_1689
      @Flash_1689 Год назад +5

      @@aidiken6797 they aren't together, just business partners. 🤣😭😭💀🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

    • @BigboiiTone
      @BigboiiTone Год назад

      I hope they incorporate the candy canes into their sex

    • @recoveryguru
      @recoveryguru Год назад

      Do business partners grab each others biceps? 🤨 @@Flash_1689

  • @leeyaferguson9019
    @leeyaferguson9019 Год назад +1

    I will always love " mom and pop " stores. They're the best!!!

  • @UCH6H9FiXnPsuMhyIKDOlsZA
    @UCH6H9FiXnPsuMhyIKDOlsZA Год назад +3

    Y'know, before this video, I probably couldn't have pictured the stereotypical candy shop owner. But these two, jolly and enthusiastic and just a little bit acerbic to balance out all that sweetness, I think that's what they are.

  • @Roginator007
    @Roginator007 Год назад +4

    What a lovely couple and great team

  • @philipp_c9238
    @philipp_c9238 Год назад +10

    Amazing people, amazing product ♥️

  • @steveraglin7607
    @steveraglin7607 Год назад +10

    Such a legacy -- love their old-school methods & machinery! The final product looks wonderful.

  • @fourleggedlys
    @fourleggedlys Год назад

    So happy to hear that they're successful. Selling 3000 candy canes in a week instead of 300 sounds joy-inspiring -)

  • @iDelta77
    @iDelta77 Год назад +14

    Keep on going guys! you are amazing!!

  • @01whel
    @01whel Год назад +3

    That’s a lot of work for candy canes and i love everything about it!!!

  • @AndySaenz
    @AndySaenz Год назад +6

    I want to try their peanut brittle! It looks so good. 😋

  • @setzstone
    @setzstone Год назад +1

    4:39 "I...have more hand power I think." "Oh, I'd say." 😂

  • @oliviavillarreal2498
    @oliviavillarreal2498 Год назад +5

    I've always wanted to work in a candy shop or cupcake or cookie baking shop

  • @badassmalificent
    @badassmalificent Год назад +1

    Awesomeness. It's heartwarming to see artisan work still being practiced with candy making. So much better than factory made crap.

  • @lalala__
    @lalala__ Год назад +3

    What a cute complementary couple.

  • @ultramet
    @ultramet Год назад +9

    What an amazing gift 🎁 this video is. Food science for Xmas ! Wow.

    • @chocolatesouljah
      @chocolatesouljah Год назад +2

      Yes indeed! I'm a teacher and for elementary school science, we make taffy from time to time, "The Science of Food." It is very much like making candy canes or the earlier stages of brittle making. I will be sure to show the students this video when that time rolls along.

  • @abhi4u20
    @abhi4u20 Год назад

    Always trust chef who are Chonky, happy, and smiling. It reflects in their food.

  • @jtorola
    @jtorola Год назад +13

    Love these two they seem fun

  • @adrianaa.4226
    @adrianaa.4226 Год назад

    all I can say is AMAZING. the craft, the work, wow.

  • @davewinst1
    @davewinst1 Год назад +1

    Lovely couple and business. They have a great purpose in life even though it looks bloody hard work

  • @firstname__lastname
    @firstname__lastname Год назад +2

    They make it look so easy!

  • @notanexpert2978
    @notanexpert2978 Год назад +2

    Love it. Living the life, working hard. Kudos.

  • @BigboiiTone
    @BigboiiTone Год назад

    Lol this guy over here with his candy cane apron. You could say he's a real candy ass!

  • @alexandrerighi6778
    @alexandrerighi6778 Год назад +3

    Amazing!! I’d love to try all those candies 😅

  • @kuruptzZz
    @kuruptzZz Год назад +2

    I never knew how a candy cane was made...but I definitely didn't think it was like this!

  • @FinancialShinanigan
    @FinancialShinanigan Год назад +9

    I find the brittle hammer so endearing lol

    • @hoilst
      @hoilst Год назад

      Toffee hammer! Fun fact: in Britain, it's a symbol of women's suffrage.

    • @frostincubus4045
      @frostincubus4045 Год назад +1

      @@hoilst how did the hammer become the women's suffrage movement symbol?

  • @pippippin1854
    @pippippin1854 Год назад

    I like that they explain everything.

  • @BigCizzle120
    @BigCizzle120 Год назад +11

    love it! great chemistry!

  • @honeybabie8484
    @honeybabie8484 Год назад +4

    This is awesome

  • @jornalistarenatarosa4205
    @jornalistarenatarosa4205 Год назад +2

    So beautiful artcraft!

  • @johnnywebber2573
    @johnnywebber2573 Год назад +1

    I wanna try the brittle! Looks yummy

  • @drankfrebin
    @drankfrebin Год назад

    I love that they do it all!!

  • @mikewozawski1634
    @mikewozawski1634 Год назад +3

    This is amazing

  • @N412BE
    @N412BE Год назад +1

    I’m impressed!

  • @ocscmike
    @ocscmike Год назад +4

    Oh... the brittle hammer. 🤷‍♂ 🤣🤣🤣

  • @mikewozawski1634
    @mikewozawski1634 Год назад +2

    They are a badass and very efficient team very cool

  • @apartmentcookery
    @apartmentcookery Год назад +2

    Thats some hard work!

  • @infin1ty850
    @infin1ty850 Год назад +5

    Do these guys ship? That peanut brittle looks incredible.

    • @petergray7576
      @petergray7576 Год назад

      They have an online store on their website.

  • @shaunstegallify
    @shaunstegallify 7 месяцев назад

    These people should get together with the folks at Hercules Candies and share stories.

  • @Mia-cc9bm
    @Mia-cc9bm Год назад

    The wife definitely knows the customers! Big candy cane looks more appealing

  • @joanneganon7157
    @joanneganon7157 Год назад +2

    I've had Home made Candy Canes and there is no better !.
    Merry Christmas 🎀🎄☃️
    JO JO IN VT 💞💨❄️

  • @michaelmole5435
    @michaelmole5435 Год назад

    Awesome couple

  • @mrboyban
    @mrboyban Год назад

    This is what I call hard workers

  • @quit-.6993
    @quit-.6993 Год назад +3

    love it

  • @CoreyC68
    @CoreyC68 Год назад

    Very VERY cool video!! I love seeing ol timey ways still going!

  • @latchminsingh8835
    @latchminsingh8835 Год назад

    lovely.. sweet couple. lol

  • @leyetnin1
    @leyetnin1 Год назад +1

    Yummy!! If I worked there I’d weigh 300 lbs.

  • @adamlieving4739
    @adamlieving4739 Год назад +1

    “Country’s” is the singular possessive form of “country,” and it is used to indicate something belonging or pertaining to that country or its people.

  • @hansel2001
    @hansel2001 Год назад

    American grit. USA #1. Keep the tradition alive.

  • @foodNtravel87
    @foodNtravel87 Год назад +1

    Great couples

  • @soj4169
    @soj4169 Год назад +2

    typo in headline / country's

  • @dorisbarkler8570
    @dorisbarkler8570 Год назад

    I’d snag two dozen of those fire truck canes for my family’s Christmas party.

  • @EokaBeamer69
    @EokaBeamer69 Год назад

    what great synergy the two have

  • @milacaibal3976
    @milacaibal3976 Год назад +1

    Thanks a lot for sharing your homemade Christmas candies. They look do yummy. If I am near you, I will buy a whole bunch for my grandkids.
    Do you export your products to Canada? What's the name of your candies?
    Please email me.
    Thanks again. Good luck and God bless.
    Happy New Year! 🥰🎉🎈✨️🎄💖💖💖

  • @SkipperJane
    @SkipperJane Год назад

    I have no doubt their homemade candy canes are popular. Getting one of the Disneyland ones requires planning on par with D Day.

  • @apartmentcookery
    @apartmentcookery Год назад

    Merry Christmas from Apartment Cookery!

  • @barongaslight4615
    @barongaslight4615 Год назад

    This is awesome!

  • @Cruz0881
    @Cruz0881 Год назад

    these guys are awesome!

  • @oddno.1fantasy
    @oddno.1fantasy Год назад

    Wish you all more success.....

  • @chrismunoz7859
    @chrismunoz7859 Год назад

    I want to try the beer brittle so bad!!!

  • @marleangreene6117
    @marleangreene6117 Год назад +1

    Mr & mrs candy clause

  • @nathanieljohnson2664
    @nathanieljohnson2664 Год назад +1

    That is really really cool.

  • @adamjung5470
    @adamjung5470 Год назад +1

    Had no idea Patton Oswalt made candy.

  • @folieadeux5463
    @folieadeux5463 Год назад

    Amazing

  • @PokeRetroFan
    @PokeRetroFan Год назад +1

    I can taste this video

  • @j.p.jackman4848
    @j.p.jackman4848 Год назад

    Nice

  • @RonPiggott
    @RonPiggott Год назад

    I loved this video

  • @vladpms679
    @vladpms679 Год назад

    The effects of added sugar intake - higher blood pressure, inflammation, weight gain, diabetes, and fatty liver disease - are all linked to an increased risk for heart attack and stroke," says Dr. Hu.

  • @elizaengen4141
    @elizaengen4141 Год назад

    Hercules in Syracuse NY is like you. Carry on.

  • @pablopablo3834
    @pablopablo3834 Год назад

    Got to love Americans putting Corn Syrup in everything. Yeehaw gimme dem diabeetus

  • @DanielSmith-yx6zm
    @DanielSmith-yx6zm Год назад

    So cool

  • @reahsahpagel3354
    @reahsahpagel3354 Год назад

    definitely gone order from here knowing about them nowww what

  • @JoshuaC923
    @JoshuaC923 Год назад

    Artisans!

  • @Brownshabsfan
    @Brownshabsfan Год назад +1

    Haha I can see why she is the better one at "pulling" the candy cane! Lmao

  • @oreally8605
    @oreally8605 Год назад +2

    And there are different flavors of candy canes 😋 too not just peppermint.

  • @RehabProjectSRCB
    @RehabProjectSRCB Год назад

    Looks like and reminds me of Hercules Candy before they bought the shop.

  • @shealeejaii
    @shealeejaii Год назад

    Titanium dioxide not needed, yum 😋

  • @daanamelink7148
    @daanamelink7148 Год назад

    I love artisans

  • @brandt1234
    @brandt1234 Год назад

    Polkagrisar! ♥️

  • @mrdude88
    @mrdude88 Год назад +1

    2:38 nothing is wrong with adding a little bit of salt to the candy mixture.