Blasius Chocolate Factory

Blasius Chocolate Factory is a confectionery factory in the Kensington area of Philadelphia.
History
In 1926, Bill Blasius opened Blasius Confectionery in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood. In 1994, its operations were moved to a new location at 1849 E. Venango St. under the management of Blasius' great-nephew Phil Kerwick where it has remained since. This location was a factory built in the 19th century and operated as the Chocolate Factory under Carl Miller from around 1940 to the year Kerwick took it over, changing the building's name to Blasius Chocolate Factory. At two floors and 21,000 square feet, the factory produces a large variety of candy especially chocolate confectioneries including chocolate-covered nuts, peanuts, raisins, fruit jellies, cherries, caramel, marshmallow, marzipan, and pretzels and chocolate sculptures made from molds. They carry seasonal ware like in-house produced Irish Potato Candy for Saint Patrick's Day but are primarily known for their Easter candy like various Peeps, buttercream, coconut, or peanut butter filled chocolate eggs, and chocolate crosses but especially for their hollow chocolate eggs of varying sizes that consumers can fill with whatever they wish, the largest chocolate eggs able to be used in place of Easter baskets. The chocolate used is a combination of Peter’s from Lancaster County and Merckens from Massachusetts which gives the chocolate its unique taste and smell.
Today
Blasius Chocolate Factory is able to survive as a small business by a dedicated group of consumers, small staff, limited hours, and operating during months that offer the highest traffic. They open some time in mid-September in preparation for Thanksgiving and close on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. This schedule takes advantage of Christmas, Saint Valentine's Day, and the other aforementioned holidays. On websites such as Yelp and Citysearch, it is provided highest ratings at five stars.

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