Dorothy Cox' Chocolates continues the tradition. In 1928 Dorothy Cox started making chocolates in her kitchen. Today, four generations later, we still use the same recipes and finest ingredients.
Not only do we have a Premium Chocolate, We know are making a High Quality Ice Cream made with some of our own chocolates
90 years ago Dorothy Cox made candy in her kitchen in New Befford. The company is much larger now but still family owned and has won dozens of awards. 80% of the candy is sold to other companies and marketed as brand-name candy. This factory was opened in 2011 to speed up manufacturing. Mmm. Dorothy made her sweets the old fashioned way by hand. The owner showed me how it used to be done and how time cons 20 people now work at the Wareham factory. This is the most chocolate I've seen in one place ever. Dorothy Cox chocolates has expanded because of the latest equipment, conveyor belts, automatic timers and large machines. They sold 18,000 pounds of non-parels for Valentine's Day. Company President Francis Cox has never worked anywhere else. I've taught my children. My dad taught my grandfather taught me. So you take a lot of pride in what you do and we need to keep this going. Dorothy Cox is one of two companies in state that does chocolate panning. A huge t Each batch can take more than two hours to complete. Back in the day everything was done by hand and to speed up production and to make things cost-effective and affordable for people. We've had to automate everything. A lot of candy is shipped to stores across the United States. Some is sold at the Dorothy Cox storefront in Fairhaven. Dorothy Cox is named after her great aunt. She runs the store with her parents. What makes your business special? We make sweets and we make everybody happy. They come here and it'something that people It's their family tradition As you can see the shop has dozens and dozens of choices. It's a dream come true for my sweet tooth. Reporting for Amped It Up, I'm Trinity Alfonso.