One copper kettle, cooked in small batches.

Marbelkin is a small shop with a front counter, a stove and a long marble table. We cook one batch at a time, because candy cooked in a smaller pot is easier to watch.

Fudge goes on the marble Wednesday morning and is cut by noon. Brittle and caramels are cooked Thursday, and the candy canes are pulled and striped in the first weeks of December.

We keep the list short on purpose. It is easier to make six things well than twenty things fine.