RICHMOND, ILLINOIS — Leif and Tracy Anderson had to think hard this year about whether their small business could swing its annual Give Back Box fundraiser.
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Photos: Anderson's Candy Shop making candies by hand for over 100 years
Made by hand
At Anderson's Candy Shop, candies are still made by hand.
Snappers
The Snappers — Anderson’s Candy Shop’s take on the turtle. The shop uses its own divinity candy, plus a coating of hot homemade caramel. It is rolled in chopped pecans, sliced and capped with Anderson’s own signature chocolate on the top and bottom.
On the job
(From left) Colleen Vineyard, Kelley Heersche and Debbie Martmann making fruit and Chocolate Butter Creams by hand in 2019 at Anderson’s Candy Shop, in Richmond, Illinois.
Sweets
Anderson’s Candy Shop has been serving up sweets in Richmond, Illinois, for 100 years.
Brown Sugar Buttercreams
Fresh Brown Sugar Buttercreams at Anderson's Candy Shop. The candy is dipped in Anderson’s own dark chocolate.
The shop
Located at 10301 Main St., in Richmond, Illinois, Anderson’s Candy Shop has been around for a century.
Arthur Anderson
Arthur Anderson, founder of Anderson’s Candy Shop, is seen here holding his son, Raynold, near the front of his shop when it was in Chicago. Today, Raynold’s son, Leif, owns the shop.
Leif Anderson
Leif Anderson, a third-generation candy maker, cutting caramel at Anderson’s Candy Shop in 2019.
In the early 1940s
A teenage Raynold Anderson in the early 1940s at Anderson’s Candy Shop, where they still make candy by hand — even using the very knife and marble table Raynold’s using in this photo.
Three generations
Three generations of Andersons, circa Christmas during the mid 1950s — Arthur (far right), founder of Anderson’s Candy Shop; his son Raynold (back left); and Raynold’s sons, Leif and Lars.
Next generation
Anderson’s Candy Shop has been in the same family for generations. Pictured is (from left) shop owner Tracy Anderson, her grandson Arthur Tedder, and her son, Zachary Anderson, who works at the shop when he is not in school. Born in April, Arthur is the son of Katie Anderson-Tedder, the shop’s fourth generation of management. He shares the name of his great-great grandfather, who founded Anderson’s Candy Shop and piloted the business through the Great Depression and World War II.
All in the family
(From left) Zachary, Eathan and Nick Anderson making Snappers — a caramel, pecan and chocolate candy sold at Anderson’s Candy Shop Shop — in 2019.
Tradition
Katie Anderson-Tedder holds her grandmother’s Easter chocolate molds. For 101 years, Anderson’s Candy Shop has been making candy by hand.
Behind the counter
Leif Anderson behind the counter at Anderson’s Candy Shop, in Richmond, Illinois. The family business has been lovingly making chocolates by hand over 100 years.
Give Back Box
Anderson's Candy Shop sells a box of chocolates called the Give Back Box because Anderson’s donates 25% of each sale to the Family Health Partnership Clinic of Crystal Lake, Illinois.
