Currently on view at The Toffee Gallery is an exhibition of handcrafted toys by Darling resident Jacqui van Staden. This is the perfect exhibition for the holiday season thanks to the playful wit of these beautifully crafted colourful creatures, all made by Jacqui herself. The incredibly talented maker of these creatures refers to them as …
During the 39thNational Productivity Awards gala dinner, held last night at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Darling Sweet was announced as national winner in the category Emerging Sector. We are incredibly proud of this award! Productivity SA promotes employment growth and productivity in South Africa, seeing as it is such an important driver …
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The best news of the month is that our much anticipated range of soft caramels are finally on the shelves! This is the first time we\’ve added a new member to the Darling Sweet family, in time to celebrate our fourth birthday. Caramels are close relatives of toffees in the confectionery family. Both rely on …
Recipe makes 20-25 flapjacks INGREDIENTS 2 eggs 75ml sugar 250ml milk 60ml sunflower oil 500ml flour 20ml baking powder oil for cooking Any Darling Sweet Toffee Spread of your choice cream cooked streaky bacon METHOD In a medium bowl, beat eggs and sugar. Add half of the milk and oil and stir well. …
Recipe makes about 15 sandwiches INGREDIENTS 250g butter ½ cup icing sugar 5ml vanilla ¾ teaspoon salt 2 cups flour castor sugar for dusting Darling Sweet Bird’s Eye Chili Toffee Spread METHOD In the bowl of a standing mixer using the paddle attachment, beat sugar until fluffy (+- 5 minutes), occasionally scraping down …
INGREDIENTS 1 jar (200g) Darling Sweet Tannie Evita’s Classic Toffee Spread 1 ½ cup dried seeds/nuts of choice (We used a combination of raisins, muesli, dried cranberries, almonds, sunflower- and pumpkin seeds.) METHOD In a medium microwavable bowl, heat a jar of Darling Sweet Tannie Evita’s Classic Toffee Spread for 40 seconds. Add nuts/seeds. Combine …
INGREDIENTS 1x ready-rolled puff pastry 1 egg 2 pears, (deseeded and destalked) thinly sliced 30g butter 2.5ml ground cinnamon 60ml brown sugar 15ml Darling Sweet Honey & Salt Toffee Spread 30ml plain yogurt 100g roughly chopped nuts of choice 15ml cream 45ml Darling Sweet Honey & Salt Toffee Spread METHOD Preheat oven to 200 ˚ …
The exhibition ‘Boundless Objects’, currently on at The Toffee Gallery, comprises artworks that are inspired by the book form, commonly referred to as ‘artists’ books’or ‘bookworks’. Stephen Bury defines the artist’s book as “a book or book-like object intended to be a work of art in itself, and over the appearance of which an …
We at Darling Sweet are proud to be associated with the relaunching this month of The Darling Trust’s Evita’s Crafters women’s craft and skills development project. The project is in fact a reincarnation of the Trust’s Craft and Skills Development Centre that was launched in 2006. The centre trained unemployed women in various crafts such …
Darling Sweet, one of South Africa\’s premier toffee manufacturers started in the Western Cape town of Darling only four years ago and has already become a household name and a firm favourite with local and international sweet-toothed fans. The company\’s rise has been fairly meteoric and we sat down with founders and confectioners Hentie van …