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Mother and daughter team up in business MAD Chocolates fills niche for tempting treats MAD Chocolates owners Jeannie and Kaylie Keays view their shop as more than just a business. It represents an opportunity for the mother and daughter team to work on and build something together. “Kaylie’s dad died when she was three and we moved up to the Yukon,” says Jeannie. “I tried doing an apprenticeship but Kaylie didn’t seem super happy there, so we came back home; that’s when we entered into the whole chocolate scene.” Jeannie became a professional chocolatier in 2009. Her apprentice in training, 14-year-old Kaylie, has been involved since the business opened. “It used to be Jeannie’s Chocolates and I would help out,” explains Kaylie, “but then I was helping out a lot, so we decided to change the name.” Jeannie’s Chocolates became MAD Chocolates and moved into its current location at 6753 Cranberry Street in 2015; the business celebrates its two-year anniversary this month. All chocolates are made on location using quality ingredients. Quality, rather than quantity, is the main focus. “Our chocolates are all organic and fair trade, which is really important to us,” says Jeannie. Products include eight flavours of ganache-centred bars and six more bars with solid centres, as well as truffles and moulded chocolates. “The truffles are rolled in nuts, chocolate or toasted coconut,” explains Jeannie, “then there are the shaped chocolates.” Prior to summer of 2016, a seasonal mobile unit was added to better suit the market. “In the summer we still have the chocolates on the truck, but we also do milkshakes, burgers and coffees,” says Kaylie. “In the winter we are in the shop.” Burgers are not available at the shop, which is open from 11 am-5 pm Tuesday all com ces flyer pri
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