The Original Velatis

Velatis is the home of my favorite candy!! Vanilla sugar caramels (some people call them English caramels) with cashews. I have been going to Velatis for more than 40 years and enjoy the sugar and chewy caramels, vanilla or chocolate, with and without nuts. Their sweet selection includes chewy caramels with marshmallow. Velatis also has delicious chocolates and special confections for most holidays.

I've been going to this establishment for quite some time. And Miss Amy is by far the most amazing person to speak with over there and has an excellent eye for making chocolate desserts as well as artistic desserts. the chocolate shoe that she had was absolutely perfect for my wife's Valentine's Day. everyone should at least stop in to get chocolate truffles or a chocolate dessert with them because it is worth the visit.

My (native Washingtonian) family frequently bought, happily devoured, and gifted Velatis Caramels from the mid-1950s onward (but that's as far back as my own memories stretch!), and probably well before that, as my Grandma Geiger & my Aunt Cora Geiger (RIP), born before the turn of the century, were huge fans, and introduced little ME to it! Velatis Caramels were our family's very favorite candy, growing up -- and my father also shipped many boxes from their downtown store to all of his family members in Minneapolis, MN, as holiday gifts, as well. I am delighted to find that Velatis is still in business, as I have been unable to locate them in recent years, and thought they might have closed their doors for good. I will definitely be placing an order (or several!) VERY SOON... I've got your number now! Sadly, it's too late on the East Coast right now -- my hubby & I live in the Pacific Northwest these days. Regards from "Greater Portlandia," Maureen Gearty Moss-Lubell