Darling Sweet has, over the last few years, firmly established itself as a South African brand of top quality handcrafted toffees and toffee spreads. Owners Hentie van der Merwe and Frits van Ryneveld started the brand in July 2014 in a small 24m² kitchen at the Mantis Mall in Darling. As the demand for their products took off exponentially they soon had to look for bigger production space. At the end of 2015, they had the good fortune to acquire the stately Edwardian building on the Long Street that used to house Darling’s General Dealer or “Retief se Winkel”. They set about converting this elegant 500m² space into a state-of-the-art production facility and in January last year, the Darling Sweet team moved in and opened its doors to the public.