CityView Magazine

14 Februar y 2023 decided he, too, needed an outlet. So, he began making framed wooden signs with cute and sentimental sayings. "Happiness is homemade with love and butter," one of the sayings reads. Coffee mugs and T-shirts also are available. Kimberly McCoy began working in the kitchen at Methodist University when she was about 15. She soon was catering for campus functions. She found her own way baking chocolates and other sweets because, "Mom didn't do nothing in the kitchen." Hearing that, her mother agrees, as she wipes down the tables and counters of the sweet shop. "Mom does what she's doing now," says McCoy's mother. McCoy is inspired by Hallmark movies, especially ones with Christmas themes in which women discover what's important in life and follow their heart. "Parties for my kids got me started," she says. "You start doing certain things and it takes off. I never thought it would be like this." "I love sparkly, glittery stuff. I glam it up a bit. I like to put sparkle on it." McCoy says that during the height of the COVID health pandemic, people really wanted dessert as dining out and social gatherings took a pause. "Cupcakes and chocolate make everything better," she says, "no matter what's going on." 'Chip' off the old block Lots of people in Fayetteville remember Savanna Nelson as "Scooter Girl." Her parents operated a bakery downtown. When nearby workers called in orders, Nelson would deliver them riding her bike. "I was dipping strawberries in chocolate every Valentine's Day from about age 10, from the time my mom taught me," she says. "I was always like my mom's mini-me." Nelson, 27, says her mother taught her everything about chocolate; her father taught her about customer service. Savanna Nelson is taking orders online as she gears up her Stedman bake shop. Best sellers are truffles, with chocolate shells and a ganache center in flavors such as Irish crème and kalua. Savanna Nelson is preparing to open her own bake shop, Carolina Chocolate Chip in Stedman.

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