It’s been a long time coming, but your tastebuds are about to get the jolt they’ve been missing: the original Frango Mints. Hard to think of Chicago and not get around to the uber department store, Marshall Field’s and go to the candy counter. A visit to one of the stores was incomplete without getting a box of the specialty chocolate mints. If you were really lucky, someone would send you a present: Frangos always had that special allure.
Well, all that changed when Marshall Field’s disappeared from the retail map. Macy’s eliminated the legendary Chicago name but promised to keep the mints coming. Well, that was not how it all turned out. The original best seller chocolate mints have been unavailable for several years, although many of the other products in the line were continued.
Today the announcement that true aficionados have been awaiting came out: Production will start shortly from a local company: Cupid Candies. Great choice: An appropriate name for a company that will bring back a much-loved, missed treat. Now they just have to bring back the Marshall Field’s name and Chicagoans will be appeased!
Yes, those beautiful little green boxes of mints will once again be available, but only in the Chicago Macy stores.
If you think the city is only famous for its red hots, think again.
