![]() ![]() To order a copy or to subscribe, call (800) 456-5117. She recently opened a satellite shop in Rapid City’s Hotel Alex Johnson, but Tautkus says Deadwood will always be home.Įditor's Note: This story is revised from the July/August 2014 issue of South Dakota Magazine. They were rediscovered on an isolated Peruvian farm in 2007, and Tautkus has since journeyed to Peru to personally harvest pods. 4, a cacao bean thought to have gone extinct in 1916. They are also the only retailer in South Dakota allowed to sell chocolate made from the rare Fortunato No. She recently partnered with Prairie Berry Winery on wine and beer infused truffles. Tautkus creates nearly three dozen truffle varieties and is constantly experimenting. She and her husband moved to the Black Hills in the 1990s, and when an injury ended her nursing career, she bought an old Standard Oil station and resurrected the Chubby Chipmunk. Based in Deadwood, SD, Chubby Chipmunk Hand-Dipped Chocolates provide couples with sweet treats alongside your wedding cake. Samples have always been part of the Chubby Chipmunk philosophy, even when it was a weekend endeavor while Tautkus worked as a nurse in California. And I remember thinking, ‘When I have my own chocolate shop, I’m going to have free samples, so people don’t buy something they don’t like.’” “I remember one time we were in a candy store, and my mom allowed us to pick one treat,” she says. Tautkus’ love of chocolate began at age 4. She’s spent a lifetime perfecting the truffles that have appeared in national magazines and in gift bags at the Grammy Awards. That’s what people are supposed to do.”Īfter nine years of running the Chubby Chipmunk in Deadwood, Mary “Chip” Tautkus knows what happens when people visit her chocolate shop. ![]()
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