| About Three Georges |
Founded in 1917 by George Coudopolos, George Sparr, and George Pappas, Three Georges Candy was an immediate hit. By 1922 the young company was feeling growing pains, and expanded into the Dauphin Street location pictured below. It was in the infancy of operation that Three Georges gained its fame for heavenly hash, a renown that hasn't disappeared over the yearsIn 1929, after a fire damaged the store, George Pappas decided to buy out his partners and re-open as George's Candy Shop in the same location. George Pappas, Jr. (pictured below, left) was an apt apprentice, and took over the store in 1937 after the death of his father. Though he added modern equipment over the years, Pappas kept many things about the store the same. The thick imported marble slabs for cooling and cutting, the mahogany and marble cases, the candy canisters, and of course the generations-old recipes have withstood the test of time and remain unchanged to this day.
After George Pappas died, his wife Euple ran the store for several years, then sold George's to Scott and Siobhan Gonzalez, the current proprietors. The Gonzalez's learned the secrets of candy making from Euple, who remained at the store dipping the chocolate and keeping a watchful eye on the first non-Pappas to have a hand in the candy making since the shop opened. In ninety years of tradition, Three Georges has become a Mobile institution, and continues to enjoy success with lifelong customers as well as those discovering it for the first time. We invite you to browse our online catalog, to tease your cravings, and to try some of our world-famous milk chocolate treats.
Discover for yourself what has made Three Georges and The Nuthouse a Southern tradition for nearly a century.
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