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Goat’s Milk Makes Sweet Treats
Casey Prochniak has turned her passion for showing and breeding goats into a sweet side business by using their milk to make fudge, caramel, turtles, and other candy. Sales for the sweets have surpassed her soaps and lotions, especially during the holiday season.
She first learned how to make caramel from a
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Goat’s Milk Makes Sweet Treats LIVESTOCK Sheep/Goats Casey Prochniak has turned her passion for showing and breeding goats into a sweet side business by using their milk to make fudge caramel turtles and other candy Sales for the sweets have surpassed her soaps and lotions especially during the holiday season She first learned how to make caramel from a friend then started experimenting with other candies “Goat milk is naturally homogenized so it is hard to get cream for some recipes ” Prochniak says so she adds commercial cream in some candy Overall goat’s milk gives her creations a rich and smooth texture Between a part-time job as a veterinary technician and being a mother of two young children she mostly makes candy in the evenings and on weekends in her Gibbon Minn home She sells through a local consignment store and her website The cooler seasons work best for shipping candy The Prochniaks milk 15 to 20 goats bred from American Toggenburg Alpine and Lamancha dairy goats that they show at ADGA National Shows “I like the preciseness of making candy It’s relaxing for me ” Prochniak says She also likes the challenge of coming up with new recipes such as caramel apples with the plan to grow her own apples Check out her website for more information on candy flavors and pricing Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Casey Prochniak Can-ter Vine Dairy Goats Gibbon Minn 507-217-7229; caseyahlbrecht@hotmail com; www cantervinedairygoats com; Facebook: Can-ter Vine Dairy Goats
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