![]() “I eat it every day,” says Anna Bushnell, co-owner of Dolle’s in Ocean City. Though the business turns 108 this year, the recipes for caramel popcorn, saltwater taffy, and fudge-all made on site (even the boxes are made locally)-stay the same. The fourth-generation family business was founded in 1910 by Rudolph Dolle, Sr., who purchased a piece of land on the boardwalk at Wicomico Street in Ocean City to open his first sweets shop and a handmade carousel. Boardwalkĭolle’s enjoys four locations in Ocean City and a separate store in Rehoboth (owned by a former business partner). ![]() “There’s 48,000 pounds in a load and we make more than a ton a week.” 200 S. “We buy it by the tractor-trailer load,” says Don, Jr. ![]() Mother Lode: At Fisher’s, corn kernels come from Kentucky. “My grandfather used to say that the secret was the copper kettle and the wooden paddle-everything is mixed by hand.” Best Bite: Go big and order The Big Momma, a 6.5-gallon tin of caramel corn sprinkled with Old Bay. “The recipe hasn’t changed in 81 years,” says Don, Jr. Customers (including late chicken magnate Frank Perdue) come from far and wide to get their Fisher’s fix and the fare is sold up and down the East Coast. Founded in 1937 by Everett Fisher, who prided himself on using only the best ingredients, the fourth-generation family business was passed on to his son, Donald, his wife, Calvina, and their children, Cindy, Marty, and Don, Jr., who opened their own shop down the road (and across state lines) on Fenwick Island in Delaware. As the saying goes, there are plenty of fish in the sea-but on the Ocean City boardwalk, there is only one Fisher’s.
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