VAN OTIS TRUFFLES - Key Persons
Van Otis has been in the McCarthy family for over 35 years. The owner Jack McCarthy and his wife Mary Lou bought the business in Boston and had a factory in Winthrop for many years. The family is from Lawrence and opened a store there as well. Originally, they had over 100 different varieties of hand-dipped chocolates. In later years, the McCarthys decided to specialize in their famous "Swiss Truffles" - small squares of rich, pure chocolate that melt in your mouth.
Two of their daughters took over the business in the late 1980s, and they have been busy since - filling orders and shipping Van Otis truffles all over the United States.