Hello!
We are Rob & Sally Hilles, the owners of Hazelnut Hill and this online hazelnut gift store. We have been Oregon hazelnuts growers since 1985.
Together, we have built Hazelnut Hill, a vertically integrated business that includes a hazelnuts orchard, direct-marketing candy operation and hazelnut tree nursery located near Corvallis, Oregon in the beautiful Willamette Valley on a 225-acre property.
We are surrounded by open farmland and there is a lovely view of Mary's peak on the coastal range. Nearby is Finley National Wildlife Refuge where large flocks of geese and duck fly over daily during the season.
The hazelnuts are roasted in a fluid-bed coffee roaster.
This roaster does not require additional oils or butters and in five minutes we can produce 50 lbs of freshly roasted hazelnuts!
The toffees & brittles are made in our gas-fired copper cooking kettle and poured out onto cooling tables.
There are three 200 lb chocolate melters where we blend and temper our delicious milk chocolate (35% cacao), dark chocolate (52% or 65% cacao) and white chocolate.
We have two tumblers called "pans" where we make our chocolate covered fruit & hazelnuts.
Our products are hand packaged. Folks that stop by the hazelnut gift shop can watch the process as it occurs through viewing windows, whiff the aroma of freshly roasted hazelnuts and vanilla being added to the toffee and taste the results in our sample trays.
Questions or comments about Oregon hazelnuts or our Hazelnut Gift Store? Call us at 541-754-5657 or e-mail info@hazelnuthill.com
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