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Amy Bustos

Thursday, November 15, 2012

A Tale of Two Sisters (And One Hungry Moose)

Meet Missy Wettstrom and Amy Bustos, the minds behind Droolin' Moose, Burnsville's newest candy and chocolate company.

Follow Burnsville Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us To others, it may seem that Droolin' Moose got started under inauspicious circumstances: The shop began in 2007 with a lagging economy, 100 feet of snow that winter and no sign. By conventional wisdom, it wasn't the best time to be going into a consumer-driven business, but the past five years have proven such skepticism wrong. "I don't think you ever feel safe (starting a businss). You just take a risk," said Co-owner Missy Wettstrom. "It was a risk worth taking," added Amy Bustos, her sister, collaborator and fellow co-owner. The two had grown up in a business called Edition III, a small screen printing and embroidery shop in …

dolly hinze

9:40 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013

Awesome chocolates! I wish you well! Its 8:30 pm, my husband is out of town and I'm craving your treats and I'm certain the shop is closed! Number all the way!   more ›

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