How It All Began…

Way back in 2010 we had a glut of chillies in the greenhouse and not wanting to waste them Mrs Crafty Dog hit upon the idea of making a Chilli Jam. This first batch of 8 jars sold so quickly we never got to have a jar ourselves! Our original jam, Hot Chilli, has never gone out of production and is now joined with an Extra Hot and Wickedly Hot product.

Here’s Our Current List of Jams, Chutneys & Marmalades

Disappointed with the high sugar/low fruit content of mass market UK jams, we realised that we could make jams that tasted the way they did when we were kids; to that end, the first batch of strawberry we made was to the high fruit content of French jams. It tasted fabulous! Blackberry and Blackberry & Apple Jams followed, along with Luxury Apple and Pear & Apple Chutneys. Though Blackberry and Apple Jam is no more, we still make the others, and many more flavours (all fabulous).

All Our Chilli Products Together!

We began by selling through our local craft fair in Clydach but this expanded to Craft Fairs across South and West Wales. The business has grown like Topsy. We now supply shops in Swansea and are expanding across South Wales – Andrew Phillip’s The Butcher in Clydach, Swansea, The Forage Farm Shop & Kitchen at Penllyn Castle, Cowbridge, The Artists and Makers Emporium at Craig y Nos, The Old Barn Tea Rooms nr the Brecon Mountain Railway at Pontsticill, Merthyr – but we are always looking for new outlets!

Seasonal Additions – These are proving to be very popular

Sets of Jams, Chutneys & Marmalades – Choose Your Own!

To make postage more economical, we sell our products on this webshop as sets of three or four.  Pick any three (or four) varieties to make up a set in any combination you’d like.  Maybe you want three jams, or three chutneys, or maybe one of each or even three jars of the same!  The choice is up to you.  Set of 3 Click HERE. We can also do a set of 4 – Click HERE.

Some of our luscious chutneys.