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Due South gets the goods on autumnal sweet treats

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Whether you're looking for out-of-the-box ideas for your adult Halloween gathering or planning to add a few new treats to your Thanksgiving dessert table, the treats our hosts recently tasted in studio are sure to be welcome additions to your menu.

Kim and Travis Battle, owners of Kandy Apples by K, talked to Leoneda and Jeff about some of their bestselling hard candy apples during the fall season.

Due South host Jeff Tiberii takes a closer look at the variety of apples offered by Kandy Apples by K
Due South host Jeff Tiberii takes a closer look at the variety of apples offered by Kandy Apples by K

Stacy Ramos and Steven Boyd, owners of the East Durham Sweet Shoppe, shared the secrets of dipping pretzels, cookies and other confections.

East Durham Sweet Shoppe is known for its dipped confections. Our hosts sampled their "Bull Pies" and Halloween-themed hand-dipped Oreos.
East Durham Sweet Shoppe is known for its dipped confections. Our hosts sampled their "Bull Pies" and Halloween-themed hand-dipped Oreos.

And Danielle Centeno and Tiana Young, co-owners of Escazu Chocolates, gave us glimpse into their bean-to-bar chocolate-making process.

Escazu Chocolates brought the Spooky Season spirit to our studios with this curated box of artisanal chocolates.
Escazu Chocolates brought the Spooky Season spirit to our studios with this curated box of artisanal chocolates.

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.
Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as WUNC’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for WUNC's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.