Candy

To watch Toni Roberts at work—head down, quietly pulling hot caramel by hand or breaking sheets of chocolate into barklike shards—it’s easy to imagine her plying her craft in the old-school production kitchens of Fannie May or Blommer. But Roberts produces her modern classics in the high-end kitchen of C-House(166 E Superior St, 312-523-0923), Marcus Samuelsson’s sea-centric restaurant in the Affinia Hotel. A craftsman at heart, the CIA grad has immersed herself in the time-consuming and relatively difficult art of chocolate and confections. Check out this sampling of treats from her order-by-the-piece Candy Bar (and if some seem familiar, it’s because Roberts was behind the candies at Custom House before taking her current post).