Heidi makes gourmet butter mints, and sells them throughout the state of North Carolina. She got the recipe from her mom, and the recipe reminds her of her childhood.
IT IS CHRISTMAS TIME. FOOD IS A BIG PART OF THE HOLIDAYS. TODAY WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER IN CHAPEL HILL. SCOTT HAY SON HAS STORY OF HEIDI'S GOURMET BUTTER MINTS. >> BUTTER, AUGUST SCAR WATER >> LET SIMMER ON THE STOVE. THEN POUR THE HOT CONCOCTION ON THE TABLE. IT IS NOT TAFFY. >> TWIST IT A BIT. >> IT IS NOT AN EXERCISE PROGRAM EITHER. >> KEEPS YOUR ARMS IN SHAPE. >> KEEPS YOUR SWEET TOOTH HAPPY. >> THEY ARE DELICIOUS. >> THESE ARE HER GOURMET BUTTER MINTS. >> CHEESECAKE, KEY LIME, PEPPER MINT, STRAWBERRY. A NEW ONE IS COFFEE. WE USUALLY PUT TWO OR THREE DROPS OF COLORING. >> HER GRANDMOTHER USED THIS SAME RECIPE. >> AS CHILDREN WE WOULD MAKE MINTS WITH HER AND GIVE AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS. IT WAS LIKE A TRADITION. >> HEIDI'S DAD ENJOYED THE TRADITION. HE WAS A DOCTOR. >> WE MADE MINTS TOGETHER TOO AND HE WOULD GIVE THEM TO HIS PATIENTS FOR CHRISTMAS. >> AND 10 HEIDI'S MINDS MEAN A LOT TO HEIDI. >> IT REMINDS ME OF MY CHILDHOOD >> HER HAPPY CHILDHOOD WITH A FUTURE SHE COULD HAVE SHAPED IN ANY NUMBER OF WAYS. BUT SOMETIMES LIFE CAN QUITE SUDDENLY TURN HARD. >> I WAS IN A BOAT WITH THREE OTHER PEOPLE. >> 1977 AT HER HOME IN WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH. >> THERE WAS CRAB LINE SO THE DRIVER SWERVED TO GO TO THE NEXT SECTION. WHEN HE DID THE ABLE BROKE. >> THE BOAT'S STEERING CABLE. >> THE BOAT WENT DIRECTLY INTO THE -- >> THE BRIDGE PILING. >> I WENT UP IN THE AIR AND LANDED IN THE WATER. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A BOAT PROPELLER. >> COMING STRAIGHT FOR HER. >> IT CUT DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BODY. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL SEVERAL MONTHS AND SEVERAL SURGERIES. >> HEIDI WAS 17 AT THE TIME. >> IT WAS LOT OF THERAPY BUT I'M GRATEFUL TODAY TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND DO EVERYTHING I ALWAYS COULD DO. >> LATER IT WAS HER DAD WHO SUGGESTED WHAT SHE SHOULD TRY TO DO. WELL, I THOUGHT -- THAT MIGHT BE A REAL GOOD IDEA. >> AND SO HEIDI'S GOURMET BUTTER MINTS FOUNDED 2002. >> ONE THING MY FATHER SAID DO SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY. THIS REMINDS ME OF HIM AND MY GRANDMOTHER GROWING UP. >> LET'S GO HEIDI, A MASTER OVER MINTS WHO HAS ENJOYED SWEET SUCCESS AFTER STARTING FROM SCRATCH. >> PERSEVERANCE DOES GOOD IF YOU BELIEVE IN SOMETHING AND YOU STICK WITH IT. EVENTUALLY THINGS ALWAYS WORK OUT FOR THE BEST. [MUSIC PLAYING] >> WHAT A WONDERFUL MESSAGE THERE. HER MINTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND IN SEVERAL STORES AND GIFT
