Moddy's Confectionery

Moddy's Confectionery dates to December 15, 1951, when founder Janardhan Rao opened a small retail store in Ooty, Tamil Nadu - a starting point the business has kept as its origin story through more than seven decades of continuous operation. What began as a modest shop has grown into a specialty confectioner shipping internationally, still built around handmade chocolate as its core craft. The range spans dark chocolate bars across a wide cocoa-percentage spread, from 45% up to 90%, alongside more inventive items like Kunafa-style bars layered with pistachio, hazelnut and almond, plus truffles, clusters and a sugar-free line for customers avoiding refined sugar. Moddy's doesn't limit itself to chocolate: the catalog also carries Nilgiri tea, Kruthi-brand Udupi snacks and masalas, and bakery goods, positioning the shop as a broader Ooty specialty grocer as much as a chocolatier. Customer feedback consistently points to the handmade production method itself as the draw - small-batch bars and truffles rather than mass-produced confectionery - and the business markets itself as an early mover in Ooty's homemade-chocolate scene. For a hill-station shop with roots in the early 1950s, the current catalog reads as a deliberate widening from one chocolate counter into a fuller pantry of Nilgiri specialty goods.