As anyone working on Capitol Hill will tell you these days, it’s not all sweetness and light. Talk to Dave Burton, however, and he sees things differently. In fact, it’s all sweetness and light.

Working out of a kitchen just a few blocks north of the U.S. Capitol building, Burton and his team from The Capital Candy Jar, create an assortment of lollipops, flavored marshmallows, chocolate-covered Oreos, divinity, barks and other tasty confections.