Amid the pomp and circumstance surrounding the Oscars Sunday night, a local sweets company is getting its big Hollywood break.

More than a dozen Academy Awards guests who checked into their VIP suites in a Beverly Hills hotel received a bottle of champagne paired with a box of caramels, hand-dipped in milk and dark chocolate with a delicate gold shimmer spray and sprinkle of gold salt from The Candy Dish, a two-woman outfit in North Andover.

“The opportunity is overwhelming,” said cofounder Melissa DiMinico. “We’re just so happy.”

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