Can't I just stay small?

Hello again everyone. I've been gone for a while as the real world took over and I've had to travel a lot for my day job. Now the problem exists that my side job is starting to expand as well. Mostly we make things for family, friends and coworkers at the moment, but those orders have been on the rise.

I'd love to have the opportunity to stay small for a while until I can put together the capital to actually put up a shop. (between a wedding, honeymoon, and hopefully buying a house this year, the money for a shop just isn't there)

My question here is this. Is it possible to remain small and chocolate focused anymore? In Salem, where I hope to build the business, there is a Sees candies and a Rocky Mountain chocolate factory. I realize that is a lot of competition to overcome, but with the grass roots movements here in the NorthWest, I think there is room for a hand crafting guy to come in and snag some of that market. But is it really possible to just make good, hand crafted chocolates, candies, etc, or do you find that you have to branch out or move to bean-to-bar?

As always thanks for any insight that you can provide.