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CANDYWAREHOUSE.COM – Tops Lists, Grows Team, and Prepares for Expansion – All in 2009

President — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:54:33 +0000

Summary:

CandyWarehouse.com named to Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in America for the 3^rd year in a row and plans to triple its warehouse capacity with expansion into fully air-conditioned 33,600 square foot warehouse in El Segundo, CA, USA, located within blocks of Los Angeles International Airport.

Irwindale, California, USA November 2, 2009 – Candywarehouse.com, Inc. has been recently recognized with the following accolades:

Named by Inc. Magazine to its Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in the country, ranking #1,655 (see http://www.inc.com/inc5000). 2009 is the third consecutive year the company has made this list.
Named by the Los Angeles Business Journal to its list of the top 50 fastest growing private companies in Los Angeles (see http://labusinessjournal.com). 2009 is the second consecutive year the company has made this list.
Ranked #1 in the world by Search Engine Journal as the top candy company for search engine optimization (SEO) and design. (see http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2009/10/29/top-seo-candy-websites).

“All of us CandyWarehouse elves have worked extremely hard to get where we are today and we are deeply honored and appreciative, such recognition gives us even more encouragement to continue providing customers with the most diverse and creative selection of candy products delivered fresh, fast and with the utmost care,” says founder and president Christopher Pratt.

In its constant effort to better service its customers, Candywarehouse.com recently hired a full-time in-house photographer and videographer to keep its website updated on a daily basis and provide the most accurate and detailed photos of its products. “We want to give our customers the feeling of almost being able to taste, feel and smell the candy,” says Mr. Pratt, “….we know how important it is for our event planners, parents, artists, set designers, charity organizers, brides and bridegrooms to know exactly what they are getting.” “We firmly believe that a picture does say a thousand words.”

Another addition to the CandyWarehouse team is its Director of Operations, Peilin Pratt. Ms. Pratt has a Juris Doctorate degree from Harvard Law School and has worked in corporate America for over ten years. She started her career as a corporate attorney at one of the country’s top law firms, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, then moved on to the entertainment industry working most recently as a business affairs executive at CBS Television Studios where she negotiated multi-million dollar talent deals. “I am excited to not only become part of the CandyWarehouse family but a full-fledged elf,” says Ms. Pratt. “I mean, helping this team deliver products that make people’s eyes light up and mouths water . . . I can’t imagine anything more fun and rewarding.”

Ms. Pratt has recently closed her first deal at Candywarehouse.com, a new 7-year warehouse lease valued at over $2 million. The company will be moving its operations from Irwindale, California to El Segundo, California this December 2009 with the objective to again, better serve its customers. The new 33,600 square-foot facility will be entirely air-conditioned to create the most ideal environment for preserving the freshness and shelf-life of candy and chocolate. Unlike many of its competitors, CandyWarehouse does not drop ship and can carefully monitor the quality of its products, especially during hot summer months. CandyWarehouse will be in good company. El Segundo has the second highest concentration of Fortune 500s in the state of California, behind San Francisco. That’s not bad for a small beach city just over five square miles in size. El Segundo has managed to attract the cream of the crop in aerospace, information technology, manufacturing, health care, oil refining, and other key industries. (see http://elsegundobusiness.com/biz_f500.htm) El Segundo is located approximately one mile from both the Pacific Ocean and Los Angeles International Airport, where the temperate weather and close proximity to one of the largest airports in the world provides customer assurance that their candy remains fresh during transport and is shipped out fast. “During warm weather, our UPS and FedEx priority packages containing meltable candy will be shipping out of an airport that is generally 20 degrees cooler than airports used by our competitors,” says Mr. Pratt. El Segundo is also close to the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, which will provide ready access to imports from around the world. CandyWarehouse recently created an Asian Candy section, has added products from Germany (Reber Chocolate Specialties and Asbach Uralt) as well as France (Abtey Chocolates), and will continue adding other international favorites. The new facility will also house a delightfully whimsical showroom where customers can browse, sample and learn about all things candy as well as personally pick up their online orders.

About Candywarehouse.com, Inc.

Since 1998, Candywarehouse.com has been the leading candy store online, providing popular and hard-to-find as well as nostalgic and the latest-trend candy delivered fresh and fast to customers both domestically and internationally. The company sells to businesses and individuals and carries more than 5,000 varieties of candy and candy related products.

CandyWarehouse.com : Featured In Los Angeles Business Journal

President — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:52:34 +0000

Candy Man
By MAYA MEINERT - 12/15/2008
Los Angeles Business Journal Staff

Christopher Pratt came to California to help build a hybrid gas-electric car. Instead, he found success selling candy online. Pratt, whose background in electrical engineering led him to work on the design of General Motors’ first hybrid car, started CandyWarehouse.com Inc. 10 years ago, after the automaker pulled the plug on the vehicle.Disappointed in not being able to create a greener planet through engineering, Pratt turned to sweets.He sells candy over the Internet. His product lines range from the licorice sticks that you can buy at a grocery store to exclusive products specially produced for his company, plus vintage treats that people remember from childhood.“I thought, ‘I’m going to try something new and learn how the Internet works, and see if someone is willing to give me their credit card for some gumballs,’” said the Massachusetts native. Pratt, 40, now has the keys to a candy store that is on track to make $7.5 million in sales this year.

“The biggest challenge was learning how to run a business,” he said. “The first few years was me getting a real-world M.B.A. – learning how to price things and manage people. Most engineers are not people-oriented, you know.” Now that he has figured out how to make his company profitable, Pratt said managing the fast growth is his biggest issue. Revenue rose to $5.8 million in 2007, an increase of 122 percent compared with 2005.

The company has outgrown all of its software systems; warehouse and office space; staff; and even its Web site, which is in the midst of a redesign. Pratt is also looking to lease more space in Irwindale, where the company is based, and on the East Coast.

“A building on the East Coast would double the size of the business pretty quickly,” he said. “I’m sure I’m losing sales on the East Coast.”

One of the key elements of CandyWarehouse is its exclusive deals with candy manufacturers. Pratt’s company is the only seller of specific types of confections, including marshmallow-flavored black-and-white swirl lollipops and Jelly Belly’s Pink Chocolate Dutch Mint Balls. CandyWarehouse sells about 100 exclusive candies, and people who fall in love with them are a captive audience.

Sucharita Mulpuru, an e-commerce analyst with Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., said that the following a candy retailer can create is important.

“One of the things to remember about the candy space is there are people who have brand loyalty, and if you can cater to that selection that you can’t find elsewhere, that’s a huge opportunity,” she said.

Delectable sweets

CandyWarehouse buyers have to buy a quantity, such as a box of Hershey bars. The average order is for about $100. The company’s most popular product is the hard candy stick: More than 255,000 were sold last year.

Forty percent of the company’s inventory is dedicated to chocolate, including harder-to-find variations such as chocolate poker chips, sunflower seeds and “rocks.”

The Web site offers buyers the opportunity to choose their candies by color, which is helpful for people who want to use it as part of a décor for weddings, corporate events or retail promotions. The latter makes up about one-third of the business.

Retailers, including high-end Los Angeles clothing brand Juicy Couture, have purchased candy to include in window displays. J.Crew bought oversize swirl lollipops to promote its Crewcuts children’s line.

“CandyWarehouse is definitely a good resource,” said Heather McAuliffe, senior director of public relations for J.Crew. “They have a very wide selection of candies, lots of nostalgia and hard-to-find items, and reliable and efficient customer service.”

Other candy sites, including CandyFavorites.com, GroovyCandies.com and CandyDirect.com, also offer candy sales by color, and some sites also carry nostalgic candy brands. Pratt said that he believes he has an advantage due to his large inventory, exclusive deals and quick turnaround.

Earlier this year, the company supplied 43,000 pounds of candy for a special-edition CD gift set of Madonna’s “Hard Candy” album in two weeks, which included time to put the packaging together.

Going it alone

Pratt’s move to California was prompted by his passion for creating an environmentally friendly car. He worked for Monrovia-based AeroVironment Inc. on a hybrid version of GM’s EV1 electric car.

When GM canceled the project, Pratt got inspiration from a candy store across the street from where he ate lunch every day.

With $500, he began selling candy online. He printed labels from his home computer, drove the orders to UPS and answered the phone himself, changing his voice every time he picked up the phone to create the illusion of more employees.

By the end of the first year, he had made $10,000. By the following year, he was making enough to support himself and quit his engineering job.

In late 1999, eCandy.com came on the scene with millions of dollars in venture capital, but the company went under a year later, and Pratt bought its assets for pennies on the dollar. He brought in his own investors, but their dreams of going public and becoming dot-com tycoons quickly died, too. He bought out his investors last year and became the sole owner.

He’s enjoying the candy game despite its challenges.

“I picked something fun,” Pratt said. “It’s not the best business idea because shipping costs are so high for candy due to the weight. I should have picked jewelry. But I’m glad I did it.”
CandyWarehouse.com Inc.
Headquarters: Irwindale
Year Founded: 1998
Core Business: Selling bulk candy online
Employees: 18 (up from 15 in 2007)
Goals: To become a $100 million business with better worldwide distribution
Driving Force: Online consumer demand for specialty candy

CandyWarehouse.com Does It Again! Named to 2008 Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies in America

President — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:24:27 +0000

Irwindale, CA October 1, 2008: In a repeat of its 2007 Inc. 5000 Award, CandyWarehouse.com, Inc. has again been chosen as one of the fastest growing companies in America for 2008. Ranked at number 1,779 among America’s leading companies, Candy Warehouse is the top internet candy store in the world. In addition, Candy Warehouse was recently awarded the 2008 BizRate Platinum Circle of Excellence Badge, ranking it among the top 81 online stores in customer satisfaction! The CW candy elves continue to work diligently to make their website top notch, and deliveries fresh and fast, especially as they head into the busy Halloween candy season.

The Inc. 5,000 ranking is based on percentage revenue growth from 2004 through 2007. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by the first week of 2004, and therefore able to show four full calendar years of sales. Additionally, companies had to be U.S.-based, privately held, and independent–not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies–as of December 31, 2007. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired). Revenue in 2004 must have been at least $200,000, and revenue in 2007 must have been at least $2 million.“Much of our growth can be attributed to our focus on fresh candy shipped fast. With this simple strategy in mind, we recently received our first BizRate Platinum Circle of Excellence Award” said Christopher Pratt, President of CandyWarehouse.com. BizRate.com is a shopping comparison site that rates internet stores based on surveys from real customers. Candy Warehouse is ranked along with only 81 other stores, including other top performers such as Diapers.com and BlueNile.com.

Candy Warehouse is geared up for its best Halloween and Christmas candy seasons ever. Look for CW to again make the Inc. 5000 list in 2009.

Madonna Hard Candy Album Release Tuesday April 29, 2008

President — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:59:03 +0000

CandyWarehouse.com works in conjunction with Primrose Candy of Chicago, Illinois to develop the special edition box sets for Madonna’s latest album “Hard Candy” distributed by Warner Records. With hard candy making commodities such as sugar, corn syrup, and flavoring facing record price surges, this beaten down segment of the candy industry finally caught a break this week with the help of Madonna’s latest musical release “Hard Candy.” The queen of pop included the most classic of all hard candies, Red & White Starlight Peppermint candies, in special limited edition album box sets. The initial order of candy bags for Warner Records required more than a truckload of these yummy candy favorites. No elitist dark chocolate for Madonna…. she’s made working class hard candy cool again. Her album cover even features a giant pink, white, and red swirling lollipop. CandyWarehouse.com and Primrose Candy worked with Madonna’s team to develop the perfect retail package for the box sets. A small number of exclusive sets included 2 other types of hard candy: assorted rods candies and fruity pinwheel candies. Overall the project was a success and the album packages hit store shelves on schedule. “Hard Candy” was officially released in the United States on Tuesday April 29, 2008.

Life Is Sweet – Candy Bar Storyboards

President — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:50:43 +0000

Candy now warms the heart as well as delights the taste buds. Clever people have discovered a way to tell one’s life history through the use of candy. The story is displayed on large poster boards where candy bars or other treats such as gum or peanuts are glued onto the board to replace words. The story is then read out loud at a party to celebrate the event. These sweet stories are most often used at milestones such as a 40th or 50th birthday but can also be used to celebrate anniversaries, promotions, or a retirement. The only limit is one’s imagination! To illustrate, here is an example of an anniversary tale told with the candy storyboard. Where the word is capitalized, the treat would be glued to replace the written word. Poetic license is taken with both grammar and the facts in order to use as many pieces of candy as possible. To illustrate, this storyboard was written for the silver anniversary of Hank and Kathy Thomas.

Kathy Holton moved to California from Indiana looking for her CUP-OF-GOLD in the golden state. She moved to the RED HOT city of Sacramento where she went to work for the phone company. Although Kathy would never earn 100 GRAND, she did survive PAYDAY to PAYDAY. After years of dating NERDS and GOOBERS with ZERO appeal Kathy found a BIT-O-HONEY when she met Henry (Hank) Thomas. Hank knew that he could SKOR some points with Kathy by sending her a huge bouquet of roses to her office. “OH HENRY!” Kathy exclaimed. You BIG HUNK, you are the MR. GOODBAR that I have been looking for!” “ABBA ZABBA” thought Hank as he kissed her BIG CHERRY lips. “Marry me, KITKAT and our lives will be MOUNDS of ALMOND JOY. I’ll be your SUGAR DADDY and we will have lots of SUGAR BABIES.” Life was GOOD & PLENTY for the Thomas family. As the years went by, the family grew with the addition of the 3 MUSKETEERS, Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The boys had STARBURSTS of energy and loved to play sports. Matthew played baseball but because he had BUTTERFINGERS and often dropped the ball, he switched to soccer where he could SKOR more goals. UNO that parenthood is a WHOPPER of a job to be done NOW AND LATER enjoy a quiet CAREFREE life, still SWEETARTS, holding hands and lots of KISSES gazing out at the MILKY WAY. Congratulations on your 25th wedding anniversary.

Because each life is unique, each Candy storyboard is different. The key to a unique sweet story is finding a variety of candies to use. Go beyond the typical choice of candy available in most stores and seek out candy stores or serendipity shops that have unusual or nostalgic candies. Of course, the internet can be a terrific resource for this. Try it! Your own sweet saga will be the highlight of the event. The Candy Elves of CandyWarehouse.com welcome your feedback on this idea. Or send us photographs of storyboards that you’ve created. We’ll post the best designs on our website. We’ll make you famous in the candy industry! Thanks for stopping by.

Christopher Pratt, President

Top Internet Candy Store CandyWarehouse.com Named to Inc. 5000 as One of Fastest Growing Companies in America

President — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:38:05 +0000

Summary: CandyWarehouse.com, Inc. has been chosen as one of the fastest growing companies in America. Ranked at number 2,217 among America’s top companies, CandyWarehouse is the top internet candy store in the world. The CW candy elves continue to work hard to make their website the best, and deliver sensational sweets every day as they head into the busy Halloween candy season.

Irwindale, CA February 22, 2007: CandyWarehouse.com, Inc. has been chosen as one of the fastest growing companies in America. Ranked at number 2,217 among America’s top companies, CandyWarehouse is the top internet candy store in the world. Get the full story about the Inc. 5000 at Inc. Magazine. The CW candy elves continue to work hard to make their website the best, and deliver sensational sweets every day as they head into the busy Halloween candy season.

The Inc. 5,000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2003 through 2006. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by the first week of 2003, and therefore able to show four full calendar years of sales. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, and independent–not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies–as of December 31, 2006. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired.) Revenue in 2003 must have been at least $200,000, and revenue in 2006 must have been at least $2 million.

President of CandyWarehouse.com – Christopher Pratt is one business person who rose above a humble beginning with great ideas. In 1998, Christopher began to run his bulk candy business out of his Pasadena apartment. He figured out where to source the merchandise shortly after receiving his first order online and added a nice label. Now he picks out great candy items well before the season and is currently offering more than 2500 fresh candy item choices. Christopher relates “as in any fast growing business, it’s an everyday challenge to keep up with the demand and provide consistent, superior service to all our new and continuing customers.”

An Internet based store results in high inventory turnover and freshness of the candy, great pricing with low overhead, and an extensive amount of choices that online shoppers now expect. Nostalgic candy customers can recreate a childhood memory by purchasing some of the old fashioned candy brands that have become harder and harder to find. They will also find almost any novelty candy that they seek, for those special occasions like thank you candy, pirate candy, or even chocolate cigars.

Planning a wedding takes much consideration. For something spectacular, consider featuring a candy buffet at your reception. CandyWarehouse.com has conveniently arranged all of their candy by color, which will make decorating within the bridal theme very easy. This is also the new trend in holiday center piece decorations. It will be amazingly simple for you to find your orange and black candy for Halloween this year!

And perfect for Halloween handouts, CandyWarehouse offers yummy Halloween candy corn packaged in spooky packets! Packet graphics include 5 scary designs: black cat, ghost, witch on a broom stick, skeleton, and bat. Christopher says “this high quality candy corn from Zachary Confections is made with real honey. In fact, this candy corn received 2 prestigious excellence awards last year: 2006 ChefsBest and 2006 American Culinary Institute“. It is not crumbly and dry like other brands…. it is a rich and smooth candy corn.

Christopher sees continued strong growth as Americans love their candy treats and the busy season is upon him with Halloween sweets, Christmas candy canes, Valentines hearts, and Easter jelly beans all top sellers along with the steady interest in nostalgic and novelty candy items.

CandyWarehouse.com selected as small business finalist in Yahoo!’s Ultimate Connection Contest!

President — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:08:54 +0000

MEDIA ADVISORY
LA County candy merchant selected as small business finalist in Yahoo!’s Ultimate Connection Contest
Public invited to vote online for CandyWarehouse.com to win nationwide contest

WHAT: Yahoo! and Ivanka Trump have chosen Irwindale small business CandyWarehouse.com as one of five finalists in Yahoo!’s Ultimate Connection Contest. The unique, local small business was selected from over 9,000 entries and now needs votes from the online community to become one of three winners to claim the prize package.

WHY: As part of its Be A Better Marketer Campaign, Yahoo! launched the Ultimate Connection contest to help small business owners better market themselves online to attract new customers. The competition will award three winners prize packages with a combined value of more than $100,000, and will culminate in an unusual ‘power lunch’ event high above New York City in July. Prize packages include:
· $25,000 keyword ad campaign budget from Yahoo! Search Marketing;
· Mentoring throughout the year from recognized marketing ‘stars’ such as Shira D. Goodman, executive vice president of marketing, Staples; Raymond Joabar, GM Credit Card Marketing & Strategic Partnerships, OPEN from American Express®; and Yahoo!’s own chief marketing officer Cammie Dunaway;
· A spectacular “Ultimate Connection” power lunch in New York City with mentors and Ivanka Trump;
· Access to a Yahoo! Search Marketing expert throughout the year;
· A Web site makeover, courtesy of Yahoo! Small Business and Web site development firm FastPivot.

WHO: Irwindale, CA-based CandyWarehouse (www.candywarehouse.com) has been in business since 1998 and prides itself in a vast offering of over 2,500 fresh bulk, novelty, and seasonal candies, including hard-to-find confections that bring back childhood memories, from candy buttons to sour Pez, gourmet chocolates to alien glow pops, and horehound sticks to gummi brains! CandyWarehouse.com makes it easy to find just about any candy you’re looking for, with products organized by category/type, occasions/themes, brands, and color.

WHEN: Online voting begins on Thursday, June 14 and closes on Sunday, June 24.

WHERE: The Public can view a short video of the five finalists, and vote for their favorite at

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Kristen Wareham
Yahoo!
(818) 524-4550
wareham@yahoo-inc.com
Ed Bryson
Fleishman Hillard
(214) 665-1328
ed.bryson@fleishman.com

Wedding Candy Buffet

President — Fri, 11 May 2007 18:37:11 +0000

HEADLINE: Wedding Candy Buffet Choices Now Easy to Find at CandyWarehouse.com

Summary: Wedding candy buffets are wildly popular for creating the wow factor as a display and also as wedding favor candy for guests. The secret to a dazzling display is coordinating colors and following a theme. Candy Warehouse supplies candy in bulk quantities and now has categories easily organized by colors along with theme or occasions to make selection simple.

Irwindale, CA May 11, 2007: The wedding candy buffet is a hot trend these days as spectacular displays can be built without breaking the budget and guests love them as candy wedding favors. Brides are creating either towers of sweets at a central table or creative displays right at the guests’ tables. And for wedding favors, how can you go wrong? There is no need to obsess over what your guests might like or worrying about a cheap looking gift. Candy brings back those carefree fairytale memories of everyone’s childhood and not only puts guests in a great mood, they eagerly gobble it up or scoop it into their little bags to bring home.

Candy buffets add fun and color to any wedding. All it takes is a table with some old fashioned glass candy jars, scoops, and bulk candy to coordinate with your color scheme. More creatively, your candy can match a theme like the Wonka Factory, Vegas casino night, summer carnival, sports, nostalgic, nature lover, Candyland, etc. CandyWarehouse.com has Candy by Occasion categories to make finding just the right items to support your beach or other special theme. Guests will quickly figure out what to do once they spot a stack of candy bags and scoops in large candy jars. No instructions required!

The secret to memorable presentation is to treat the candy as a display for its aesthetics and not like food…. somewhat like having an ice sculpture versus just a block of ice. Find large clear vases and jars of various sizes and shapes. Then use medium sized boxes and other support platforms with a loose drape over them to create a variety of heights and some texture for your display. To help in matching candy to your color scheme, CandyWarehouse.com has created a Shop by Candy Colors category on their bulk candy website. Filling the vases with solid colors can be very dramatic and finding a few fun, high impact items such as swirly lollipops can add a nice touch along with accessorizing with a few flowers.

Along a similar vein, candy offered up in extra large cocktail glasses can act as colorful centerpieces for wedding reception tables. “At my personal wedding, three separate glasses contained three types of candy, one chocolate, one gummy, and one colorful chewy delight,” says Christopher Pratt, President of CandyWarehouse.com. “Each guest received an organza bag and a chart of the candy at each table in the reception room,” he continued. That’s right, three different candies at each table, at a total of 12 dinner tables…. 48 different candies to choose from! Guests could then search for their favorite sweets using their candy chart. “It was a great way for guests to mingle as they scooped their candy favorites into their organza bag,” remembers Christopher. A typical assortment at a table might include Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Purple Sour Balls, and German Gummi Bears. So delish! So if you are currently planning for your wedding or know someone who is, tell them about wedding candy buffets and how they can add a memorable touch to the arrangements and be something the guests will really enjoy. Plus finding all the perfect colors and novelty candy to support your theme can be easy by shopping the wide variety of fresh candy available online and organized in convenient categories.About Candy Warehouse
CandyWarehouse.com is an online bulk candy store that sells a wide variety of candy favorites. The candy super store has products arranged by category such as nostalgic & old time candy, by brand such as Willy Wonka, and by holidays or special occasions such as wedding candy. The company has been serving loyal customers for 8 years with fresh candy shipped fast.
For more information contact:
Christopher Pratt
President, CandyWarehouse.com, Inc.
5314 Third Street
Irwindale, CA 91706
Tel: 626-480-0899

http://www.candywarehouse.com/alloccasions.html Candy by Occasion

http://www.candywarehouse.com/candycolors.html Shop by Candy Colors

http://www.candywarehouse.com/weddingcandy.html Wedding Candy

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Decorating with Sweets!

President — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:28:34 +0000

Hosting a function and need some help with the decorations? Don’t fret! You have all you need right at your fingertips. Whatever the gala event; decorate with candy. It doesn’t matter how formal or laid back the function is, you can use candy to decorate the entire affair. Whether it is a formal sit-down dinner after a wedding or a Kindergartener’s room party at school, candy gets the job done.

If you are the room mom for your Kindergartener, and it is his or her party day, use specialized candies for treats and decorating. No matter what the party theme is you can find candy delicacies for any holiday. Take St. Patrick’s Day for instance. You can buy specialized candy treats like chocolate shamrocks, green Hershey Kisses, or gourmet lollipops with Happy St. Patrick’s Day on them. You can get shamrock mints or green rock candy. Maybe you want to give the kids their own little treasure chest of chocolate gold coins. It is all available. So don’t be afraid to host that holiday class party.

Maybe you are hosting a tea for a departing missionary. Tea and sweets were born to be taken together. But, it doesn’t have to be fancy or difficult. Buy some large chocolate bars; divide them into strips along the lines imprinted in the chocolate then alternate milk, white, and dark chocolate strips in a radiating circle on a beautiful dessert plate. Served along with your tea sandwiches, it makes a lovely accent, not to mention how tasty it will be. It looks gorgeous and all you had to do was buy some candy bars.

If your event is more formal such as a wedding reception, Jordan Almonds have long been a staple for both favors and decorating the tables. But, Jordan Almonds have come a long way since the days of those pretty pastel pinks, greens, and whites. Now, look in fine stores or on-line locations for Jordan Almonds covered in dragees: that beautiful shiny gold or silver coating bakers use for accents on cookies and cakes. They are simply stunning and scream “FORMAL EVENT!”

Candy just seems to dress up any activity. Because there is a special aura surrounding candy that says, “If you are really good; and really special; you will get a really great treat.” It has always been this way with sweets. Let’s face it; they are the food group that goes the extra mile whether there is a celebration at hand or not.

Every holiday on the calendar can be made special with the use of candy. What would Halloween be without little dishes of candy corn placed in strategic locations around the house? Or Christmas without candy canes on the tree and sugar plums on the dinning table. Candy presents itself in dual roles: That of sweet treat and just-the-right decoration. So don’t worry about it. Think candy, and then think what color or flavor would you like to decorate with. You can be sure you will find it all in the candy department of your store. Oh! And don’t eat too many of the decorations before the big event begins.

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Valentine’s Day Candy 2007 – IN STOCK NOW!

President — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:54:17 +0000

The candy hearts have arrived! From classic NECCO conversation hearts with romantic phrases printed on each piece to high cocoa content chocolate hearts wrapped in elegant foils! Order now to avoid the holiday rush!

Browse a huge selection of yummy Valentine’s Day candy treats and buy online now. More seductive than cupid’s arrow, these delights are sure to tempt your sweetheart this holiday.

Don’t forget to check out our sexy velvet leopard skin heart box filled with decadent chocolates!

Thanks for stopping by!

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