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Last Minute Tips to Help You Stuff the Best Stocking

December 21, 2023 by

Stockings are my personal favorite part of Christmas morning. Rifling through the little presents and sweet treats is always a highlight of the day, especially when made with care. Each stocking in my household is personalized to make each person feel special. The easiest aspect to customize is the candy. Pick a person’s favorite or maybe even a candy related to an inside joke; either way, there is no way to go wrong when it’s all delicious. Putting together the perfect stocking can be hard, so here are some tips to help you put it all together.

1. Seek the Perfect Ratio of Candy to knick-knacks.

While we love candy, which is our favorite part of a stocking, we know that a balance between candy and knick-knacks is essential. A 60% snack and 40% knick-knack ratio is perfect. It leaves space to find the perfect personalized items while being able to fit all of someone’s favorite candies.

2. Personalize the Candy Choices.

Everyone loves candy, but some choices are better for some people than others. I am a huge fan of Reese’s, so those are a safe bet in my stocking, but Butterfingers are not my favorite. However, my brother loves Butterfingers, so those should go in his stocking. Everyone has different tastes. Some people prefer gummies, while others prefer chocolate, but either way, it is hard to make the wrong candy choices.

3.Ensure that all kinds of candies are included, from chocolate to gummies to hard candies.

Personalization is essential; however, including a variety within these personalized candies is important. You want your stocking mix to be exciting. Including a variety within the candy is important. We have all options from Christmas-themed candies to classics, but the variety within the chocolate, gummies, hard candies, and more is essential too. The ratio between these is what one can customize; say, someone prefers chocolate, then you would fill their stocking with 50% chocolate, 25% gummies, and 25% hard candies.

4.Stuff it to the max.

No one likes an empty stocking. It’s disappointing and sad. This is why people need to stuff them to the max, and I mean candy pouring out. Stuffing a stocking to the max is exciting, showing the thought you put into curating their stocking.

5. Pick candies that connect to memories.

Along with personalizing a person’s favorite candies, it is also essential to pick candies that are associated with pleasant memories. Say someone’s mom liked a specific candy. Putting that in their stocking would mean a lot. Candies associated with memories mean so much more than other candies. Memories are at the heart of why we love candy and why many others do.

6. Fill the bottom part of the stocking with smaller things, then put larger items, such as candy tubes, in the upper part of the stocking.

While this is just a practical tip, thinking through how you stuff the stocking is smart. To maximize the space, one must fill the bottom with smaller things and put the larger things in the upper part.

7. Snacks can also be great stocking stuffers.

While sweets are our favorite, we must consider the savory treats we offer. Chips, Slim Jims, and other sorts of snack packs can add balance to the sweetness in a stocking and are delicious!

8. Pick out Unique candies.

Unique candies add to the excitement when opening a stocking. We offer many candies that are hard to find and would be a delight for people to open and try! New candies are also exciting because they give a taste-testing experience.

Stockings are the best part of Christmas morning, and these quick tips will help you make the best stockings ever!

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You’ve Heard of Elf on the Shelf, but Have you Heard of….

December 13, 2023 by

Elf on the Shelf is a prevalent tradition for families around the holidays, and we adore it!

We also love all the other parodies that have come from it, so we wanted to create our version but with candy.

For each graphic, there is a saying that goes along with it. For example, if the candy were a Zero candy bar with a superhero on top of it, the saying would be “A hero on a Zero“.

However, this is a strictly holiday edition, so think festive whenever you are guessing! Leave your best guesses below, and look for our answers at the bottom when you are done (no cheating!).

Answers:

1. Hat on a Kit Kat

2. Trees on a Reese’s

3. Birds on some Nerds

4. Deer on a 3 Musketeers

5. Liquors on a Snickers

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2023 Christmas Candy Catalog

October 3, 2023 by

In the candy industry, the holidays are the MOST wonderful time of the year as candy sweetens the holidays, and our selection is always sure to please.

When purchasing holiday candy, please remember that all products are sold on a “first come, first served” basis as, unlike other years, we cannot reorder once products are gone.

If you are interested in corporate packaging or shipping to multiple locations, our Concierge Program would happily oversee all aspects of your project!

Please click on the catalog below to view a larger version suitable for printing.

To view ALL of our Seasonal Candies, please click HERE.

To view only our Seasonal BULK Candy, please click HERE.

To view all of our CANDY CANES, please click HERE.

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Holiday Candy Cookies Treats Recipes

December 16, 2022 by

My favorite part of the holidays is baking. 

I love sharing my treats and also getting to try them myself. 

A particular aspect of holiday baking is that it includes lots of candy. So if you need any last-minute baking recipes and want to sweeten them with candy, we’ve got your back! 

The three recipes here for you today have snippet videos of them up on our tik tok. If you want extra help or want to see some satisfying videos, head over there, our username is @candy.favorites.

Some of my favorite memories from the holidays include baking, and it’s when I discovered my love for baking as a hobby. My grandma loves baking, and that love has been passed down to me. 

Each year at Christmas, my grandma makes a cookie platter with about ten different flavors, instilling in me the connection between sweets and the holiday season.

These three recipes are game changers to the holidays. 

We have some classics but some new ones you may have never heard of before. 

Our recipes for you today are the Andes-Chip Cookie….

Andes Chip Cookies combine Chocolate and Mint!

The M&M Dollop Treat…..

The M&M’s Dollop Treat is impossible to stop eating

and a Nutella Kiss Cookie…..

What’s not to love about anything made with Nutella!

All use candies you are familiar with, and all are delicious. 

These cookies are the perfect treat to bring to holiday parties, give to friends, or snuggle up by the fire and enjoy. 

They fill your house with delicious smells and people’s hearts with love. What more can you ask for during the holiday season!

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It Isn’t the Holidays Without a Sweet Gingerbread House!

December 2, 2022 by

One of my favorite parts of the holidays is gingerbread houses.

I make at least one every year, and usually, my family participates in the annual Pittsburgh Gingerbread House competition. 

We use every candy known to man to construct a masterpiece, and it never turns out to be a classic gingerbread house or a house at all. Still, it doesn’t have to be for the competition.

When we first started the competition, we built a giant Rubber Ducky out of Candy and Rice Krispy treats.

A GIANT Rubber ducky made of Candy and Rice Krispies!

 The following year we created a HUGE Lego Man…

This is, indeed, a HUGE Lego Man!

The following year, we did a scene with Minions popping out of Holiday presents.

Have a Merry Minion Christmas!

 A few years later, we built a location from the Lorax…

Look who is coming to the holiday dinner table… LORAX!

In 2020, the last year we entered, we made a gorgeous GINGERBREAD HOUSE!

This is one SWEET Log Cabin!

Looking back at all the pictures of the structures we made over the years brings me so much joy. We built structures out of sweets, and we did it together.

Last year though, we had a gingerbread failure. 

We attempted to make the most challenging “house” that we could think of, the iconic Harry Potter castle, and let’s just say it didn’t go well. We didn’t end up submitting the piece because we didn’t finish it, but it was still fun. 

Making gingerbread houses has always been a tradition for my family, one I value and love.

Unfortunately, we only won a ribbon for our participation in the contest. Still, we never cared because it was all about spending time together and creating a sweet masterpiece!

This isn’t to say that you must enter a city-wide competition to enjoy the fun. Instead, bake your gingerbread, or buy a kit. Both are making a gingerbread house. 

Everyone knows that a gingerbread house could never be complete without the candy that goes on it. Without the candy, it would only be a structure. 

Candy brings a gingerbread house to life.

It can be hard to search for the right candies to fit your gingerbread house, which is where we help you with your gingerbread house construction project. 

Here is our complete guide to building a gingerbread house to tell you which candies belong where and to assist you in the overall design. Of course, I have some expertise in gingerbread house construction, especially with extreme projects extending beyond a classic house. Still, this guide is only for traditional gingerbread houses.

Use this guide as a shopping list, a starting point, or inspiration. We are here to offer you all the candy for your gingerbread houses and beyond.

Part of the fun of building a gingerbread house is eating the candy while making it, so pick up some delicious treats and get to the building and please send us a picture of your creation too.

To view HANNAH’S ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR CREATING A GINGERBREAD, please CLICK HERE.

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The Great Candy Cane Shortage Continues!

November 7, 2022 by
Candy Canes are still in short supply so we encourage you to order early!

We see many elements of the holiday season as vital—for example, ice skating, decorating, baking, cooking, spreading kindness, and candy canes. 

Candy Canes symbolize the holiday season; seeing them in any other season is strange, but ironically, they sell year-round. They are used to decorate trees in baking and add flavor to our holiday season, and some even crush them to use as garnish for a cocktail or topping for baked goods.

Candy Canes being such a crucial element to the holidays also means they hold status and priority on our holiday shopping lists. 

Unfortunately, this demand for candy canes has created a shortage for this upcoming holiday season.

In the candy world, businesses have been hit with rising prices and supply chain issues. In addition, last year, the candy industry faced the “Great Candy Cane Crisis of 2021“, a mass shortage of candy canes, and it’s sad to say we are still feeling the effects a year later.

We should change the name to the Great Candy Cane Crisis of 2022. Last year the candy cane shortage was partially caused by a fungus, verticillium wilt, which can wipe out entire fields of mint at a time.

Another reason is the supply chain issues we have faced in the aftermath of the initial COVID lockdown. 

Production of Peppermint Oil has been down by 25 % in the past few years, making the stock of oil substantially lower than it is supposed to be. This shortage, in turn, affects the production of items such as the beloved red and white striped Peppermint Candy Canes! 

This ingredient shortage of global resources has impacted production and stock from all types of businesses, including, unfortunately, the candy industry.

These supply chains are made internationally, and setbacks are made through countries’ supply chain issues and our own. These ripple effects will happen for years, and the impact of production delays will worsen before it, hopefully, gets better.

This year candy canes are hard to find but especially the mini ones (our personal favorites). 

Candy Canes are a crucial element of the holiday season, and with a little bit of forward planning, you should be able to, yet again, enjoy a candy that has been bringing holiday cheer for decades.

If you need large quantities, we encourage you to order early. You can even contact us and arrange for a later delivery date too!

As the ol’ expression goes, “an ounce of prevention will beat a pound of cure.”

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2022 Christmas Candy Catalog

October 28, 2022 by

We are excited that our 2022 Holiday Candy Selection is the largest it has been in several years!

Our selection will allow you to stock up on all of your stocking stuffers, whether the recipient is naughty or nice!

We have a healthy supply of candy canes. Still, we encourage you to order early as supplies are limited, especially for miniature candy canes, due to an ongoing nationwide shortage of Peppermint Oil. It never ends…

There are several fun bulk items and lots of cute novelty candies too!

If you are interested in custom packaging or large quantities or would like to order early and have a later delivery, please reach out to support@candyfavorites.com or give us a call at 412.678.8851

Also, please don’t forget about our Concierge Program, as we can accommodate shipping to multiple locations, custom packaging, and so much more!

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Candy Canes are in VERY short supply in 2022?

October 18, 2022 by
It is hard to believe that there will be a candy cane shortage in 2022!

Can you imagine a holiday season without candy canes?

That’s like asking if you could imagine Halloween without Pumpkins, Thanksgiving without Turkey – unless you are a vegetarian or vegan – the 4th of July without Fireworks, or Easter without Jelly Beans!

It may sound improbable, even impossible, but the shortage of Peppermint Oil continues, and Candy Canes are almost impossible to find, especially the beloved miniature ones! According to industry insiders, production is down by over 25 percent!

YIKES!

After searching high and low, far and wide, and up and down, our persistent and ever-resourceful buyers were fortunate to source miniature candy canes in bulk, but they are in VERY short supply.

We are giving our valued customers the first chance to purchase these red and white holiday gems.

To view this year’s selection of CANDY CANES, please click HERE.

If you are looking for an ample supply or want to arrange a later shipping date, please get in touch with us at support@candyfavorites.com.

Order early, as will not be able to reorder later in the season once we are sold out!