hmmm candy.

My sis and I just got back from this years All Candy Expo in Chicago and boy were we all Smiles! A 3 day event where you can sample candies from the US, Germany, Turkey and even Dubai. We didn't know where to begin so we just went up and down each aisle and (asked) for samples of the candies we thought were cool. New this year are Wonka Giant Chews which are an egg shaped bumpy candy shell with a chewy nerd center and they come in cute 50g bags, the perfect snack size candy. Tootsie also came out with new Pop Drops Tootsie Pops. All the yummy flavour of the Tootsie lolly pop without the stick! ( last year they came out with Blow Pop Minis)
This year they also had a section for "Gourmet Chocolate" and I had to order Chocolove and Chocolatour- chocolate bars. Made in Boulder, Colorado each Chocolove bar comes with its very own Love Poem written inside the wrapper and each Chocolatour bar comes with an outline of the origin of each bar. Amazing quality and packaging ( Coming soon, June 2008)

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is just around the corner ( I know time fly's) so you better have something cute and yummy ready for your Mommy when she wakes up. I'm still trying to figure out what to get my mom but I have some ideas. It's hard doing the whole candy thing for family as they usually expect it and I've kind of used that as my excuse so I don't have to go out and find something to buy for them. But if I wasn't buying for "my" mom I would definitely get her something from Moonstruck Chocolates at Frankies. They have the cutest dark chocolate daises and milk chocolate caramel filled large daisy's individually packaged. But my favourite Mother's Day gift are the strawberry mint & pecan praline chocolate flower pots. They come 2 per box and they are just the cutest little "I love you Mom" gift. So why don't you come on down to Frankies Candy Bar and pick up something sweet for your mom this Mother's Day.

Caramels & Toffee's Oh my!

I can't seem to get enough of those chewy caramel treats. Charlotte's Confections makes the most amazing traditional vanilla caramel bite size treats. Soft and creamy without the sticking to your teeth added bonus. Another one of my favourite are the Walkers Toffees in both chocolate and licorice flavours. I'm not a huge fan of licorice but these are really addicting! They're kind of hard at first so you really have to work them in your mouth or else eat them like a hard candy. The perfect grab and go sugar fix for a walk on the seawall!