Cadbury's Wispa

A new shipment of English chocolates has just arrived at Frankies Candy Bar! 

Cadbury's wispa bar was first on my list to sample as I've heard so much about this bar from a girlfriend in England. What it is is an aerated milk chocolate bar, kind of like our Areo but way better chocolate. After googling wispa I found out that it came out in 1983 then was discontinued then brought back (after frequent requests from consumers) in 2003 and then re-launched in 2007. 

I love that the bar is small as I'm not usually a fan of milk chocolate of any kind and also that it's not one single bar but a 5 chunk bar. Great for shareing if their lucky :-)

Frankies Candy Skewers !

Candy skewers are so much fun! A great idea to add to any gift or use as a Birthday goody bag ( since all kids love candy). I can't tell you how many I have made. When I'm making them in the store I always sell them before I'm even done so I've learned to be super quick and now I know what candies look good and are easy to put on the skewer.

Frankies candy skewers will definitely sweeten anybody's day.

Eat Chocolate !

I was just going through some magazine cutouts and I came across one about chocolate's skin benefits. It goes on saying that ingesting certain compounds in cocoa can smooth the skin and decrease its sensitivity to the sun. A study in Germany, women who drank a cocoa beverage high in antioxidants called flavonols daily experienced reduced skin redness in response to UV light exposure-15% less than usual after six weeks and 25% less at 12 weeks-while a group given a low-flavonol cooa drink had no change. They also showed significant improvements in their skins' texture and hydration, which investigators believe were attributable to measurably improved blood flow to the skin.

Now I can drink to that ! A nice hot "chocolate" drink is on my list to go have. I'll have to make a trip over to Mink for some but right now I'll eat some Ghirardelli Twilight 72%.

LEGO BLOX

Candy that you can build with then eat it when your done! How cool is that. They're about the same size as the toy but don't have the snap when you put the pieces together. The candy itself is compressed dextrose candy or chalk candy, kind of like a Sweetart. 

Candy Blox are the perfect gift to give to any kid (young or old) and at Frankies they are a big hit for Birthday goody bags.

What I would love to see is or maybe I should google it, is to see if anyone has posted what they have built using the candy. Now that would be cool and if I find some I'll be sure to post them.

New! High Voltage bubblegum

I love when new candy comes in and the taste testing that you get to do :-) Toxic Waste recently came out with Hi-Voltage Bubble Gum. Over 2 feet of gum with a shockingly sour core! Each pack comes with 3 flavours ( Amp'd Apple, Surgin' Strawberry and Blackout Blue Razz)each is separately wrapped to keep the freshness in.

I was surprised to see how much gum you actually get because from the pictures I've seen online the package looked small like the size of there Sludge Bar. I tried the blue and at first there was no taste but once I got chewing the sour just hit me and my mouth started watering. The flavour didn't last too long so I had to spit it out as I'm not a fan of chewing gum of any kind what so ever not even minty gum. But hey I have to try things right!

So if you want a hit of sour gum then try New Hi-Voltage bubble gum from Toxic Waste.

Haribo web video!

Omg this is hilarious! ok now I'm addicted to youtube, oh boy haha. Hope you like these other web videos I found. I love Haribo even more now :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAfOwDyZpzs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WDV4kddlSU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKh2SZJYeNE&feature=related

By far my favourite video ! 

Bubblegum

I was searching the web and came across a youtube video on how bubblegum is made. It's pretty cool especially the part where the gum looks like giant fluffy pink clouds!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z69N3zwJUIE

oh and also a video on how Yummy Earth Lollipops are made!

Buy them here

Freshest Fruit Organic Candy Drops

Pick & Mix

So I've had a cold for almost 3 weeks now and my taste buds are finally back to normal! and boy have I missed eating all my favourite gummies like turtles, centipedes, sour belts and fruit juice gummy bears ( to name a few!). It's great eating candy everyday but I like taking time off of it so then my taste buds can re-group and appreciate all the flavours even more! Because after awhile they all seem to taste the same when you eat them everyday :-) Yes I said everyday! But usually it's just like 2 candies not a whole bag. 

Other gummies I'm likeing right now:

-  Gummy Butterflies

- Jelly Babies

- Black current cables

- Pink Grapefruit

Celeb spotting !

Diana Krall and Elvis Costello were just shopping in Frankies Candy Bar !!!! They bought our Pirate skull piggy bank.

Yummy (Earth) in my tummy !

I recently ordered for the store Yummy Earth's organic lollypops after reading about them online. I didn't know what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised! I was never a fan of lollypops or even hard candy but these are SO addicting :-) They are made with ALL natural flavors, real fruit extracts and are wheat free, nut free, soy free and dairy free! I just had the mango tango and now I want another one. They are the perfect sweet treat for kids and adults who want something to suck on without all the junk in regular lollypops. They come packaged in cute re-sealable 15ct.bags in flavour mixes like Freshest Fruit, Super Power Pops, Roadside Rootbeer and Pomegranate Pucker! I love them all and can't wait to have another one this afternoon as my daily candy fix :-) !