5 Candies, 5 Countries
Feed your wanderlust candy. Try these five popular confections to indulge in a globetrotting fantasy without ever leaving home. … READ MORE
Candy Wrappers – Sweets & Snacks Expo 2016
The National Confectioners Association’s 2016 Sweets & Snack Expo in Chicago was over 4 acres of 720 confectionery and snack exhibitors and 16,000 attendees from 90 different countries. Here’s our overview. … READ MORE
Cookie Con 2016 Wrap-up
We wrapped up our Cookie Con weekend and it was a whirlwind of a show! There was always something to see and plenty of samples to taste. What made the experience even more enjoyable was the wide variety of exhibitors. … READ MORE
Top 3 picks At L.A. Cookie Con & Sweets Show
Cookie Con and Sweets Expo, the largest baking and sweets expo on the West Coast will be in Los Angeles on February 6/7, 2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. … READ MORE
In Our Candy Drawer: Chocolate and Love
Chocolate and Love is a 4-year-old company that makes its chocolate bars in Switzerland using organic cacao and other ingredients from Fairtrade certified cooperatives. … READ MORE
Tucking into Toffee
Toffee is a simple confection that begins with butter and sugar. Since butter and sugar are the stuff of dreams, the appeal of toffee is obvious. But what makes toffee especially exciting is … READ MORE
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Kona Cacao – Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory
In Adventures
On six acres in the strikingly beautiful embrace of Kona’s Hualalai Mountain, Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory is ground zero for the Hawaiian tree to bar movement. … READ MORE
Fugetsu-Do’s Brian Kito
In 1903, confectioner Brian Kito’s family opened Fugetsu-Do Sweet Shop in the Little Tokyo enclave in Los Angeles, California. Just like the neighborhood, Fugetsu-Do endured the forced relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II, the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and economic downturns. The shop’s struggles and, ultimately … READ MORE
Making a Beeline for the Big Island
In Adventures
Arriving at Big Island Bees, stacks of pastel beehives and a jaw-dropping view of Kealakekua Bay greeted us. The charming and then some Big Island Bees Honey and Beekeeping Museum welcomed us with … READ MORE