Candy For Weeding

You can display your bulk wholesale gourmet candies in many of the same ways you'd display more traditional candies; however, because these candies are gourmet, you might want to consider trading the plastic containers in for glass jars, and - depending on the style of your store - switching wire display racks for stylish wooden baskets and shelves.

Pre-Filled Candy Displays

Is your store just starting out? Or, do you not have enough time to create your own candy displays? Maybe you should think about pre-filled candy displays.

Pre-filled candy displays are available stocked with a wide variety of candies and styles perfect for every kind of business.
Consider these popular pre-filled candy display options:

Gumball Machines: Gumball machines are classic pre-filled candy displays and ideal for every business from convenience stores and grocery stores to gift shops and bookstores; naturally, they're perfect for candy stores! You can find these machines designed to stand on your floor or sit on your countertop, and they're available with as few as one head and as many as eight heads. Gumball machines are also available in a wide variety of styles. For example, you can find them in fun designs like rocket ships and with clear stands so your customers can see their gumballs whizzing down to meet them!

Lollipop Displays: Lollipop displays generally come in "tree" designs for floor displays or plastic or cardboard containers for countertop displays. You can find these displays pre-filled with an assortment of lollipops or suckers, and once they're empty you can refill them with new suckers or reuse the containers for an entirely different purpose.
Wall, Floor, and Countertop Displays: You can find pre-filled candy displays made of plastic containers situated on wire display racks or wooden baskets situated on wooden trees or shelves and designed to sit on your store's floor, hang on a wall, or sit on a werbegeschenke bonbons. Note that you can also find pre-filled candy floor displays large enough to act as entire aisles in your store.

Grab Some Homemade Candy Recipes

If you operate a candy store or are planning on opening a candy store, chances are high that you're in the market for wholesale bulk candies. But how do you get started? Where do you begin?

Below are several of the most popular kinds of bulk candies you can find at wholesale prices. Consider your candy store and the kinds of customers you expect to do business with as you select the best candies for your business.

Wrapped and Unwrapped Candies

When ordering wholesale bulk candies for your candy store, you'll find that wrapped candies and unwrapped candies offer the widest variety of selections. You can find these candies in traditional popular types like gumballs, Jolly Ranchers, Skittles, M&Ms, and Jawbreakers, or more novelty or specialty types like saltwater taffy.

You have a variety of choices when it comes to displaying your bulk wrapped and unwrapped candies. Colored acrylic bins and clear plastic containers positioned on wire display racks throughout your store or on your countertop are convenient ways to display your candy for your customers. You can even situate the containers as stand-alone countertop displays without the racks.

Keep in mind that if you're display bulk unwrapped candies, you need a little extra protection to keep them fresh and safe from debris. Make sure you look at containers with lids as well as pair aluminum or plastic scoops with the displays.

Gourmet Candies

Some children do enjoy candies like chocolate-covered peanuts and pretzels, but if your store does most of its business with a mature customer base, gourmet candies are definitely the way to go. Chocolate-covered coffee and espresso beans, for example, aren't the best choices for kids; many adults, however, love them!

Gumball machines and lollipop displays might also work for older customers, but if you plan to have a more mature customer base, you might want to choose wooden baskets and display racks and glass candy jars in lieu of plastic and wire.

Wholesale Candy Prices

You're familiar with your store, your customers, and the kind of candies you want to sell and how you want to display those candies. Now it's time to make sure you stock your store with those candies at true wholesale prices.

As you're shopping for wholesale candy, make sure you compare the prices of several different candy retailers. Some companies will claim to offer wholesale prices on bulk candies, but further shopping around will prove these prices aren't true wholesale at all.

History of Candy

You're thinking of opening a candy store. Or, maybe you already have a candy store, but you need some ideas for giving the place a face lift. Whether you've yet to schedule the Grand Opening or you just want to freshen up your existing establishment, below are five tips to help you shop for supplies best suited for your candy store.

Tip #1: Know Your Store

First, you need to get to know your candy store - or the candy store you want to operate. Ask yourself the following questions:

What kind of candy store do you want to operate? Will it have a particular theme, color scheme, or overall "feel"?

 How much space will you have to work with inside your store? Will there be room outside the building for outdoor displays?
Will you candy store have any special features? For example, will your business have an area set aside where customers can sit and snack on the candy they've just purchased?


Tip #2: Know Your Customers

Second, you need to know what kind of customers you plan to cater to. Candy stores generally appeal to two main kinds of customers:

Children and families who prefer "fun" kinds of candies.
Adults who have more mature tastes in candies.


Tip #3: Choose the Candy You Want to Sell

In order to choose the kind of candy you want to sell in your store, you need to look again at the first and second tips. Consider your candy store's "theme" as well as the kind of customer base you plan to cater to.

If you plan to operate a fun, fast-paced candy store that does most of its business with children and families, consider selling popular traditional candies like gumballs, Jawbreakers, lollipops, Jelly Beans, and Tootsie Rolls.
If you plan to operate a more mature establishment that caters mostly to adults, consider candies like gourmet chocolates, including chocolate-covered nuts, pretzels, cherries, and coffee and espresso beans.


Tip #4: Think About the Best Candy Displays

Now that you're familiar with your candy store, the kinds of customers you plan to have, and the types of candies you want to sell, you're ready to choose the candy displays that will best suit your business. Most all candy stores can use display items like glass and plastic containers, colored acrylic bins, and floor and countertop display racks; however, depending on your candy store's theme and the kinds of customers you expect, you can choose versions of these display tools that best suit your store.

For example, if your store will do business mostly with children and families, colored acrylic containers and bright display racks for your floors and counter top might be best. You can even add additional fun display items like gumball machines and lollipop trees.

Create Beautiful Molded Candy

Christmas is coming and you're all out of great ideas for gifts. It's hard isn't it? Every year coming up with something fresh for a gift idea? Want a great gift idea that just about anyone will love? Homemade candy.

Just about everyone loves candy, especially kids. And anyone who loves candy will really love home made candy. Because home made candy is made with love, and is special. Anyone can head down to the candy shop and grab some candy, get it wrapped and in 5 minutes you've got a gift all worked out.

But anyone who goes to the effort of making candy is making it for someone special. It takes time and effort to get into the kitchen, find a great recipe and make your own. So if you've invested the time and effort in making candy for someone special, or for a number of special people, they know you've made it as a special gift.

And it isn't hard to make if you choose the right recipe. Home made candy recipes aren't hard to find, and it's perfectly possible for a beginner to candy making to make some great looking and great tasting candies.

But you need to start with some good Recipes. if you haven't made candy at home before. There are some extremely simple home made candy recipes available, and if you're confident following simple instructions you'll be making great candy in no time at all.

That's not to say, of course, that all homemade candy is easy to make. Some candies are quite complex for the beginner, especially those involving a syrup. A syrup is water and sugar that is simmered to a particular temperature. The temperature you need varies with the outcome you want to produce, and sometimes it's easy to get it wrong. And that could ruin the candy.

So if you're new to candy making start with some simple home made candy recipes, and start well before Christmas so that you can have some time to perfect your technique.

And if you're out to make a great Christmas gift why not make that special person a complete candy gift basket and demonstrate your candy making prowess. Make a selection of candies, find a lovely wicker basket and some cellophane, buy a nice bottle of wine or 3 and pack all those candies and other goodies into a gift basket. Very few people would be unhappy to get a Christmas gift like that.

So if you're a little stuck this year for a gift idea for Christmas why not try home made candy making. Find some great Homemade Candy Recipes, practice a little and you'll be making candy like a pro in no time.

Just make sure you don't eat too much of your own candy as you go!

Cheap Candy

Christmas is a wonderful time, but finding great Christmas gifts can be a little difficult. But everyone loves candy. Why don't you find some hot homemade candy recipes and make some great homemade candy for Christmas gifts this year?

With most Christmas gifts there is always the risk that the recipient won't like their gift. But just about everyone loves candy, especially homemade candy, and it's not hard to make. You just need some good homemade candy recipes to get started, some simple tools and a little dedication and time.

There's so many great homemade candies you can make. I'm getting hungry just thinking of things like chocolate peanut butter candy, corn balls, cream candies, chocolate fudge, candy corn and so many more. You can find recipes for homemade candy for hundreds of different candy's, and most of them aren't all that hard to make.

                                             

Butterscotch, nut brittle, candy apples, angel food candy and so much more, all are relatively simple to make.

There's some absolutely wonderful hard candies or mold candies you can make yourself without too much practice.

And in my view a gift of homemade food is a gift from the heart. It's so easy to go to a candy shop and just buy some candy, ask them to wrap it and the jobs done. Christmas gift purchased, nothing more to do. But if you're prepared to spend some of your own precious time and put in the effort to make the candy yourself, that says something about how you feel about the recipient.

Homemade candy says I love you so much more than store bought candy, and can taste just as good, or better.

And there are very few people who dislike candy. It's so popular that if you make some homemade candy for a gift the chances are pretty high that the recipient will love it, and eat it happily. They may even decide to reverse the idea and make some candy for you next year.

Even if you haven't made candy before it's not that hard. Spend some time on the net and you'll learn. You need some time, some dedication to learning if it's your first time making candy, a kitchen and a few basic candy making tools.

                                       

Some recipes are a little more difficult than others. Any recipe that requires you to simmer water with sugar to a certain temperature can be a bit of a challenge for the beginner because if you get the temperature wrong it won't work so well, but with a little practice you'll be making homemade candy like the pros.

So if you're looking for some good Christmas gift ideas for this festive season, grab yourself some Homemade Candy Recipes and start cooking. Do it now while you've got some time to practice, don't make it hard by starting on Christmas Eve, and you'll have a stack of great Christmas presents ready when you need them.

                                      

Just remember, don't eat too many as you eat them, that's always a risk.

So get out there and find yourself some homemade candy recipes, there's some on my website for you to get started.