MMM Mallows! Mallow Scoops
Van Damme Confectionery Inc.
(908) 281-5140
These individually wrapped confections, designed to look like ice cream cones, are pastel-colored marshmallow scoops coated with crystallized sugar in strawberry, peach and banana flavors. Cones are 5.2 ounces. Cases have 16 cones. Cone price ranges from 96 cents to $1.02 each depending on geography and size of the order.
New Valentine’s Day Line
Blueberry Hill Foods
(800) 451-8664
Blueberry Hill Foods launches its first Valentine’s collection, with heart-shaped varieties of jellies, jujus, crèmes and gummis packed in colorful laydown bags and tubs. Bags range in size from eight to 12 ounces, have a suggested retail price of 99 cents, are packed in cases of 24 and include a Valentine’s Day card and 30 heart-shaped stickers. Bagged candies include:  Cinnamon Imperial Hearts, Cherry JuJu Hearts, Assorted Fruity Jelly Hearts, Cinnamon Jelly Hearts, Cherry Jelly Hearts, Cherry Gummi Hearts, Cherry Gummi Bears with Hearts, Assorted Gummi Hearts and Bears, Valentine Mellowcremes with Arrows and Hearts; Pink, Red and White Jelly Beans and  Pink, Red and White Cupid Corns.  The 20-ounce tubs of Jelly Hearts in assorted, cinnamon and cherry flavors are packed 12 to a case and have a suggested retail price of $1.99.
Candy Teeth
Bubbagum
(763) 783-7338
Candy Teeth novelty teeth are made of chewy candy and are held in place by a wad of chewing gum. Bubbagum’s advertising suggests several usage occasions for the comically unattractive looking teeth, including blind dates, family reunions and parties. Teeth are available in several varieties including Big Bubba, Roger Rocker, Tiffany Thweet, P. Jiddy and Bubba Beast, and come with a tattoo in each package. Suggested retail price is $1.99.
Oh Mama! Nutrition Bar
Vincent Foods LLC
(212) 308-1419
Oh Mama! is the first nutrition bar formulated specifically to meet the needs of women trying to conceive, who are pregnant or breastfeeding. These high-protein, low-fat, low-calorie bars are available in Chocolate Peanut Butter, Frosted White Raspberry and Yogurt Honey flavors. They contain omega-3 fatty acid DHA, as well as 14 vitamins and minerals recommended by the National Academy of Sciences for pregnant women. DHA has attracted attention as a large and building body of research shows that this fatty acid, transferred from mother to child during pregnancy, is critical for a baby’s brain, visual and central nervous system development. Although this nutrient can be found in fish, pregnant women are cautioned to limit their intake of certain types of fish due to concerns about mercury intake. Purchased online at www.ohmamabar.com, a case of 15 2.1-ounce bars costs $22.50. They are currently sold at upscale maternity stores nationwide.
Crayola Candy Bonz
CandyRific LLC
(620) 269-4341
Kids can squeeze one end of this dog bone-shaped lollipop candy and play with the squeak toy, eat the lollipop or unscrew it for later. Suggested retail price is 99 cents. Licensed Crayola Candy Bonz are packed in a colorful 18-count display box.
New Holiday Box Size
Cape Cod Provisions LLC
(508) 564-5840
Three of Cape Cod’s most popular chocolate-covered fruits are now available in 5-ounce gable-top boxes – Milk Chocolate Covered Cherries, Milk Chocolate Covered Cranberries and Dark Chocolate Covered Cranberries. Box graphics feature a soft, romantic photo of Christmas ornaments and sprigs of holiday greens. A window shows the product.  Suggested retail price is $4.99. Cases contain 12 boxes.
Slo-Poke 2 for $1
Farley & Sathers Candy Co. Inc.
(800) 533-0330
Farley & Sathers introduces branded, vanilla flavored, caramel Slo-Poke stick candy to its 2 for $1.00 program in a 1.75-ounce package. The line contains more than 90 non-chocolate, chocolate and sugar-free candy items, including many branded confections. All are shipped 12 packages per case, and are pre-priced at two for $1 or 59 cents each on a header label hanging bag.
Gift Box Fruit & Chocolates
Liberty Orchards Co. Inc.
(800) 231-3242
Liberty Orchards introduces new 9-ounce hexagonal gift boxes of Fruit & Chocolates. Varieties include Bing Cherries & Chocolate, Blueberries & Chocolate and Fruit Medley & Chocolate. These sun-dried fruits are drenched in milk chocolate and panned in creamy fruit-flavored coatings. The uniquely shaped confections show though windowed packages designed for eye-appeal and impulse sales. They are available in individual 12-pack cases and 12-pack shelf displays as well as in an assorted 12-pack shelf display. Suggested retail price is $5.99.
Spider-man Liquid Gummies
R.M. Palmer Co.
(610) 372-8971
These cherry and blue raspberry liquid-filled gummies are packaged two pieces per pouch in colorful Spider-man bags. The red cherry piece is molded into the shape of Spider-man’s head and the blue oval piece is embossed with the spider icon. Suggested retail prices are $1 for a 3.5-ounce bag; $1.99 for an 8.25-ounce bag and $3.99 a pound for a 26-pound bulk case.