The days of eating Peeps’ candy just at Easter are long gone. The company has created a new marshmallow and crispy rice confection for Halloween. The treats are shaped like either a ghost or a pumpkin and each one is sprinkled with compressed candy and individually wrapped.
For Halloween, NECCO is producing Skybar Zombie Food, confections created from milk chocolate and meant to resemble brains, feet and hearts. These treats ooze red caramel when bitten into. The company also will display Candy Cauldron, Mighty Malts Malted Milk Balls, Peanut Lover’s Mix, Halloween Candy Buttons, and Slap Stix.
Scripture Candy, Inc. will present Candy Cane Stocking and Bookmark Set. Each stocking features the theme “Jesus is the sweetest Name I know” and comes with a candy cane and a bookmark that tells the legend of how the candy cane came to be. The stocking is just the right size for placing a gift card inside.
Innovative Candy Concepts’ new candy, Goo 4 U!, comes in three popular fruit flavors — apple, blueberry, and strawberry — and is sugar-free. The candy is made with real juice and comes in 3-oz. squeezable tubes.
Building on the two-in-one candy experience that has made the Juicy Drop brand successful, Bazooka Candy has created a taffy candy that lets kids control their own flavor intensity.
Peeps & Co. is opening a third retail store and this one is in its hometown of Bethlehem, Pa. Just Born, Inc, which manufactures Peeps, Hot Tamales, Mike and Ike,
Production at Au’some Inc.’s first United States-based manufacturing plant is slated to start later this month, the company says. Spokesman Luciano Nascimento says the Sumter, S.C.-plant is nearly ready. “We're
Wonka’s latest promotion involves a web cam, actor and DJ Nick Cannon and, of course, candy. The company has teamed up with Cannon to launch Wonka WRapper, an interactive music
Melster Candies, a subsidiary of Impact Confections Inc., has moved its production operation into a new facility in Janesville, Wis., which features more than 150,000 sq.-ft. of space. Photo provided.Melster
Photo provided by Cargill. Ingredient labels are likely getting a little easier to read - at least in Western Europe. That’s because more of the major confectionery companies are turning