Candy Bouquets

[Frank]

We have a customer that wants us to create a "candy bouquet", an arrangement of candy on sticks. I have seen them in magazines offered by some candy retailers and I believe someone here on Flower Chat does them. How exactly do you create them? I sure would appreciate the advice!

 

[Rock]

Frank,
I dropped into their franchisee's store in St John's one day and even though it looks good when you ignore the cello dressing through the "Bouquet" there are very few candies for 40.00 or 50.00. One of my staff received one recently and commented "What a rip off!" and I have to agree. I believe they have to buy much of their supplies through the headoffice. their site is www.candybouquet.com .
Hope this is some help.
Hugh

 

[Connie]

Frank, we wire some candies to wooden, Cowee, picks. Some other candies we glue a stick to the back of the wrapper. We arrange these candy "stems" into styrofoam. We add "puffs" of colored celephane or mylar to hide the mechanics of the sticks. We do not wrap the arrangement. This makes a fun type arrangement! We also sometimes insert the candy "stems" into the wet foam of a fresh arrangement. Hope this helps.

 

[Theresa]

candy bouquet

Happened to have a stem of candy that dear hubby purchased for me, about 3 years ago. It consists of 3 hard candies taped to a wire stem. The stem is very sturdy. There are 2 squares of cellophane, 1 green and one patterened that have been slipped over the stem.

 

[Kristine]

we buy the fun size candy bars (10 bars for $1) carefully with pan melt attach a stick (we use end sticks from cat tails, silks etc instead of tossing in trash) into the inside flap on the back of the candy bar. Don't use alot of glue - chocolate melts.

For the container we use a clay pot, inexp pail whatever needs using, piece of dry foam and insert the bars/stick in a roundy moundy style. We have also added those horns, tooters and banners left from the old ftd birthday party boc and a few tufts of sisal to cover any mechanices. Wrap in clear celo with curly ribbon and you can tuck a 4" birthday/seasonal mylar on a stick at the top.
We also sell stick candy and tuck that in.
Anybody can assemble

Thanks to Steve from Alabama for the idea. That guy ROCKS

 

[Rock]

Frank,
We put 2 individual gold wrapped chocolate truffles in each centrepiece. They are individual vacuum SEALED truffles that we put a glue dot (extra strength) on each and put them together with a wood pick between them (just cut off wire). (They haven't come apart and it is much quicker than wiring them like we used to do).
There is probably no reason why you couldn't use long stems but I don't know how strong the glue really is. The glue dots should be available from your Gourmet supplier.
Hugh

 

[countrypetal]

We sell alot of these things ! we tape the candies to a sitck if they are small candies

the bigger bar candies - we glue to a stick

the containters - we get a ceramic vase type container we get at the dollar store - very nice containers by the way

we get green tissue paper - at the dollar store, and a tissue paper that is glittery

all the candy comes from the dollar store - the bars are usually 2 for 1

we LOAD our bouquets up, we are not stingy so people dont feel ripped off.

we take tufts of tissue paper and tuck in between the candy to make it look like "greenery" in an arrangement.

Pretty easy - we Price our bouquet depending on size from $20-$35