Tis The Season!

We're as busy as Santa's Elves making special Christmas and holiday treats at The Confectionery this time of year. Here are some pictures of the incredible goodies we have in the store, snapped by owner Kristi Holmes! You can keep up with our latest pictures at our Twitter account!

How cute are these Marzipan snowmen??

The Confectionery Celebrates A Very Special Birthday

We at The Confectionery get to provide delicious treats for lots of fun events, but this summer we participated in something really, really special: store owner Kristi Holmes' grandmother turned 90 years old!

We brought out some of our favorite old-fashioned candy to make a candy bar that would appeal to party attendees of all ages.

The birthday girl!

We love doing birthday parties and events of all kinds, but this was a day that really brought us so much joy.

Pottery Barn Bridal Event

The University Village Pottery Barn recently invited us to display a candy table at their bridal event. We chose a spring color theme for our candy bar that featured a wide variety of candies in light green, yellow and white.

Our classic jars filled with bright candies (some for every palette) makes Pottery Barn's rustic barn table really stand out!

All of our wedding candy bars come with lots of options to give treats as favors! Here are some classic candy rocks put in cellophane bags, closed with our beautiful bubble gum jar logo sticker.

From left: White Dutch Mints; our custom milk chocolate malt balls in light green, yellow and white; our custom Jelly Belly mix in Lemon, Lemon Lime, and Cream Soda, and; White Champagne Bubbles.

Yellow and Green Daisy Suckers

These jars are filled with Sour Apples, Sugared Lemon Drops and White Dutch Mints. The yellow chevron bags and straws come in a variety of bright colors, and work perfectly to tie in a pop of color. Guests also used the lime green take out boxes for their treats!

Candy Girls on the move! Keisha and Erica on their way to the event. It was just across the street so we used a cart! We were so excited to make up the wedding arrangement! Thanks so much to Pottery Barn for asking us.

A "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Themed Lunch

Seattle Prep's baseball team recently hosted a lunch in honor of their teachers, and asked us to dream up a fun and delicious snack table that would make the faculty feel like they were enjoying an afternoon at the ball park. We had a blast with this event, and came up with something to make Dave Niehaus, the late, great Seattle Mariner's announcer, proud.

"My oh my!"

The full display, complete with retro American flags, wooden crates, and of course an old-fashioned Louisville slugger, was a huge hit.

Our hand-prepared treats included a Jelly Belly mix of Seattle Prep colors, complete with a Moonstruck Chocolate Co. chocolate ganache and peanut butter baseball truffles. A definite home run!

The spread included major league favorites, including Cracker Jacks and Big League Chew. Yum! But the real fun is in the details:

Our custom foil-wrapped chocolate baseball favors reference Steve Cox field, where Seattle Prep's team plays. The delicious chocolates are paired with a custom blend of Jelly Belly has that crisp infield green.

Our centerpieces for the long center table featured more favorites, including delicious red licorice in a Ball canning jar, decorated with string. The paper hot dog container holds gumballs in Seattle Prep colors. Down to the peanuts and grass in our center jar, we went all out! What can we say? We're suckers for America's game.

Coca Cola in old-fashioned glass bottles put the perfect nostalgic spin on the centerpieces. We passed out bright red straws to match!

Finally, we couldn't resist throwing in some red hots to honor the Seattle Prep team, who went on their own red hot streak this year: the varsity squad went undefeated in the regular season!

We just love putting together special events like this! What about you? Do you have any favorite candies for days at the ballpark? Are you putting together any theme parties this summer?