Paper Dolls

Candy, candy everywhere.  Because it's Halloween season of course!  All this candy has me reminiscing about candies of Halloweens past, or really about candies I loved in my past! Thanks to online candy shops like A Candy Store , I can take a trip down memory lane and even buy the candies I loved right now .  The joys of the Internet age.  Were you a child of the 70's?  Do these make your taste buds scream YES!? The packaging looks different but the taste is the same as it was 30+ years ago! So excited to see Bubblicious is still around, although the flavors have definitely changed. I loved these!  I still do. Lots more flavors now, but otherwise the same. Apparently these come with a layer of caramel now, unlike the 70s, but that just makes it even yummier! Big League Chew! A late 70s addition to the candy lineup, but wasn't it clever? Although not all of my childhood faves are still around, it really makes me so happy to bro...

I *love* candy.  It's sweet.  It's accessible.  It's beautiful.  I don't necessarily love to eat candy (I outgrew the taste of most candies long ago), but I love the memories candy evokes. So when the opportunity came about recently for Sweetest Whimsy to become an affiliate of A Candy Store , you'd better believe I was jumping up and down like a kid high on sugar!  A Candy Store is an amazing site online, heaven for lovers of candy in all forms.  You can buy in bulk and pay wholesale prices or browse by brand, color or theme .  My Blue Heaven Have you ever noticed that there are very few naturally blue foods?  Not so in the candy world!  A few years ago, I threw a Percy Jackson-themed party, in honor of the release of the movie The Lightning Thief .  In the Percy Jackson series of books for tweens, Percy has a penchant for blue foods, which his Mom cheerfully indulges with blue sweets from the candy store where she works....