Fancy Candies partnered with Limelight Catering, who provided the mini cupcakes and sugar cookies. We paired the incredibly tasty baked goods with an array of cabin sweets that we have all enjoyed a time or two… gummi bears, yogurt covered pretzels, malted milk balls, sixlets, and caramel corn. The table and sweets were well received by the staff members enjoying their holiday. The surprise sweets table was a great way to celebrate the season.

Venue: University of Chicago Law School
Caterer: Limelight Catering
Candy Buffet: Fancy Candies

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The finishing touches included the fabulous candies, hand-selected to compliment the color palette of the snowy sweets table. It was a stunning display! The pastries were all custom decorated with sugar pearls, shimmer dust, and a dazzling array of blue sugars.

ZeZe’s spectacular Winter Wonderland candy buffet was the perfect ending for her guests, after they enjoyed a wonderful afternoon celebrating ZeZe’s wedding engagement.  Fancy Candies is looking forward to planning a Safari themed buffet for ZeZe’s upcoming baby shower this February. Congratulations ZeZe!! 

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To achieve our “archaic” vision we incorporated rustic wooden trays, ceramic bowls, and copper pots for the vessels. Our personality pieces included a vintage suitcase, old maps from National Geographic magazine, wooden hand tools, and green ferns.

The candies and pastries were the finishing touch. To appeal to both the adults and children, Purva decided on a assortment of fabulous goodies. We custom designed many of these treats to match the overall theme. My favorite of them all was the s’mores on a stick paired with custom dinosaur cake pops. They were as appealing to the eye as they were delicious!

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Traci, who is also a professional photographer took these fabulous photos as we enjoyed a day of design. This Autumnal display included everything fall-inspired. From the color palette to the props, candies to the pasties, we included many personal favorites of Traci’s and I on the candy buffet. We hope you enjoy these photos as much as we enjoyed creating them.

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Apply by sending your cover letter and resume to Liz at liz@fancycandies.com.

The internship is for an individual who is detail oriented, creative, can take direction well, knows the Chicagoland area, has a flexible work week, and posses social media skills.

Weekly time commitment will vary depending on event schedule. 15-20 hours a week is typical, availability on the weekends may be required.

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After weeks of planning, we have created a beautiful display of candies, chocolates, pastries and specialty treats for Lizbeth and Scott and their family and friends. From unique hand blown glass pieces, to our mother’s Cambridge “Rose Point” crystal, and several brilliantly cut glass pieces (some of our rare estate sale finds) … Fancy Candies has covered all the bases to provide a dazzling display sure to delight our bride and groom.

Along with French Macarons, mini wedding cake bites in the form of Vanilla Petit Fours, personalized sugar cookies, and an amazing assortment of handmade Truffles, Fancy Candies has incorporated some of the bride and groom’s personal favorites ~ Malted Milk Balls, Good and Plenty candy-coated licorice bites, colorful chocolate Sixlets, White Chocolate-Dipped Marshmallows and Pretzels, and hand-crafted Caramels.

Congratulations Lizzie and Scott!

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This puffy confection is being infused, rolled, and dipped into flavors that will make your taste buds dance. In Chicago, one of my absolute favorites is Katherine Anne Confections.

Her current flavors are pink lemonade, salted caramel, and vanilla black pepper. She is a local favorite and sources many of her own ingredients from around town. The best part, aside from the great flavors, may be that she doesn’t use any corn syrup in these mallows.

The flavor profile of marshmallows in today’s sweet world is endless. At Fancy Candies, we always offer a grand selection of gourmet marshmallows for all occasions. They make a great, kid-friendly addition to any dessert table.

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I had the pleasure, recently, to speak with Leslie Bitterman specifically about what I call “The Traveling Candy Case.” Leslie is the granddaughter of Bernard Bitterman, who began the company in 1936. According to Leslie, only one thousand of these solid oak candy cases were ever made; and they came in two sizes. She asked me if I owned the case with the three drawers across the inside … and I was completely tickled to learn that I had the large design, which can hold up to sixty varieties of candy.

Leslie and her brother Stuart expanded the company’s outreach to potential customers by creating the Candy Case Program. Their extremely successful turnkey approach of selling these reproduction candy cases filled with colorful assortment of candies launched the birth of “The Traveling Candy Case.”

Stay tuned for more …

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 Julia began her culinary training only at the age of thirty-seven at the prestigious Cordon Bleu. She invested ten years of learning and experimentation in what would become her first best selling classic, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Her career was legendary expanding over forty five years. Generations loved her humor and her passion for fine French cuisine.

Julia was a world-class educator and inspiration to anyone who enjoys cooking. According to her biography her life stood for Good Eating … Good Wine … And Good Talk …

It was always one of my personal dreams to have met Julia but our lives never crossed paths, however I do have a dear friend that did so twice. I will share her story this Friday as we continue our salute to Julia Child.

Happy Birthday and Bon Appetite!

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