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DUMBO gets even sweeter, thanks to Dewey’s

I love this. Kids’ candy marketed to adults. We all love treats from our youth. Unfortunately they probably don’t have candy bars that were twice as big and cost a nickel. But they have a candy chandelier, which sounds deliciously illuminating.

Amplify’d from www.brooklynpaper.com

DUMBO took one more step towards becoming the sweetest neighborhood in the city, now that Dewey’s candy shop has joined Jacques Torres, Almondine and the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory in the neighborhood down under the Manhattan Bridge.

The new confectionery caters more to candy-loving grown-ups than kids, stocking an armory of nostalgic treats like Wax Lips and Fun Dip in addition to standard fare like Snickers bars — and should fit in nicely with the high-end chocolatier, the French bakery and the creamery.

Alison “Dewey” Oblonsky, a petit, energetic veteran of Victoria’s Secret and Donna Karan opened the store for obvious reasons: “I was unemployed and didn’t really want to go back to the corporate world when it occurred to me, duh! Who doesn’t like candy?”
“It really is a home-grown operation,” she said. “A friend did the artwork on the shelves and designed the candy chandelier.”Read more at www.brooklynpaper.com
 

Old-style confectionery makes a comeback in UK

Warning - this article contains terms not easily understood by Americans. Break out the Queen's English dictionary if you come across something you don't understand.

Seriously, this is really interesting - traditional tuck shop sweets are making a comeback. I think that's rather standard fare for lean times - renewed conservatism and reliance on the familiar. ... read more

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It appears that the recession has prompted a fit of nostalgia and we are far more keen on indulging in old fashioned tuck-shop treats than trying out new confectionery.

Analysts say that the closure of Woolworths and with it the demise of “pick’n’mix” aisles has helped to drive this revival. High street stores have been quick to identify the trend and “retro” sweets are being promoted in most chains.

Read more at www.timesonline.co.uk
 

New Candy Store in Portland, OR Brings Back Hey Day of Bow Ties

I don’t know much about Portland but understand it’s a great place to visit, and this new candy store will have lots of old classics and favorites from yesteryear or the days of yore or whenever it was that my parents were kids. But if this new candy store can herald in a rebirth of cool by reintroducing bow ties into men’s fashion, as suggested in the picture, I am all for making a cross-country trek or possibly moving out there entirely.

Well, not if I actually have to buy candy instead of going to the candy room at the NCA office, but at least the sentiment is there.

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“The first thing that hits you during the candy-making process is the smell.”

Fun and interesting article about a candy store and on-site manufacturing facility in Singapore.

Amplify’d from www.channelnewsasia.com
“No one would want to set up a candy-making in Singapore” declared candy-maker Wayne Lim.
And yet the 25-year-old, armed with some kitchen experience and a passion for candy-making decided to rope in a pair of childhood friends to sell hand-made rock candy made fresh each day in flavours and styles limited only by the imagination.
“Kids love candy and adults like to see candy” observed the boyish-looking chef who worked out the concept of the simple, yet stylish store which features a wall dressed with packets of bright-coloured candy standing opposite ‘the lab’.
Read more at www.channelnewsasia.com