With the leaves changing and weather cooling down, fall wedding season is in full swing! One modern tradition we love is creating a wedding candy buffet on a table decorated in the theme of the wedding.

Jordan almonds are a classic choice for both favors and wedding candy buffets. In Italian wedding tradition, five almonds given as favors to guests in small bags or boxes symbolize five blessings for the health of the bride and groom: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, and longevity.

There are plenty of other colorful candies to choose from, as well! Our candy by color chart helps you pick from a broad palette, and our color samplers include a variety of treats. For example, our orange sampler contains candies including Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds, Pastel Creamy Chocolate Apricots, and Peach Fruit Slices.

Here are a few ideas for how to create a wedding candy buffet:

• Add seasonal touches to the candy buffet table, such as autumn leaves for a fall wedding or wildflowers in the spring.
• Choose two colors of candy that represent you and your partner (such as each of your favorite colors, or the ones you’re wearing in the wedding) and blend them together to symbolize joining together in marriage.
• Fill large glass jars with a single color of candy, or create layers different colors.
• Send guests home with colored candies tied up in little tulle bags as wedding favors.

What are your ideas for creating a festive wedding candy buffet?

We don’t want any tricks, but we sure can’t turn down those treats! Halloween is coming up in a few weeks, and now is the time to put together scary costumes, carve jack-o-lanterns and stock the house with a variety of Halloween candy to satisfy the sweet tooth of trick-or-treaters (and maybe a few snackers in the house…).

Whether you prefer traditional wrapped candy or party-ready snacks, our selection of Halloween treats will make your taste buds happy.

Halloween Candy for Trick-or-Treaters

These little morsels are individually wrapped and ready to hand out when your doorbell rings. Browse our large selection, or try a few of our favorites:

Hershey’s Nuggets Assortment

The chocolate lovers in the crowd will go wild for this mix of four types of Hershey’s Nuggets chocolate bars: Milk Chocolate, Extra Creamy Milk Chocolate with Toffee & Almonds, Milk Chocolate with Almonds and Special Dark Chocolate with Almonds.

Caramels

Sweet, soft and chewy, these traditional caramels are a crowd-pleaser.

Dum-Dum Pops

Dum-Dum lollipops have been a Halloween candy favorite for generations. The company started with seven flavors back in 1924, and now there are 34 flavors, ranging from sour apple and strawberry to root beer and buttered popcorn. The assortment of 16 available flavors rotates every year.

Organic Butterscotch Drops

Yummy Earth’s Organic Hopscotch Butterscotch drops are made with organic ingredients and have that classic butterscotch flavor that makes it hard to eat just one.

Halloween Treats for Parties

Fall Yogurt Pretzels

These pretzels are delicious and festive — they are dipped in white yogurt and drizzled with orange and brown fall colors.

Halloween Gummy Worms

Creepy, crawly and yummy! These multicolored gummy worms are hits with little kids and big kids alike.

Pumpkin Spice Malted Milk Balls

Combine a traditional malted milk ball with pumpkin pie filling and you have this tasty pumpkin spice malted milk ball.

Candy Corn

Nothing says Halloween like a handful of orange, yellow and white candy corn. Put out a bowl at your Halloween bash and watch it disappear!

What is your favorite kind of Halloween candy?

Fall will officially be here soon, which means classrooms and workplaces are back in full swing after summer vacation. We’d like to share a pick-me-up that’s sure to brighten your school or work day: snack packs!

Snack packs contain the same product that you can buy by the pound, but they’re packaged in 12 smaller bags. For example, a snack pack box of organic trail mix contains 12 individually packaged 3.2 ounce bags. Best of all, you have 500 items to choose from!

Chocolates and Sweets

Nothing puts a smile on your face like knowing you have a sweet treat in your bag! Here are a few of our favorites:

• Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites
• Chocolate Animal Crackers
• Gummy Bears

Dried Fruit

For a sweet energy booster that is full of fiber and nutrients, opt for a handful of dried fruit. Whether you’re in the mood for chewy or crunchy, you’ll find an item to quell your craving:

• Dried Bananas
• Dried Apricots
• Chocolate Covered Dried Fruit

Nuts

Packed with protein and a variety of vitamins and minerals, nuts are a healthy and satisfying snack:

• Roasted Soy Beans (Soynuts)
• Butter Toffee Cashews
• Cinnamon Roasted Almonds

Other Snacks

With a selection like this, you’ll never run out of snacks to try! From sweet to savory, and crumbly to crispy, you’ll find flavors and textures of all kinds:

• Oriental Mix
• Honey Pistachio Energy Squares
• Toasted Corn Nuts

Labor Day weekend is coming up soon! How do you plan to celebrate? We see it as the last hurrah of summer, and we love to throw a barbecue every year, complete with some treats that remind us of summers past. Old fashioned candy never goes out of style, and we love to see the younger generations enjoying it just as much as we do!

No selection of old fashioned candy would be complete without salt water taffy. This ultimate summertime treat reminds us of vacations at the seashore. Our delicious salt water taffy is available in an array of colors and flavors, including watermelon, blueberry, chocolate and maple.

Other selections that we just have to include in our old fashioned candy buffet are sweet and tart lemon drops. Gummy bears are always a big hit with guests young and old, and with so many varieties to choose from, you’ll always have some to suit every taste! Soft fruit slices are available in a variety of flavors, including lemon, orange, lime, pomegranate, watermelon and pineapple. Chocolate pretzels and Jordan almonds are two favorite treats that we just can’t forget.

You don’t just have to stick to those treats! Be sure to take a look at our full selection of old fashioned candy to select some of your family’s favorites.

Once you have your selection of old-fashioned candy ready to go, make it even more fun by supplying guests with bags and bowls so they can make their own sweet mixes. You can even provide ice cream or frozen yogurt and convert the old-fashioned candy buffet into a sundae bar. The choice is yours! Sharing some old time sweets is great way to wrap up a day of barbecuing, swimming and fun in the sun.

This week is Shark Week, and we’re ready to celebrate with a heaping handful of our Gummy Blue Sharks! These cute, electric-blue gummy treats are the perfect snack for Shark Week.

Don’t just stop with Gummy Blue Sharks! We have a full collection of gummy fish that really complete just about any under-the-sea adventure. Our multi-colored Gummy Hammerhead Sharks are a fantastic treat for Shark Week. We also love to munch on Gummy Octopus, Gummy Clown Fish, Gummy Starfish and Gummy Lobsters.

Of course, no Shark Week celebration would be complete without a selection of Swedish Fish. We offer favorites such as assorted Swedish Fish and Red Swedish Fish, as well as new treats like Mini Swedish Fish and Sugar-Free Swedish Fish. Swedish Fish Aqua Life, in the assorted colors and shapes of your favorite critters from under the sea, are also a great treat!

We love to use Gummy Blue Sharks and other gummy fish to decorate cakes and cupcakes, make treat bags and fill candy dishes during our Shark Week fun.  Many of our gummy fish choices are certified gluten-free, making them an excellent sweet for those with gluten intolerance. Get your Gummy Blue Sharks and gummy fish today, and celebrate Shark Week in style!

Tomorrow is National Milk Chocolate Day. That’s one food holiday we just can’t ignore! We love the silky, sweet taste of milk chocolate. In fact, we love it so much that we offer a huge variety of premium milk chocolate treats on Nuts.com. All of our milk chocolate items are made of the highest-quality ingredients and have the best flavor of all the sweets we’ve sampled!

Our chocolate peanuts are a truly remarkable treat. Freshly roasted peanuts are coated in a rich, thick layer of milk chocolate to make our amazing chocolate peanuts. They’re one of our best (and most popular) chocolate-covered items! We love to munch on them and sprinkle them on hot fudge sundaes.

Our sweet chocolate pretzels will definitely please any lover of milk chocolate. The terrific combination of sweet chocolate, sea salt and crisp, crunchy pretzels is always a hit. Our chocolate pretzels are incredibly fresh and delicious.

If you crave a milk chocolate treat that’s a little out of the ordinary, we’ve got you covered! Try our milk chocolate gummy bears. These Swedish gummy bears are coated in a decadent layer of milk chocolate for a surprisingly yummy treat. Our milk chocolate covered cashews are rich, delicious and simply amazing. And you can’t go wrong with our milk chocolate covered espresso beans! These sweet espresso beans pack a caffeinated punch, and they’re one of our most popular products.

Take a look at all of our delicious milk chocolate items today, and choose a few treats for you and your loved ones! Don’t forget that we do offer heat-resistant packaging that makes sure your milk chocolate candies arrive in one piece. Just make sure to upgrade your shipping option at checkout, and we’ll do the rest!

Our Health Nut and Registered Dietitian, Molly Morgan, offers tips for putting together delicious ice cream sundaes with healthy toppings (and some treats!)
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Healthy eating is all about balance!  In 1984, July was designated National Ice Cream Month.  Celebrate with a fun ice cream sundae bar loaded with delicious – and nutritious – fixings!  If you’re looking for even more inspiration, check out our sweet ice cream toppings.

If you’re starting with vanilla ice cream…

• Blueberry Pie: Top ice cream with dried blueberries and Vanilla Light and Crunchy Granola
• Apple Pie: Top ice cream with chopped Infused Dried Apple Wedges and Apple Cinnamon Granola
• Tropical Sundae: Top ice cream with shredded coconut, diced dried pineapple, diced dried mango and diced dried papaya
• Dark Chocolate Cherry Sundae: Top ice cream with sour tart cherries and dark chocolate covered cashews
• Cilantro Lime Crunch: Top ice cream with cilantro lime pistachios and pepitas

If you’re starting with chocolate ice cream…

• S’mores Sundae: Top ice cream with S’mores candy, white marshmallow bits and sprinkle with graham cracker crumbs
• Grasshopper Pie: Top ice cream with mint chips and chopped Andes Mints and finish with chopped grasshopper chocolate mint cookies
• Peanut Butter Blast: Top ice cream with chopped Resses’s Pieces, chopped peanuts and mini peanut butter cups
• Raspberry Chocolate Sundae: Top ice cream with raspberry chocolate chips, mini dark chocolate raspberry cups and dried red raspberries

If you’re starting with sorbet…

• Spicy Mango Sorbet: Top mango sorbet with chopped chili mango
• Lemon Blast: Top lemon sorbet with crushed lemon snap cookies, lemon chips and finish with a sprinkle of diced glazed lemon peel
• Raspberry Cookie Crumble: Top raspberry sorbet with macaroon crunch and  dark chocolate cover raspberries
• Peach Pie: Top peach sorbet with diced peaches and crushed graham cracker cookie gems

Quick tips for putting together your sundae bar

• Group toppings together on your sundae bar and consider placing small cards that suggest topping ideas for your guests.
• Balance your ice cream bar with a variety of healthier options, such as dried fruit and granola, with indulgent options, such as dark chocolate covered cashews and cookie crumbles.
• Lighten-up your ice cream selection by choosing a low-fat variety! Many light varieties have about ½ the fat of ice cream!  One serving (1/2 cup) of low fat ice cream has about 100 calories and 3-4 grams of fat per serving.
• Help your guests keep their portions in check by providing small bowls for their sundae creations!  Studies show that the larger the bowl, the more you will serve yourself and eat.

Happy June, nutty fans! Did you know that it’s National Candy Month? Our premium sweets and chocolate treats are the perfect way to celebrate.

We’re suckers for old fashioned candy, and we have lots of varieties in stock. If you’re also a fan, you’ll definitely want to check out our huge selection of fruit slices. Our fruit slices are fresh, soft and sweet, and are available in traditional flavors such as orange, lemon and lime, as well as wackier selections such as pomegranate, coconut and chili mango.

If you’re a fan of gummy candy, you will love our gigantic selection of gummy bears. Our sweet, soft and chewy gummy bears are always incredibly fresh and delicious, and with more than 30 varieties, you’ll never grow bored! From more mainstream mixes to vegan and chocolate-covered varieties, we’ve got gummy bears for just about everyone!

One of our other favorites is sweet and sour lemon drops. Our tart, sugar-coated lemon drops are sure to make your taste buds twirl.

And, of course, our candy cupboard wouldn’t be complete without at least one bag of Jordan almonds. Though they are popular at weddings and other special events, we just can’t help munching them the rest of the time, too. Our Jordan almonds are some of the freshest you’ll find, and with more than 35 varieties and colors to choose from, we’re definitely the experts!

What are some of your favorite candies and treats from Nuts.com? Is there anything special you’ll be stocking up on for National Candy Month? We’d love to hear all about it!

Are you hosting a summer wedding, shower, or other celebration? Our nutty family loves parties, and there’s nothing sweeter than treating your guests to a candy buffet!  To inspire you, we’ve put together a candy buffet gallery.

If you’re looking for a wedding candy buffet, we’ve got wedding candy galore! With our candy by color selection, you’re sure to find the perfect match for your theme, whether you’d like a classic white candy buffet, an outdoor candy buffet, or a dazzling hot pink candy buffet. We have a large selection of personalized candy favors, too, in case that’s the treat you’d prefer for your guests.

If you’re planning a baby shower, we’ve got you covered, too! Regardless of whether it’s a boy, a girl, or a surprise, our candy buffet gallery has something for everyone: a baby girl shower candy buffet, a baby boy shower candy buffet, and a green candy buffet (and that’s just the start!).

Take advantage of the warm summer months with a spring candy buffet, a summer candy buffet, or a rustic snack buffet. Or, throw a birthday party decorated with a classic birthday candy buffet, a beach candy buffet, or a carnival candy buffet.

Candy Buffet Planning Tips

1. Start with an inspiration board for your buffet – photos of candy buffets that you like, candies, decorations, and fabric swatches.
2. You need about 1/4 to 1/2 pounds of candy per guest, but keep in mind that you should get enough candy for your table to look full and opulent. You may want to draw out a plan for how you will arrange the candy containers on your table.
3. Consider starting with 5-10 different types of candy. More variety of candy adds color and character to your buffet.
4. Don’t forget a backdrop!  For more dramatic effect, you can set your buffet against an interesting wall, in the middle of a room, or outside. Or purchase an interesting fabric and pin it on the wall against which you’re planning to display your buffet.

Check out even more of our candy buffet tips.  And, if you need help designing your candy buffet or candy favors, our Candy Concierge is here to help! Contact our specialists at care@nuts.com or 800-558-6887 for advice and support.

Have a sweet celebration!

Today is National Truffles Day! Sweet! We love rich, chocolate truffles. They make a great treat for special occasions, and a wonderfully sweet gift for a special someone.

We’ve written about making homemade truffles, and they certainly are a delicious treat (especially when rolled in finely chopped nuts).  We highly recommend whipping up a batch for your family and friends. However, we also offer some of the best truffles we have ever tasted through Nuts.com!

Our huge, delicious truffles are as beautiful as they are yummy. Each box contains eight tempting truffles, with flavors such as dark chocolate raspberry, milk chocolate champagne and white chocolate. We were blown away by these truffles the first time we tried them, and we promise that they are the most amazing truffles you’ll ever taste. They’re sure to be a hit with your special someone!

If you’d like a truffle treat that’s a bit lighter, we can’t think of anything better than our chocolate rum truffle coffee. Available in both regular and decaffeinated versions, this coffee’s flavor combination of rich chocolate and rum is truly decadent.

What are some of your favorite chocolatey treats? However you plan to celebrate, we hope that you have a marvelous National Truffles Day!