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!

We love candy buffets! They’re an absolutely perfect addition to any big day or party, such as a wedding, birthday party or baby shower.

Sweet candy buffets give your guests a great treat, and with the right design, they can pair beautifully with your party colors and theme. Our candy buffet gallery offers some wonderful suggestions for colors and themes that will make your candy buffet sparkle! Each photo in our candy buffet gallery includes design tips and a list of featured sweets. Dig in!

What could be sweeter for a baby shower than a Baby Girl Shower Candy Buffet, with pink, green and white sweets, or a Baby Boy Shower Candy Buffet, with sophisticated and whimsical treats and colors? A Birthday Candy Buffet, packed with treats like lollipops and rock candy, will please kids (and adults) of all ages. And a classically lovely White Candy Buffet looks just perfect at any wedding reception. It’s the sweetest way for guests to remember your big day!

Of course, you can also design your own masterpiece. Our candy by color section makes it easy and fun to select sweets that pair perfectly with your theme and event colors. We even have some candy buffet tips for first-timers. You’ll have a blast creating your sweet candy buffet with Nuts.com’s premium treats.

You may also want to include candy favors in your event. Our candy favors are available in both ready-to-order and personalized varieties. Check out the favor combinations we’ve put together or assemble your own using our easy personalized candy favors creator. Choose your container, candy, candy color and label for custom candy favors that are just right for your big day!

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 tips and advice.

Have you ever designed a candy buffet? What are some of your favorite themes and color combinations?

Are those wedding bells we hear? Here at Nuts.com, we are so excited to announce our latest, greatest line of candy favors! These candy favors are perfect for weddings, bridal showers and baby showers.

Looking for favors that will make your big day sparkle? We’ve got you covered! Our personalized candy favors allow you to choose from a huge selection of candy, containers and labels. Our custom favor designer makes it fun to create your favors in four simple steps.

And the best part? Once you’ve made your selections and placed your order, we’ll do all the work! We’ll ship your candy favors to you fully assembled and ready to go.

We offer a huge selection of candy by color for our personalized candy favors. It’s simple to find a shade that will perfectly coordinate with your decor! Additionally, our candy offerings range from classic choices, such as Jordan almonds, to more modern sweets, such as Jelly Belly jelly beans and chocolate covered espresso beans. We even have favorites like M&M’s, Sixlets and gummy bears.

We can also add beautiful favor labels to your personalized candy favors. These labels, which were designed exclusively for our customers, are a gorgeous way to personalize your favors with your names and wedding date.

We know your wedding day is important, and we’re happy to be with you each step of the way! If you have any questions about our line of candy favors, please feel free to contact us at CustomerService@Nuts.com or 800-558-6887. Our customer service representatives are on hand to make sure your candy favors are just right!

If wedding bells are in your future, give our personalized candy favors a look! With so many container, candy and label options, you can’t go wrong!

One of our favorite Easter treats is jelly beans. In fact, we love them so much that we offer more than 20 varieties! We love to munch them by the handful, load them into plastic eggs and Easter baskets, and even use them to decorate cookies and cupcakes. However, one of our favorite uses for jelly beans is to bake up a big batch of jelly bean cookies! These citrusy-sweet cookies are similar to chocolate-chip cookies, except that instead of chocolate chips, they’re studded with sweet jelly beans.

To start, mix up a batch of your favorite chocolate-chip cookie dough, but make a couple of substitutions. Instead of vanilla extract, add 2 tbsp. of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of lemon zest. Mix 1 cup of jelly beans into the dough, in place of the chocolate chips. Bake the cookies according to the instructions, allowing them to cool completely before eating them.

It’s fun to try new varieties and different combinations of jelly beans in these cookies! Our original jelly beans, with flavors such as orange, coconut and cherry, are always wonderful. Jelly Belly 49 Flavors contain a delicious combination of classic and unusual flavors that will make every bite of your cookies a tasty surprise! Organic jelly beans, made with natural ingredients, are a fantastic choice, as well. You can even add your favorite flavors of Jelly Belly jelly beans to create yummy flavor combinations! (One of our favorites is Jelly Belly French Vanilla and Jelly Belly Tangerine.)

What are your favorite varieties of jelly beans? Do you have any special recipes for Easter treats?

St. Patrick’s Day is just a couple weeks away, and we have some fantastic treats for the little leprechauns in your life! If you’re planning a St. Patrick’s Day party or candy buffet, consider including some gorgeous green candy. These sweets are as tasty as they are pretty, and they’ll lend a festive air to just about any get-together.

Leprechan’s Delight (otherwise known as kelly green chocolate covered sunflower seeds) is just perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. One of our favorite uses for this lovely treat (besides eating it by the handful) is using it to top cupcakes or ice cream sundaes, along with some green sprinkles. Leprechan’s Delight also makes a wonderful substitute for chocolate chips in your favorite cookie recipe. Give it a whirl!

If you’re making goodie bags, you may also want to incorporate some of our other varieties of fabulously green candy. We love green treats like gummy frogs, dark green M&M’s, green apple gummy bears, Jelly Belly watermelon and green apple licorice twists. If you’re feeling nostalgic, you may want to check out classic sweets such as sour apple fruit slices, lime candy sticks and green rock candy sticks. You can see our full selection of green candy in the candy by color section of Nuts.com.

What are some of your favorite green goodies for St. Patrick’s Day?

We love making homemade truffles, and Nuts.com’s premium ingredients makes it easy and fun to create these delicious, chocolatey treats. Whip up a batch for your loved ones this weekend! This recipe makes about 30 rich truffles, so if you have a houseful of chocolate enthusiasts, you may want to double or even triple it!

Start by beating 4 oz. of softened cream cheese with an electric mixer or wooden spoon until it’s smooth and fluffy. Add 1-1/2 cups of powdered sugar and set aside. Melt 1-1/2 cups of organic dark chocolate chips in a double boiler, and pour the melted chocolate into the cream cheese mixture. Add 1 tsp. of vanilla or a flavored liquor like amaretto or Grand Marnier, and stir to combine. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the mixture for at least two hours.

Scoop and form the refrigerated chocolate into 1-inch balls. Roll the balls in the coating of your choice. Some of our favorites include organic strawberry powder, organic pomegranate powder and organic coconut. We also really enjoy truffles rolled in finely chopped, roasted almonds, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans or walnuts. Choose your favorite or make a variety of truffles. You won’t be disappointed!

Refrigerated the truffles in an airtight container until it’s time to eat them. Remove them from the fridge about an hour before consuming them to allow them to come to room temperature. Enjoy!

Love is in the air at Nuts.com! We’re so excited about Valentine’s Day this year that we’re already coming up with gift ideas for the special people in our lives. These treats make great surprises for significant others, family members and friends. Check out our Valentine’s Day gift guide for all of our favorites!

If your sweetie is a chocolate-lover, we have some wonderfully rich and delicious recommendations! Try a box of our giant gourmet dessert truffles, with flavors such as milk chocolate champagne, tiramisu and dark chocolate Grand Marnier. They are truly decadent! If a gift tin is more your style, try our Gourmet Chocolate Covered Trio or our Chocolate Supreme Tin. They each offer up pounds of our favorite chocolate treats, and they’re perfect for sharing!

Looking for something that’s a bit unique? Try our Aphrodisiac Mix! It’s loaded with dark chocolate covered strawberries, milk chocolate covered bananas, banana chips, dried papaya, raw almonds, tart dried cherries and regular dried strawberries. We also offer quirky conversation hearts. What Valentine’s Day celebration would be complete without a bag of this class treat?

We also offer a wide variety of Valentine’s Day gift baskets for loved ones near and far, and they’re all loaded with goodies! Try our Indulgent Valentine, our Sweetheart Box or our True Love Box for the special someone in your life.

What are your favorite treats to give your valentine?

One quick and simple Christmas treat that we like to whip up for friends, teachers, coworkers and more during the holidays is chocolate bark. Bark comes together easily, and it’s a truly special sweet!

Our favorite chocolate bark is laden with roasted pistachios and tart dried cherries. It also contains two types of chocolate, white and dark. (Hey, we don’t like to choose just one!)

To start, line a large cookie sheet with a layer of wax paper. Melt 1 lb. of organic dark chocolate chips in the microwave on high in 30-second increments, until the chips are almost completely melted. Remove the bowl from the microwave and stir the organic dark chocolate chips with a spoon until the chocolate is smooth. Do the same with 1/2 lb. of white chocolate chips or yogurt chips.

Working quickly so that the chocolate is still liquid, mix 3/4 cup each of roasted unsalted pistachios and tart cherries into the melted organic dark chocolate chips. Pour the dark chocolate in an even layer on the prepared baking sheet. Drizzle the melted white chocolate chips or yogurt chips over the top of the dark chocolate, using the tip of a chopstick or knife to make a swirl pattern. Sprinkle an additional 3/4 cup each of roasted unsalted pistachios and tart cherries over the top of the bark. Slide the cookie sheet into the refrigerator and chill the bark until it’s firm (two to three hours).

Use a rubber mallet to break the pistachio bark into chunks. Wrap the pieces in tissue paper or place them in a tin for easy gifting. This sweet is as delicious as it is simple, and we know your loved ones will adore it!

If you’re on the hunt for a new sweet, we recommend that you give mochi rice cakes a whirl! Mochi are a sweet and sticky treat from Japan that we’re just wild about.

Mochi rice cakes have a soft texture that’s perfect for sprinkling in cereal, topping ice cream and baked goods, and mixing into yogurt. We also love to munch mochi straight from the bag!

We offer a variety of mochi rice cakes, including regular mochi rice cakes, rainbow mochi rice cakes, black sesame mochi rice cakes and chocolate covered mochi.

Check out our sweet video for more tips and tricks for enjoying NutsOnline’s mochi rice cakes anytime!

These 15 Halloween treats won’t trick you with their high calorie count – each serving has 100 calories or less!

Head over to our Halloween candy page to find these sweet treats (and more).