Thursday, December 17, 2009
Retail When You Think Christmas, You Think "Blow Pops!"
Posted by Nicki Wood on Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:49 AM
So a stroll down Target's fine and grand candy aisle -- surely the biggest in town -- turned up all manner of nontraditional holiday candy offerings dressed in holiday finery.
Until recently, red and green M&Ms, King Leo peppermints and those multicolored ribbons of clove-flavored hard candy pretty much had the market to themselves. A few others have edged in -- I sampled red and green malted milk balls at a party this week. With the field wide open now, it's Wonka Nerds, Laffy Taffy, Blow Pops and 10 feet of other ordinary, year-round candies trying to pass for holiday candy.
Who, you might wonder, is out there thinking, "What can I put in the candy jar in December?" Or "what can I sent to school with Dylan?" Whatever the holiday gift-giving or other dilemma was, I wouldn't have thought Blow Pops were the answer.
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Ribbon candy is actually really hard to find - last year, Cracker Barrel was the only place I found it. This year, KMart has it. Still no cut rock in sight, though. Anyone know where I can find some?
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Or, how about that old fashioned filled hard candy mix? It had ribbon candy, and "pillow" type pieces filled with various flavors. I thought I'd found it at Walgreens, but it was not the real stuff, just an imposter!
KMart has that too, Washburn's Old Fashioned Filled Candies. It's with the Xmas stuff, not on the candy aisle.
I am eating some right now.
