Thursday, December 30, 2010

Imbibing with Candy

New Year's Eve is almost upon us and we know the truth: adults like candy just as much as (and sometimes more than) kids! So in honour of the now-of-age kid inside us all, here are some clever and downright delightful ways that you can incorporate candy into your celebrations with...ahem, alcohol.

Cotton Candy Martini

Ingredients:
2 oz raspberry flavoured vodka
1 oz sweet vermouth
1 tsp grenadine
Splash champagne
Cotton candy

How to:
Chill your martini glass and moisten the rim. Spread the sugar onto a plate and dip
the glass onto it to get an evenly sugared rim.
Place the ice in a cocktail shaker, then pour over the vodka. To this, add a generous
splash of grenadine, and champagne. Shake well for at least a minute.
Place a small piece of cotton candy in the martini glass and strain the mixture over.
Drool.

Thank you to the girls at Dandelions Consignment Boutique for the delicious Cotton Candy Martini recipe! They were actually the inspiration for this post! What better way to ring in the New Year!

Drinks Mixer has a recipe for a drink called Gummy Bear, however, we'd rather try out this infused gummy bear recipe from Instructables.

And while we're on the subject of infusing things, what about tasting the rainbow with Skittles Vodka? Mix That Drink has a clever step-by-step process...and here's a hint: if you want all one flavour of Skittles, we will happily serve that up for you at the store!

Regardless of how you spend your New Year's Eve, we hope it is a sweet one and we encourage you to be safe and responsible!

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

A Sweet Spin on Candy

Most people believe that cotton candy, also known as “candy floss” in England or “fairy floss” in Australia, is a summer treat for carnivals and fairs. But we here at The Candy Store think it should be available year-round—so we make it fresh every single day!

There are many different stories spinning around about where this sugary treat originated. Quite a number of people have claimed the very first patent on the modern-day cotton-candy machine, the most common story being that it was introduced at the St. Louis World Fair in 1904. Even though the machine may have been a fairly recent invention, the idea of cotton candy goes back hundreds of years! Beginning in places as far away as Iran and Italy, people would melt down sugar in order to lift it in strands that would then be placed over an upside-down bowl. The strands would solidify once cooled, and then the sugar would be lifted from the bowl, creating a nest shape. This was quite time-consuming and messy, however, and not one of the easiest ways to create an everyday treat.

Luckily for us, The Candy Store has its very own cotton candy machine (big thanks to whoever did originally patent that helpful invention). Cotton candy is sticky as well as sweet, so sometimes making it can get a bit messy! But all this history and hard work behind cotton candy only make this melt-in-your-mouth treat even more delightful! Drop by and try some of our fresh cotton candy—whenever!

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