Spring Into Summer Candy Fun

From The Black River Candy Shoppe

Supply Chain Update

Unfortunately, there is no good news to report on this front. We are still experiencing supplier out of stocks in the range of about 30 to 40 percent of what we order weekly. It is quite frustrating and we are constantly bringing in new candies to fill the voids left by those that are currently unavailable.

Did You Know? Salt Water Taffy History

While the origin of salt water taffy is not known for sure, the most accepted version of it's history is that it was invented in Atlantic City just by chance. The story goes that a small boardwalk shop was flooded one night from an ocean swell and the next morning his taffy was soaked in salty ocean sea foam. While preparing to discard the "damaged" product a young girl came into the store asking for taffy....jokingly the owner said that he only had "Salt Water Taffy"! She took some back to her friends on the beach and as they say, "the rest is history".

While some recipes do call for a pinch of salt there is no salt water in salt water taffy.

We carry over 30 flavors of Taffy Town salt water taffy and some flavors like Caramel Swirl, POG (Passion Fruit, Orange, Guava) and Pickle are quite unique. It is individually wrapped and sold by the lb. so you can mix and match as much or as little as you like.

A Few New Interesting Kid's Items

Juicy Drop Dip Stix

Chewy "dip sticks" that are dipped into a flavored sour gel. One of our more popular kid's items right now.

Magic Potion

Each small beaker of liquid comes with a pouch of 3 tablets that are added to the liquid to create a sour color changing candy drink. "Just when we think we have seen it all"!

Grafitti Splash Spray Candy

Want to change the color of your tongue....who wouldn't! Then this is just the item for you, a spray candy in four flavors.

Coffee Hard Candy

Hard candy is still a very popular, but since one of the largest hard candy manufacturers in the world, Peerless Candy, went out of business over 10 years ago, availability and flavor selection has been greatly curtailed. However, we still stock over 50 different hard candies with several coffees, which is one of the most popular flavors. Of the coffee candies, the Dutch "Hopjes" are the best and therefore the biggest seller. Currently we have a good inventory.

Did You Know?

When can you blow the biggest bubble gum bubbles? Bubble gum achieves it's best elasticity after all of the sugar is removed from the gum. This takes about 10 minutes of chewing.

You may have known from experience that bubbles get better the longer you chew.....now you know why!

Two Great Chester Events Coming Up

Chester Music Festival

An all day event with music, food, kid's games and even "adult beverages"! Featured bands are: The Sensational Soul Cruisers, B-Street Band and Southern Steele.

These bands are all NJ headliner bands with large followings. Please click the image above for compete event details. You may also click on each band name for a shortcut right to their web page

This Is Sure To Be A Great Event!

48th Annual Fall Craft Show

Prior to the pandemic, craft shows in general were decreasing in number and the challenge of keeping them going after the shutdown was even greater. Under the new management of the Historic Chester Business Association, we were able to bring the show back with many improvements for both customers and visitors alike. The show is still rated in the top 50 in the country.

Click here for complete details.

20% OFF

your entire purchase

Once again we are offering our best discount coupon to our newsletter recipients.

Present this coupon at time of sale or if a mail order customer just mention "Summer Coupon" to receive 20% off your order.

May not be combined with any other promotional offers. Coupon good through Sunday August 21st.

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