Make retro candy/sweet boxes and bouquets for adults & kids + Photos (MERGED)

JordanShannon

Kez100 wrote: »

I'd like to do a Jelly Bean one with different flavours of Jelly Beans in different compartments. Where is best place to buy a good assortment of nice quality jelly beans?

Hiya:santa2:
Have you tried Asda, Tesco's or Sainsbury's(not sure if you have any of them near you?)?? I don't know how cheap or expensive they are but i remember seeing some in my local supermarkets.
May be worth a try
HTH
..xx

phunkles

You could buy a big tub from Whittards - there about £10 and sort them out into compartments
Or Asda sell Jelly Bean Factory ones for about £4 again youd have to sort them out though
HTH

lightisfading

Kez100 wrote: »

I'd like to do a Jelly Bean one with different flavours of Jelly Beans in different compartments. Where is best place to buy a good assortment of nice quality jelly beans?

Some woolworths stores have a jelly belly display stand with the flavours seperated out so you can pick what you want. There's also a stockist finder on the jelly belly site ( http://www.jellybelly-uk.com/pages/retailer/retailer.shtml ) - i imagine that might only show the ones with a proper stand rather than just little tubs?

Alternatively, Home Bargains do large tubs of 'Jelly Stones' for 99p which as far as anyone knows are Jelly Belly or a similar brand (certainly taste the same). They're basically the 'misshapes' - ones that are stuck together etc. But generally when I buy them they're about 50/50 misshapes and normal shaped beans And you can always eat the rest!

shely33

sweetswholesale.co.uk....great site this but £100 min spend

savingholmes

Well I did my first "tool box" sweets today. Really pleased with how they look! It's for an 8 year old so I wanted somethings that were a bit off the wall! I stocked up just after halloween as I want to make my DS a Honeydukes hamper for his birthday which will be soon!

Black container £1 Woolies (pre-sales!!!)
Sweets £2-3 Flying saucers, choc eyeballs, choc footballs, gummy eyeballs (Asda 10 for £1), snake eggs (M&S), snapping candy, halloween haribos
Wind-up torch £3 Asda

The sweets were generally from supermarkets or Instore all either 3 for £1 or 2 for £1. I've kept some back for the honeydukes hamper for my DS and a toolbox for my DD!

I gave my brother a retro sweets based hamper for his 40th - he absolutely loved it said he hadn't seen many of the sweets since he was a kid. So it definitely works.... and is appreciated

tilly-roo

How much do these retro jars cost to make, roughly?

savingholmes

tilly-roo wrote: »

How much do these retro jars cost to make, roughly?

I spent less than £7 even with the tin I put them in. Most of the supermarkets sell retro sweets at great prices... Hope that helps....

phunkles

For those people who have 'professional' secret chocoholics to buy for
how about putting a variety of sweets and chocs into one of these boxes
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0173907
And label it very boring documents or old wage slips or something really dull so no one find the stash

undercover_angel

I am having an absolute nightmare with the sticky label on the lid of the box!
I tried to peel it back, thinking I might be lucky and it come off in one..but oh no, it's leaving all sticky stuff :eek: .

Whats the best way to get this off without scratching the surface of the lid?

Thanks Everyone

Ps. I appear to have a ! on the top of my post, not sure why- I didn't mean for it to be there, sorry!

SeaBee

undercover_angel wrote: »

I am having an absolute nightmare with the sticky label on the lid of the box!
I tried to peel it back, thinking I might be lucky and it come off in one..but oh no, it's leaving all sticky stuff :eek: .

Whats the best way to get this off without scratching the surface of the lid?

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Try leaving a damp sponge or cloth over it for a few minutes to soften the label, this should make it easier to peel.

If you are left with a sticky residue try nail varnish remover or the petrol for re-filling petrol lighters on a piece of cotton wool.

HTH