Bring Your Costume to the Next Level with Matching Candy

Handing out candy to trick-or-treaters is a timeless tradition of Halloween.  Another tradition for people of all ages is dressing up in costume and pretending to be someone else for a night.  Usually, these two things are not connected. But why shouldn't they be? Use these innovative ideas to pair a specialized candy to your Halloween costume and you will be the talk of the neighborhood!

Classically Spooky

Do you have a classic “Halloween-themed” Halloween costume? Hand out matching treats for a double scare!

·         If you’re dressed as a pumpkin, consider handing out Milk or Dark Chocolate Covered Pumpkin Peeps, but don’t blame us if nobody screams! These peeps are both delicious and adorable.

·         Perhaps you decided to wrap yourself tight in toilet paper as a mummy – Trolli Gummi Mummies are the perfect unique treat that children will love.

·         Are you dusting off the old cauldron to embody a witch this Halloween? Give kids the ingredient they need to cast their own spells with Creepy Peepers Peanut Butter Chocolate Eyeballs. With a treat as good as this, they certainly won’t be casting any spells on you!

Decade Themed Costumes

Are you rocking your favorite fashion from years passed? Whether you’re sock-hopping in the ‘50’s or a Grunge Rocker from the ‘90’s decade-appropriate candy is a fun and nostalgic addition.

·         Marilyn Monroe, “Sandy” from Grease and an Old-Fashioned Housewife are all popular 1950’s costumes. With Bonomo Turkish Taffy and Chuckles Jelly Candy you will be wondering if it is really 2013!

·         For both Hippies and Mod’s of the 1960’s AbbaZaba Bars, Big Hunks and Fizzies will take you right back to the “Summer of Love.”

·         The number one costume from the ‘70’s is the Disco Dancer. Hand out groovy Razzles and Poprocks and you will be dancing all night long!

·         The 80’s were for Rock ‘n’ Roll. Bottle Caps, Blow Pops and Fun Dip will keep the party rocking until the sun rises.

·         The Grunge Phase of the ‘90s may feel like yesterday, but it began twenty years ago!  Enjoy a more recent blast from the past with Air Heads, Nerds and Baby Bottle Pops.

Movie Characters

Movie characters are a popular costume choice for people of all ages. No matter who you become on All Hollow’s Eve, a clever candy choice will score you points with children and adults alike.

·         Whether you are from Gryffindor or Slytherin, Bertie Bott’s Every Flavored Beans and Chocolate Frogs will show everyone you are a true student of Hogwarts. But be careful with those beans - they really do mean every flavor!

·         Take everyone back to the Temple of Doom as Indiana Jones – but first, you must deal with bugs galore! Luckily, these ones taste good: Gummi Spiders and Scorpion Suckers are equally delicious.

·         Captain Jack Sparrow is everyone’s favorite pirate. With Chocolate Gold Coins and Frosted Pirate Suckers you will have a crew in no time!

Matching your costume to your candy is a fun and unique way to make a bang this Halloween.  Let us know what you are dressing up as this Halloween and what candy you plan to match to your costume!

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Rock Candy Lab

Shipping out lots of blue rock candy today! Thinking we'll be seeing a lot of Breaking Bad costumes this Halloween!

Day 17: Spooktacular Cocoa!

Add ghost peeps to your cocoa today for a spooky sweet treat!

For extra Halloween fun, watch a Halloween classic like Hocus Pocus while you enjoy! :)

Day 16: Treat a stranger!

Leave a gift card on a windshield, doorstep, desk, or anywhere else you think someone will find it!

Day 15: Lunch Swap!

Having a bit of fun with todays trick-swapping all the named on the lunches in the office fridge! Hehehe!

Hans Riegel dies: Gummi bear creator passes away at 90

By The Associated Press

October 15, 2013 - 12:10 pm

BERLIN (AP) - Hans Riegel, who made German candy maker Haribo and its signature gummi bears a chewy hit for children - and adults -
across the globe, died on Tuesday. He was 90.
Haribo said in a statement that Riegel died of heart failure in Bonn, where the company is based. He had been recovering from an operation to
remove a benign brain tumor.
Riegel was the son of the company founder, also named Hans Riegel, who in 1920 set up Haribo - an acronym for "Hans Riegel Bonn." In 1922,
his father invented the "dancing bear," a small bear made out of fruit gum that laid the foundations for Haribo's later success with the "gold
bear."
The company founder died in 1945. Upon being released as allied prisoners after World War II, Riegel and his younger brother, Paul, set about
rebuilding the family firm. Haribo had only about 30 employees immediately after the war but, as West Germany's economy took off, the
number was up to 1,000 five years later.
Paul Riegel, who died in 2009, focused on production while Hans Riegel took charge of marketing and sales - for instance, promoting the
company's wares with the slogan "kids and grown-ups love it so, the happy world of Haribo."
Haribo said Riegel took inspiration from children's magazines and comics, once saying: "I love children. They are my customers. I have to be
informed about what they want to nibble, what they think, what language they speak."
In the 1960s and 1970s, Haribo acquired businesses in the Netherlands, France and Britain; and in 1982, it added a sales office in the United
States, setting up Haribo of America Inc. in Baltimore.
Ubiquitous in Germany, they are also available in the most far-flung and unlikely places around the world, beloved for their bright colors,
sugary taste and teddy-bear shape.
"Wherever I traveled in the last few years, the gold bears had already long been there," Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said as he paid
tribute Tuesday to Riegel's achievement in making Haribo "a German global brand."
Riegel remained a co-owner of the company and actively involved in the business until the end, his career spanning nearly seven decades.
The privately owned company now employs more than 6,000 people, about half of them in Germany, and has 15 production sites in 10
European countries.
Riegel was awarded Germany's highest honor, the Federal Cross of Merit, in 1994. That was recognition not only of his business career but of
his commitment to social issues, such as encouraging the training of talented young people, and sports. Riegel was a passionate player and
promoter of badminton.