The New Year

We knew things would slow down...way down. With only a few customers a day, it has allowed us time to really restock. Angela has been going great guns to get new product out as well as the favorites. We know have Power Rods (yellow and red sprinkles) and Aluminum Rods (silver cocoa butter ends) in the store. Snowy Roads Bark (cookies and cream) and our newly named Chocolate covered Oreo Cookies....the Ori-OHs.

Our good friend Jon Ori, who lives in Massena, is quite the chocolate lover. His wife, and marketing specialist, bought some of our chocolate covered cookies for her husband for Christmas. He loved them.... as she told me the story, it clicked. We should call them the Oris, she suggested adding the OH to the end as the play on words....voi la. They come in milk and dark covered.

We also offered chocolate for the newspapers promo for the first baby born in the new year. The ad rep needs to pick up the chocolate. Pretzels with pink and blue bears, Ori-OHs, and a 12 piece assorted.

We are headed to Atlantic City on Januyar 6-8. It is the Philiadelphia Candy Show (yes, we know it is a different state. They moved it for more excitment. We have had a great time in the past, learn a lot in the workshops, and Tom has fun at the Casinos. (Have to reward him somehow for doing all the driving.) Angela is making the trip with us, as Marylee will watch the shop and the Nezzy.

So with Valentine's Day only 21 days away...have you been thinking about a sweet gift for the sweetie. We have some cool 15 piece square boxes with a cut-out heart on the front, as well as some small, pink boxes for a little taste. We will also be looking for some cool stuff at the show. We also hope to have a new line of nuts in the shop. A local woman in Colton operates her own business, Nut Shop International. They are very yummy; a nice addition to our shop.