Rockets or Smarties?
If you grew up in Canada, you know the difference between Rockets and Smarties. Or do you? Here's a hint: the Ce De Candy Company makes both. Feeling a little confused? We can help: Rockets are the pressed hard candy we know and love in Canada in the clear and red wrapper, but in the United States, they're called Smarties (we won't even get into the "other" Smarties this time...)! Their name aside, Rockets (we're in Canada, afterall) are made right here in Canada! In fact, the Newmarket, Ontario plant works 24 hours a day to produce these little pocket-sized treats. All the Rockets produced between the two manufacturing facilities each year would circle the globe three times - a

No trick - just treat!
In the spirit of all things spooky, we've been digging into candy's scary past to come up with some eerily interesting facts to get you in the Trick Or Treat-ing mood!More than 93% of children don costumes and head out for a night of trick-or-treating.Did you know October 30th is National Candy Corn Day? That's right - this treat invented in the 1880s is a Halloween staple. More than 35 million pounds are going to be produced this year. According to Farley's & Sathers, one of the major candy corn manufacturers, if all the candy corn and mellowcreme pumpkins they produce yearly were lined up end-

New Friends and Good Times
We've had a lot of fun this week and with Cornucopia on the way, we're expecting the trend to continue! At the beginning of this week, Diane, the owner of The Candy Store had a one-on-one morning with Chris Stewart. Don't know who Chris Stewart is? Tsk tsk. He's the creator and overall mad genius behind Candy Critic, an immensely popular guide to the good, the bad and the odd in the candy world. And the most exciting part is that Chris is based in Ottawa! We invited Chris to come hang out at The Candy Store and try some of our favourites - he details his visit in a p

October Cupcake Menu
Here is the full menu for the month of October, starting this Saturday. As always, you can call us at the store to pre-order your cupcakes for pick up any time after 11AM each week. Saturday, October 3rdSouthern Red Velvet: light chocolate cake with sweet cream cheese frosting and a milk chocolate calletLemon Coconut: pure lemon cake and frosting, with shredded coconutSaturday, October 10thApple Caramel Spice: spiced apple cake made with fresh apple puree and caramel cream cheese icingChocolate: Belgian dark chocolate cake with bittersweet dark chocolate frosting and chocolate sprinklesPumpkin:

The cupcakes are coming, the cupcakes are coming!
We've had this under our hat for long enough: Cupcakes are coming!Yes dear friends, The Candy Store has been putting in long hours researching, tasting, re-tasting and then tasting some more to find the perfect cupcakes to brighten up your Saturdays! We're ever-so-pleased to announce that Claudia of The Cupcake Lounge will be fulfilling our baked goods wishes and bringing freshly made cupcakes to us every Saturday starting October 3rd! Claudia is Ottawa-based and makes all of her cupcakes from scratch, using the highest quality ingredients and lots of tender love. Her cupcakes are all hand iced - no pipi