Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth with Candy Shelf!

Since I am into canning vegetables, I was also impressed with the canning jars selected to display the candy selections. The candies are displayed in glass jars with glass lids that are locked in place with wire clamp mechanisms. These type containers are attractive as well as functional. There is a plethora of different candies in the puzzle picture. The variety of different types of candy really impressed me. It made me wonder about the candy selection decisions concerning which ones would be selected to be displayed in the puzzle picture.

There are so many kinds of candy displayed that I could not make my mind up on which ones were my favorites, however I was drawn to the jellybeans. The puzzle picture had several types of jellybeans and I did some research and found that jellybeans can be made at home. To make jellybeans one would need jellybean molds that can be purchased from Amazon (or maybe your local craft and hobby or kitchen store) and with just a few ingredients you can have your own home-made jellybeans. I plan to order my jellybean molds soon and try my luck making some.

I was also drawn to this puzzle because of my interest in how these different candies are made. I have often visited Gatlinburg, a tourist town in Tennessee, just outside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There is a candy store, Old Smoky Candy Kitchen that began in 1950 in the owner’s garage and was so popular that the first store opened on the parkway in downtown Gatlinburg in 1951 where it remains today. The store has large windows that draw tourists to the store to watch confectioners make the different candies sold in the store. What a great marketing idea. Once you have watched the candies being made you will want to go into the store and select the candies you want to purchase. Their most popular item is thirty-three flavors of taffy along with about any other confection one might want.

The finished puzzle looked so good I prepared it then hung it in my office for anyone who enters to see. Each time I leave and return to my office, I see this puzzle and it makes my day. The talented artists at Cobble Hill Puzzle Co. have done a great job putting this colorful puzzle display together.