Since we started selling Hershey's kisses with macadamia nuts chocolate candy a few months ago, I had an idea to try and make a Hawaiian candy bouquet. I had seen the Hershey kisses chocolate candy turned into rose buds where two kisses are abutted back to back, then has a colored cellophane piece wrapped around it so it looks like a rose bud.
Although I saw many Hershey kisses rosebud candy bouquets online, I did a search for Hawaii candy bouquets or Hawaiian candy bouquets and nothing turned up! So of course I had to create a delicious Hawaii chocolate edible arrangement to fill that void.
I happened to have a stash of high quality vintage silk flower parts from the early eighties. (My sister used to design silk flower hair barrettes when it was a fad back in the day.) You can't even get these silk flower parts anymore as the majority of silk flower items (hair barrettes, leis, stems, etc.) already come assembled from China.
What I came up with is this:
We start with 2 Hershey kisses back to back, wrap the candies with
clear plastic wrap, add a vintage high quality silk flower, secure it
with a plastic flower calyx part, use a clean bamboo skewer to secure
the candy kiss flower, and wrap the stem with green floral tape. There
are quite a bit of steps involved to assemble each candy kiss blossom
by hand and we only have a limited amount of our vintage flowers.
I also was able to assemble the small triangle packs of Mauna Loa macadamia nut snack packs in a similar fashion. It is featured along with Hershey kisses tropical candy flowers and assorted Mauna Loa chocolate candy bars in our "Chocolate Hawaiian Candy Bouquet Edible Arrangement by Mauna Loa" bouquet. This is a unique Hawaii bouquet gift that will satisfy the eyes as well as stomach:)
Our other bouquet (pictured at top) features one dozen Hawaiian flower Hershey's candy kisses. Both come in a Hawaiian porcelain coffee mug as a vase.
The Hershey kisses Hawaii chocolate flowers and macadamia nut flowers are also sold individually for unique Hawaiian party favors or original Hawaiian wedding favors.
Related blog posts:
Hershey's Kisses with macadamia nuts review
Hershey's Kisses Cookie Recipes
Those are beautiful!! We LOVE unique treats like this!
Posted by: Wendy | December 12, 2008 at 11:29 PM
This will be a great centerpiece for my daughter's birthday party. =)
Posted by: baby bows | April 15, 2009 at 07:08 AM
This is perfect souvenir gift in my coming kiddie party of my daughter,i bet kids will like this..
-Aubrey
Posted by: order sunflowers | May 05, 2009 at 07:22 PM
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Posted by: gifts Philippines | September 22, 2009 at 12:49 AM
Great post! Useful tips and beautiful Hawaiian candy bouquets picture... Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Hawaiian Wedding Flowers | January 07, 2010 at 04:49 AM
Love the creativity. They're so bright and colorful. We will start presenting these to our clients. Thanks so much!
Posted by: Austin Weddings & Events | January 09, 2010 at 01:48 PM
Fabulous! I love delicious, good looking, and pleasant treat like this. Now I would try to buy such nice and delicious treats and eat them and offer them to my friends. So much thanks for sharing.
Posted by: shopping pakistan | September 06, 2010 at 12:21 AM
What a great gift idea, candy bouquets, this is new to me, very unique. This is my first visit to your blog, and am loving it and definitely 'be back to check more of your ideas.
Posted by: Maegan| artificial silk flowers | November 09, 2010 at 04:24 AM
Fantastic so innovative it would be a perfect gift i will share this link to all of my relatives.
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