Handcrafted cakes, candies & joy for every celebration
A molded chocolate calendar is fine until about day nine, when everyone starts guessing what's behind the next door. Here's how to assemble a 24-day candy calendar with real variety, sensible portions, and packaging nice enough to leave out on the mantel.
A gingerbread house is a craft project, but it is also a tiny building. Here is a practical construction plan for royal icing mortar, load-bearing peppermint, and a build-now-decorate-later schedule that keeps your holiday centerpiece standing until party time.
A cookie exchange should feel like a bakery counter with friends, not a bulk-order drop-off. This host guide sets a clear take-home target, uses simple swap math, and keeps the table generous without turning your kitchen into cookie storage.
Sending cookies and candy to family across the country sounds simple until a box of chocolate shows up as a puddle. Here is what we have learned behind the counter about which treats travel, which ones fight back, and how to pack a holiday package that still looks like a gift when it lands.
A candy buffet should look lavish, not leave you storing five pounds of gummy worms in the pantry until spring. Here is a friendly, by-the-numbers guide to buying enough sweets for your crowd, your party style, and your favor bags.
The trick-or-treat haul is losing its shine and Friendsgiving is on the horizon. Here is a practical, bakery-minded plan for sorting the leftovers into seven make-ahead desserts that feel grown-up, thrifty, and genuinely welcome at the table.
A holiday dessert table should look generous, not crowded. Here's how to plan the layout, estimate quantities, schedule the make-ahead work, and pair flavors so guests actually clear the plates.
Rock candy or gummy bears? At Fiona's counter, your first pick says more about your party-planning style than any Pinterest board ever could. Take our (completely unscientific, wildly accurate) candy jar quiz and find out what kind of host you really are.
The Pittsburgh wedding cookie table is the best-kept secret in American celebrations — a spread of homemade treats that feeds a crowd and honors family recipes all at once. Here's how to bring the tradition to your big day, no matter your budget or your aunt's attitude about her spritz cookies.
Buttercream or fondant? It's the question every party planner faces, and the answer matters more than you think. Here's an honest breakdown of flavor, cost, weather, and occasion so you can order your next celebration cake with total confidence.
National Cotton Candy Day in December? Peanut brittle in January? America's food holiday calendar is delightfully weird, and we've mapped out the tastiest observances month by month. Here's how to turn each one into a family tradition, a party theme, or a very good excuse to preheat the oven.
Ever wonder why your grandma still talks about Bit-O-Honey like it was a life event? We traced America's favorite candies decade by decade — and pulled out our copper pots to recreate a few in the shop. Here's what we learned about nostalgia, sugar work, and why old-fashioned still tastes best.
Ordering a custom cake shouldn't feel like a pop quiz. Here's everything parents need to know—from timing and budget to flavors and photo-worthy designs—straight from behind the bakery counter.