For 35 years Candyland Crafts has been a home for cake decorating and chocolate supplies. About 2 years ago, after moving from their home in Somerville to Raritan, NJ, Candyland Crafts renewed their efforts to teach and host cake decorating and chocolate making events. Since this move, Candyland has had over 1,000 happy “cake connoisseurs” come through their classes and parties.
“Candyland has always provided guidance for home and semi-professional bakers and chocolate makers on how to use our products to complete their creations,” said owner Barry Krinsky. “Our customers were constantly telling us how much they appreciated our consults but wanted the full hands-on experience of learning”. “The wide variety of cake decorating shows, Cake Wars, etc., further fueled our customers’ desires.”
Responding to this outcry, Candyland Crafts developed a staff of highly experienced instructors including graduates of the Culinary Institute of America, other Culinary Schools, and award-winning professional cake decorations. Today their amazing staff provides a variety of classes for beginners to advanced cake decorators and chocolate making enthusiasts.
Classes are either instructional such as Basic Buttercream Flowers,, Cake Piping 101 or project-based – Christmas Reindeer and Santa Cookies for instance. All classes are designed to give the novice confidence and skills to create “masterpieces” they never thought possible or for the more advanced participants, to take their skills to a new level. Whether instructional or project-based, novice or skilled artisan, all students get hands-on instructions in a fun, “no judgment”, atmosphere.
“It is amazing to see the progress that our cake and candy making “students” are able to achieve in just one session. It is especially gratifying to see students who came to a class with little confidence and low expectations beam with pride at the high level of designs they have created.”
Birthday Parties are also hosted by Candyland Crafts. A typical birthday party consists of chocolate lollipop making followed by cupcake creations and concluding with each of the kids participating in decorating the final birthday cake. Kids not only have fun but learn valuable skills that can be used for making a holiday, birthday or special event desserts. All supplies are provided by Candyland Crafts.
Adult Parties, Adults Night Out, Funding Events, and Corporate bonding events are also hosted by Candyland Crafts. Events are conducted both on-site and offsite with all supplies provided by Candyland Crafts. Candyland has also conducted classes at Senior Centers and Day Schools and is especially gratified by teaching at a Special Needs Center with over 50 participants.
Whether you’re looking to acquire a skill that you always wanted, looking to advance your skills or just looking for just a fun night out, Candyland Crafts provides a full range of learning and fun experiences to meet everyone’s needs. Upcoming events are detailed on the Candyland Crafts website, www.candylandcrafts.com and on their Facebook page.