[PW] Re: Candy question

[Mary Lou White]

John,
 I see you've already gotten some sources, but this is a great place to
look at, anyway.
http://www.hometownfavorites.com/shop/candy_cat.asp?c=12&p=2&id=946&newp=
This place has lots of goodies that you don't see at the grocery store any more.
						Mary Lou White

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, John Franklin wrote:

> I'm looking for a type of candy which my mother likes, but which
> seems only to be available as part of an assortment with other things
> which she doesn't.
>
> The type in question is listed in the assortment as "fancy rock
> candy" although I have a feeling that may not be the most common
> name. (I've been looking at online candy stores now for about an
> hour, though, and haven't seen it under any other name.) They are
> small cylindrical hard candies, diameter (if I remember correctly)
> roughly 1 cm, height roughly 0.75 cm. The circular sides of the
> candies have a pattern embedded through them, while the edge has a
> thin colored coating.
>
> In the picture at the following URL, the candy I'm talking about is
> the one in the lower right in the front tin. (The peanut-shaped
> candies are to the left.) (Wish I could find a better image, but
> unfortunately that doesn't seem to be possible.)
>
> http://www.figis.com/gifts/offer.asp?
> offerID=109426&categoryID=920&subcat=922
>
> Anyone know what these are called and, more importantly, where one
> can purchase them?
>
> -John Franklin
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