[PW] Re: Candy question

[jschmitz at qis.net]

Quoting John Franklin <jfranklin at project-wombat.org>:

> 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

Are they the ones that use the same technology as millefiori canes of glass or
polymer clay?

http://www.venetianbeads.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=V&Category_Code=M

Would this be similar:

http://store.candywarehouse.com/bbcfruitslices.html

> Anyone know what these are called and, more importantly, where one  
> can purchase them?

If the above is what you want then that's where you get them.  

But I think maybe the ones in the picture above are larger in diameter and not
as long.  I am pretty sure I know which ones you mean.  I don't know what they
are called or how to get them in anything other than a mix.  I will keep an eye
out for them.

-JoAnne