Hammond's Candies Blog and Recent Candy News

For 90 years the Hammond’s brand has been synonymous with high quality. The dedication that accompanies creating our handmade confections the old fashioned way has continued to draw visitors, tour guests and consumers from all over the world. This dedication is demonstrated party through our commitment to safe, quality food. Read more...

Enjoy a day of holiday fun and start a family tradition at our Annual Candy Cane Festival on Friday, December 9th at 12pm-5pm and Saturday, December 10th from 9am-5pm. Sample candy made fresh before your eyes during the FREE tours of the candy factory. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be showing up to meet the kids. Read more...

According to our Guest Relations Manager Melissa Joslin, the most frequently asked question of visitors to our factory store is:

What in the heck is sea foam, anyway?  Read more...

People all over the world recognize our handcrafted, over-sized candy canes, beautifully spun ribbon candy, and stunning lollipops. We make everything at our factory in Denver. We also love to show folks “how it's done.” Because of this, we offer visitors to our factory and store a chance to do just this.  Our free factory tours and appointment-only “Behind the Scenes” tours are quickly becoming a Denver must-see tourist attraction. Read more...

Hammond's new Dessert Dips were named a "noteworthy" new product, out of over 1,300 exhibitors, at one of the most popular retail shows in the country. San Francisco was a popular destination for retailers in January, with nearly 17,500 visitors attending the Winter Fancy Food Show — up 4.5 percent from last year. Here, we highlight just a few of the noteworthy new products displayed by the more than 1,300 exhibitors at Moscone Center in nearly 200,000 square feet of space — up 6 percent from 2010. Read more...

Graduation celebrations are done, the last day of school festivities are complete…now there’s nothing to do but enjoy the summer. At Hammond’s Candies, we just love the summer months. The longer days and warmer weather allows for spontaneous celebrations, picnics, barbecues and games, and festivals and parades. Read more...

Ever wonder how candy canes or other hard candies get their stripes? At Hammond’s, you’ll see how hard candy has been made by hand since the 1920s. First, step into the packing room, where workers pack lollipops or candy canes. Next, through a wall of windows in the kitchen, you’ll see large copper kettles. Inside, 50 pounds of sugar, water, and corn syrup heats to over 300°F. Two men lift and carry a huge kettle and pour the bubbling, amber-colored liquid onto a metal table. Next you may see the candy maker adding different colors to areas of this sheet of candy: for a candy cane, he scoops out some red paste with a spatula and mixes it into one section, then adds green in another corner. Another section remains clear. Finally, the “scrap”—the crushed beginnings and ends of other candy—is melted into another section: this will become the candy canes’ center. Read more...