Jenna Kim Jones

I wish I had more pictures to share with you BUT sadly, I didn’t have my camera.

On Saturday night, my roommate and I threw a Candy Party. The inspiration: we have WAY too much candy in our house and we wanted to get rid of it.  We invited a few friends for candy and games.

Here’s what the table looked like:

We served the candy in baskets, used Twilight napkins (meant to be eye candy) and gave toothbrushes as a parting gift.

We also handed out brown bags and ziplocks so people could fill up a bag of candy to take home.

Other than candy, I also made Pink Popcorn which is a recipe my Grandma gave me years ago. It’s one of my favorite recipes. Mostly because I think it’s adorable.

Grandma’s Pink Popcorn

2 Cups Sugar
2/3 Cup Top Cream (Whole Milk or Half & Half)
1/4 Tsp. Salt
1 Tbsp. White Karo Syrup

1 Tsp Vanilla
1/4 Tsp Red Food Coloring

*Cook sugar, cream, salt and syrup to 230 degrees or just under soft ball stage. Add Vanilla, add coloring, pour over 6 quarts of popcorn. Pour on wax paper, allow to dry.

Games:
We played “Candy on a cracker” which was inspired by Jimmy Fallon. Apparently he does something like this on his show except with all kinds of food. Basically, we took three candies, put them on a ritz cracker, blinded folded the contestant and made him eat the entire cracker. They then have to guess which candy was on the cracker. That was a surprisingly big hit.

We also played CANDY bingo. You can have your own boards made here.

And on the table, we had three jars of candy and everyone had to guess how many candies were in each jar. The closest guess took the entire jar home.

We ended up talking and playing another non candy related game leaving us no time to watch Heavyweights, one of my favorite movies of all time.

My friend Karli posted her toothbrush and chocolate covered raisin winnings on facebook.

Instagram makes everything look so much better. I should use it for my next headshot.

The party was a huge hit AND super easy to put together. I already owned all of the serving dishes, buckets, baskets, napkins, etc. What? I love the dollar store.

And lastly, in the background we had a Candy Playlist playing on loop.

Songs included:
Candy – Mandy Moore
Milkshake – Kelis
Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leopard
Tootsie Roll – 69 Boyz
Candyman – Aqua
Candyman – Christina Aguilera
Lollipop – The Chordettes
Sugar, Sugar – The Archies
The Candy Man Can – Sammy Davis Jr.

Love,
JKJ