We can’t explain it, but our confectionery creations taste a little sweeter knowing there’s amazing women helping them get from the factory to your business every step of the way.

During Women's History Month, we're highlighting some of these amazing women and how they inspire others in the industry.

It’s a LONG journey to get a Nassau Candy-created chocolate, gummy, or personalized item from concept to your business. At every step along the way, there’s many talented women helping to make it happen.

In honor of National Women’s History Month, we’re taking a behind the scenes look at the operations side of Nassau Candy and its promotional arm, NC Custom, and some of the extraordinary women who help to keep it running.

When it comes to confections, chocolate is king.

Chocolate sales totaled 16.7 billion in 2021 — the highest of any confectionery category (National Confectioner’s Association)! Milk Chocolate even has a national day dedicated in its honor (this year that’s July 28)! It’s true —we all love chocolate. But are you familiar with the major terms in chocolate making? Having a better understanding of how chocolate is made can help you to better direct customers to their chocolate favorites, while also serving up reasons to try new items, too.

Time to mold your mind – read on for the top terms to know related to chocolate making.

Our expertly-crafted confection creations are already known to bring a sunny disposition to customers. Now, thanks to a new initiative at Nassau Candy, in addition to the sunny dispositions we generate, we’ll also be generating sustainable power from the sun. Nassau Candy is going solar. We’re proud to share our story leading into Solar Appreciation Day Friday, March 12.

As a family-owned business, it’s important to Nassau Candy to reduce our carbon footprint and lessen our impact on the environment, helping to preserve the planet for future generations. We faced some challenges to make this goal a reality. One of our biggest hurdles came about while assessing the amount of energy required for some of our manufacturing processes. Since we couldn’t change those manufacturing processes, we needed to partner with an energy company who could innovate and work within our constraints. We did some research and found solar energy would be the solution that allow our customers get the

Why Your Customers Want These 5 Drinkware Products

Single-use plastic bottles and paper cups are going the way of the plastic bag. A new law enacted in Berkeley, California that goes into effect in January 2020 will require businesses to add a 25-cent charge for single-use paper cups. The law is intended to help reduce waste. With 120 billion paper and styrofoam cups thrown away in the US each year, measures such as this have the potential to make a major impact on spreading awareness about waste and its effect on our environment. California is typically a trailblazer for laws of this type, so we can anticipate similar laws in other cities and states.