When my friend Sarah visited Seattle, I promised her we’d make lollipops together in whatever flavor she wanted to make. She suggested we try salted caramel lollipops. I was delighted because that flavor was already high on my list of things to experiment with.
We grabbed the sea salt and put a pinch in each mold. Some were big pinches and others were small - we really weren’t sure how much salt we needed. Some of that first batch was too salty, and I’ve enjoyed making many more iterations to find a good balance.
Of all the flavors we carry, it’s the most highly requested. Our friend Bay even calls them "a salty sweet addiction that is happily decriminalized." Well I certainly hope they are never classified as a controlled substance!
When it came time to create our themed lollipop collections, we stretched the definition of spice to include salt (it's technically a mineral) so you’ll find it in the Spice Rack or in a single-flavor twelve pack. Starting October 8th, they'll be for sale in our
Etsy store... Bon appétit!
photo by Kevin Keeker
Coconut-Caramel was born from a kitchen accident: the syrup got caramelized (aka overcooked) and we threw in some coconut to make it palatable. Everyone loved it and lo and behold, a new flavor was born! Now we make it using caramel and coconut flavor oils, so we don’t have to intentionally overcook anything.
We’ve had a lot of fun incorporating spice flavors into lollipops. Clove’s wonderful richness pairs perfectly with citrus – remember the childhood air freshener where you put cloves into an orange?
When my friend Sarah visited Seattle, I promised her we’d make lollipops together in whatever flavor she wanted to make. She suggested we try salted caramel lollipops. I was delighted because that flavor was already high on my list of things to experiment with.
We’ve had a lot of fun incorporating spice flavors into lollipops, particularly the wonderfully fragrant cardamom. One thing that’s great about cardamom is its versatility – you can find it in Indian curries and in Scandinavian baked goods.
We’re getting very close now to the launch of our Etsy store… so we wanted to preview our products for readers. We’ll post a new one every day. Tell us what you think!
When you get your first collection of lollipops from us, you're going to see these two words on the ingredients list: Corn Syrup.