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The Ultimate Candy Dish

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Two women wearing conference lanyards stand indoors, smiling with their eyes closed as they sample treats during a blind candy tasting event.

Can You Guess a Candy by Taste Alone?

What Blind Candy Tastings Teach Us About Memory Here's a question for you. If I handed you one of your favourite candies and asked you to close your eyes before taking a bite, would you know exactly what it was? Almost everyone says yes! One of my favourite parts of introducing a Blind Candy Ta...
A group of people dressed in Western attire and cowboy hats stand under a white event tent with their eyes closed and hands held out, laughing during a blind candy tasting experience.

Why Nostalgia Is One of the Most Powerful Marketing Tools

What Candy Can Teach Us About Connection Here's something we've learned after doing this for over a decade: the best marketing doesn't always start with a product. It starts with a feeling. That's something we've had the privilege of watching unfold thousands of times through candy. At first gl...
What Happens When You Taste Candy With Your Eyes Closed?

What Happens When You Taste Candy With Your Eyes Closed?

The Surprising Science Behind Blind Candy Tastings One of our favourite things to say before every Blind Candy Tasting is this: "This isn't just a candy tasting. It's actually a marketing experiment." People usually smile, close their eyes, and assume we're joking. Five minutes later, they're que...
Why Does It Taste Like Soap?

Why Does It Taste Like Soap?

Does This Taste Like Soap to You Too? Let’s Talk About It Ok, we need to talk about something that comes up for a select few at our events. We’ll be in the middle of a blind candy tasting, everyone’s trying the same piece, and then it happens. Someone pauses… looks confused… and says:“Wait… why d...
The Five Love Languages, But Make It Candy

The Five Love Languages, But Make It Candy

Words of affirmation are sweet. But candy? Even sweeter. If you've ever given someone your last strawberry sweet cake or perfectly picked around their most favourite flavour in a mixed bag, you might already be fluent in the Candy Love Language. So let's break it down: here's what your love langu...
Close-up of a hand pulling candy from a tasting box for guests at the Oxford Properties Oxford Stomp blind candy tasting activation.

Oxford Properties Shows Why Blind Candy Tastings Work for VIPs

VIP Activation Done Right: How Oxford Properties Used a Blind Candy Tasting to Attract & Delight Guests   If you've ever hosted a big event, you know the drill: there's live music, a crowd, maybe a food truck or two. But what gets people to stop, stay a while, and actually talk to you? For Ox...
From Bored Room to Boardroom

From Bored Room to Boardroom

No one ever said this meeting could have been an email when snacks were involved.⁠If your boardroom is feeling more snooze-fest than brainstorming session, it might be time to bring a little summer energy inside. From long meetings to client pitches to office celebrations, sweetening the agenda c...