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| - While hard candies and suckers aren't generally the candy of choice for me (hook me up to a chocolate IV, and we're good), I can make an exception for La Confiserie Candylabs. This itty-bitty, slightly hidden boutique storefront is worth the trip. In fact, the last few times we spent a weekend in Montreal, we went out of our way to visit.
In an era that puts emphasis on quality, artisan, handmade everything, why not extend that to candies? These people give a lot of attention to the details, of which there are many. The delicate candies that are mostly no bigger than a pencil-top eraser, have impossibly cute and teensy designs on each one, and come in upward of 20 flavors. Can't decide which one to buy? No problem. The very helpful staff will let you sample almost any flavor they carry.
I'm also excited to say that Candylabs will do custom candies, if you ever feel the need. Which, obviously I do...for my wedding! For around $300 American, you get 3 kilos of custom candies. Ours will be in our wedding colors, with a D (heart) A in the center. They were super friendly about helping us with messages, colors, and flavors, and even invited us to come back at a time of our choosing to watch them make the candies. We're pretty excited to do that.
Individual glass packs of candies are on the spendy side, so in an instance like our wedding, we'll be taking candies home in bulk instead of in lab tube or glass bottles, but it's definitely something to grab for someone as a gift or souvenir.
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