Comments on: Candy Event: Swedish Fish Party

By: Candy Addict » Candy Event: Creating With Candy With Beth Kimmerle

Candy Addict » Candy Event: Creating With Candy With Beth Kimmerle — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:01:04 +0000

[...] last time I headed into Dylan’s Candy Bar it was for a fairly hideous Swedish Fish event. So, it was with some trepidation that I ventured back for a media get-together with Beth Kimmerle, [...]

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:52:51 +0000

LOL@ “Jane got annoyed and went up and asked for one.” It was more like “Caitlin got increasingly irritated until Jane sucked it up and went and asked for one!” But otherwise, completely accurate… especially the part where she’s an old lady!

Oh, and since I’m not a teetotaler, I can add to the review that the Swedish Fish margarita was delicious. I would have tried the other drinks as well, but all I’d eaten for dinner was…. well, Swedish Fish out of a bowl and a piece of candy sushi (with real rice!! bleh!). So that would have been a bad idea.

By: diane

diane — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:16:39 +0000

what a great candy , thats been around a long time !!!!

By: Sea Hag

Sea Hag — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:59:16 +0000

I hate Swedish Fish but I think this would have been fun to go to just for the sake of being able to go to a candy party. And for the record, I hate people too but I love beer and loud music.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:45:28 +0000

Candy sushi with real rice sounds absolutely disgusting, but the party sounded like something I might have enjoyed, despite the fact that I too generally avoid booze, people and noise (not necessarily in that order). Then again, I’m not single, so maybe having a live-in dork to drag with me makes the idea more palatable?

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:49:47 +0000

Well, to me they’re just a touch too hard to chew – too firm to be a true gummi. A bit softer and I’d probably be addicted to them.

By: laura

laura — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:30:55 +0000

what do you mean about the effort/pleasure ratio? how is it hard to eat a swedish fish? i didn’t understand that, but i’m right with you on everything else – i too am 27, single, and perfectly content to continue avoiding people and noise.

By: Chris Wagner

Chris Wagner — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:06:21 +0000

I totally love swedish fish — but all I can ever find are the packages with all red fish in them.

Hopefully this party will kick off a new infusion of multicolored fish packages!

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:23:43 +0000

As a Swede, I find the most interesting thing about “Swedish Fish” that you can’t buy them in Sweden! Incredibly annoying really, I’ve tried them when in the US and I really like them. We do have a fish-shaped gummy made by the same company, but the texture is totally different and so is the flavor.

By: i_write

i_write — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:05:45 +0000

Caitlin,

I think we were twins separated at birth! Except for the fact that I’m 33, that’s me – “a crotchety old teetotaler in a 27-year old’s body. I hate people, alcohol, and loud music, in that order.” And you’re right, what’s with us being single?

I enjoyed reading your article. Though I must admit it was kind of like reading a Stephen King novel on speed. As a former events coordinator, your detailed description of the party sent shivers down my spine!

…and, uh, hmmm… the tagline…*blushes*

:) Heather Strickland