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Much to our delight the 2024 Chocolate Covered Strawberry Season is here already! The opening of our local strawberry season is well ahead of the last several years. This means everyone gets to [...]

Happy Cinco de Mayo Weekend! The Aztecs were first to use cocoa beans. They enjoyed a drink where cocoa beans and water were mixed with cornmeal, hot pepper and spices. To honour this [...]

Summer is on it’s way and we have some new products available fro you to enjoy this year. Gourmet du Village’s Hot Chocolate mixes have always been a popular treat in the cooler [...]

Are you looking for a special gift to celebrate a First Communion or Confirmation? To help celebrate these special occasions we have a selection of different gift ideas available. We have a few [...]

This week it is Administrative Professional’s Week with Wednesday April 24th being Administrative Professional’s Day. Here at Candies of Merritt we have plenty of ideas to help you [...]

It’s that time of year again, the hockey playoffs are back! This year four Canadian  teams have made it into the playoffs: the Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets and, [...]

April is Maple Month and Maple Syrup Season is in full swing. As the temperatures have warmed up the sap has started flowing from the maple trees ready to be turned into lots of tasty treats. We [...]

Our once a year treat of coconut cream eggs are made and in store now. The two toned coconut cream centres – representing the yolk and egg white – are hand dipped with care in milk chocolate and [...]

March has arrived, which means Irish Potato Season for 2024 is here! In the lead up to St. Patrick’s Day, each year from March 1st to 16th (excluding Sundays) we harvest our well known Irish [...]

It is a leap year today and time to get the Easter parade underway. In store we have a wide assortment of milk chocolate Easter novelties ranging from small flat medallions, bunnies and half eggs [...]