Comments on: Taking Stock of BonBonBar

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:10:42 +0000

Wow…so glad I found your site, and congratulations on your now 1-1/2+ year old endeavor! I’m starting up a custom cake business in Northern California, and I’m so thankful for blogs like yours that are forthright about starting a business. Especially any business related to sweets and located in California! This is a beast of a state to be an entrepreneur in, and I applaud you for what you’re doing down in LA. (We moved up from Culver City two years ago.) I look forward to trying a BonBonBar soon!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:45:48 +0000

I’d watch Awkward Silences with Nina. You could make the first comedy cooking show! That’d be great.

Congrats on being swamped with orders. Better feast than famine, right? I’m planning a confection day with my siblings when I’m back in Massachusetts for Christmas. Last year we did various filled molded chocolates, but for all the interesting white-chocolate mint buttercream and dark-chocolate rosemary caramels, everyone just ate the milk-chocolate vanilla caramels, so I might keep everything a little more accessible overall this year.

I had a Theo chocolate recently, fig-fennel ganache, that was shockingly good. Maybe I’ll try fruit infusions!

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:51:16 +0000

Thank you, Rainey!

Congratulations on losing 45 pounds so far!!! That’s fantastic. There’s no need to apologize — health always comes first, and I’m so happy that you’re almost halfway to your goal. Good luck! Food memories are very strong with me, too. I find that, often, if I think a lot about wanting to eat something that I’ve had before, the actually eating can be superfluous because it tastes just exactly as imagine it to taste. So, I’m happy that your memories of my candy are still fresh enough to “taste.”

By: rainey

rainey — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:18:27 +0000

Great to hear that you’re finding that you made the right choices for yourself and still feeling good about it on your first anniversary! I just stopped by to see what you are up to and I’m so glad I did.

Sorry not to be ordering any more candy. And especially sorry not to get to try your pumpkin pie bar. It sounds sensational. My husband had a gastric bypass operation in July and I found, in trying to support him, that I was able to lose 45 pounds. Still got another 50 to go and, sadly, candy is NOT a part of that. But the memories of your other wonderful things is fresh and special and watching the adventure of a young business grow and thrive is still exciting.

Best to you for the holidays and the coming year. Certainly there will be challenges running a business with a high end luxury item at its core but excellence is excellence and even in tough times people will still need a little encouraging treat and the inspiration of something exceptional from time to time.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:19:21 +0000

Thank you, Tania!!! I appreciate all of your support so much! And I’ll be happy to make your Malt Bars.

Verena - Thanks, woohoo, a year! And anytime you might find yourself in LA!

By: Verena

Verena — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:26:48 +0000

Happy soon-to-be 1st Anniversary for BonBonBar! It’s great to hear about your experiences over the year and what you have achieved so far. How I wished I could intern for you too. Hope you’ll be able to enjoy the holiday season amidst all the candymaking.

By: Tania

Tania — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:58:09 +0000

Thanks for the update, and congrats on the kitchen and the intern.

I’ll be placing some holiday orders, as will some of the other people I have convinced to try your wares. Santa has told me to order some Malt Bars up for myself, and who am I to deny Santa?