Disclosure: Sweetworks provided the candy package used in the post. Opinions shared are mine.
During the summer months, we enjoy hosting pool parties. July 4 is always a very special event because it’s my brother-in-law’s birthday. We celebrate with fireworks, fun family time, and of course — food! The finale of the big 4th pool party event is always a delicious dessert. This year, Sweetworks will be the star of our show. With their assortment of candy, it was easy as 1-2-3 to create a colorful, edible centerpiece for our outdoor table.
Using delicious Sweetworks candies to top your ice cream means you don’t have to heat up the kitchen! This can also be prepped in advance, so that you can fully enjoy your guests.
Pull out that sectional salad bowl and put it to good use. In each section, put a colorful Sweetworks topping. The delightful Candy Crumbles are soft, not-too-sweet crunchies that resemble candy cane pieces. They’re not as hard, though, so they’re perfect for ice cream. I also used the patriotic Pearls candies. These melt just a bit on the ice cream, making pretty streaks that the kids love!
Before the party, dish out bowls of ice cream. To keep the ice cream from melting before your guests have time to top the treats, nestle the bowls in a tray of ice. This makes serving so easy, too. Just pull the tray out of the freezer and take it outside! Ovation sticks add a touch of sophistication to each bowl. These are Irish Cream flavored (yes, I said that. Wowzers.) but you can also choose Mint or Orange flavor.
Your guests will enjoy customizing the ice cream bowls to their liking. A sprinkle of Candy Crumble and a few Pearls make this a dessert to remember.
So tempting!!
Once your guests indulge in ice cream, simply replace the centerpiece with an assortment of candies. Your guests will enjoy sitting around the table and savoring red foiled milk chocolate hearts, blue and white foiled chocolate balls, red/white/blue colored sweet shapes and gumballs. This is also a good alternative for those who don’t want to eat ice cream.
Be sure to give each guest a Sweetworks Patriotic take-home bag! I filled mine with red and blue sixlets, foil covered chocolates, and gumballs.
Sweetworks has everything you need for a picture-perfect patriotic party. Be sure to order plenty so that you can snack on it while preparing your desserts. Oops, did I type that out loud?
What type of Sweetworks candy would make your party pop?
Thanks to Sweetworks for sending us this candy to try!
I would use the Nerds because they are colorful and delicious.
I would use Sixlets because they are bright & colorful. I might work in the Niagara Chocolate Caramel bars because I love them! I’ve always liked the Break-Aparts, too.
I would like to try the candy crumbles. Never heard of them but sound fun
Red & White Candy Crumble Jar because they are festive.
If I had the Ovation® Milk Pumpkin Spice Break-A-Part, I’d use it to decorate my pumpkin cheesecake- it’s be so cute!
My family loves to hang out by the pool, and snacks are an important part of that process! We’re more a fan of barbecue foods at pool parties though!
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Red & White Candy Crumble Jar because they are festive..
I would use Sixlets because they are yummy and a good size to use for decorating.
I’d like sixlets. Great little candies, and you can get them in red, white, and blue for patriotic candy displays.
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I like the Sixlets
they looks good and easy to work with
I would like the Sixlets® because of the bright colors and you could use for any festivity
I would use bright colored candies like the Sixlets or the gumballs. The Break-Aparts would be great to use, too.
I would like to use Sweetworks’ Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes on the 4th of July cake I’m baking for our family picnic.
The Sixlets® would be nice to decorate a sheet cake for the holidays.
I would use the powder blue and white and the red and white candy crumble in a cookie recipe I have that uses crushed candy cane. It would be a great summer version of my kids favorite.
I’d love to use the Ovation® Milk Pumpkin Spice Break-A-Part because I think they’d look awesome on my pumpkin cheesecake!
I love the Celebrations candies and gumballs because of their brilliant color and shine. They would make awesome desserts.
How fun! Now I want to throw a pool party:)
I would definitely use Sixlets. I love all of their bright colors and they taste so good. Everyone would love them.
The Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes would be great decorating cookies
I would love to get the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes. I would use them on my cupcakes I make for my grandkids
I would love to use the Milk Chocolate Sports Cars for my sons birthday party in July I think him and his little friends would love them!!
The red sixlets in a jar would fit well in the cabinet and be great for sprinkling on desserts.
I would use the Oaklesf neon stars for cupcake toppers, slushies or a guess how many jar.
I would like the Ovation® Dark Orange Break-A-Part. I could put this on my flag cake it would add alittle more favor yumm
The candy crumbles are new to me. I had never seen them before, but they would be great to decorate sweets with. The ovation sticks are pretty neat, too.
I love red & White Candy Crumble Jar because they are very festive.
Individually Wrapped Shimmer™ Robin’s Egg for the color
I would love to have the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes because they would look so nice on top of the Strawberry Triffle that I make for the BBQ!
My fave would be the Ovation® Milk Pumpkin Spice Break-A-Part, I’d use it to decorate my pumpkin cheesecake because it’d be so cute!
The Shimmer™ Silver Stars Sweet Shapes™ Peg Bag candy would look good against blue icing to make a cake flag.
The red, white, and blue Sixlets would be fun for July 4th. The pearls would be really cute, too.
I think the Sixlets would be great to decorate cookies or brownies! They are really colorful. The Gumballs or Ovation Sticks would be great, too.
I would use the Ovation sticks for little fireworks.
The Halloween Mix Sixlets® (2lb Bag) would be great for cupcakes I’ll be making for Halloween this year. I like the color combination and they’d be an added festive touch. Thanks.
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The red and blue gumballs would make nice table decorations for the Fourth.
I’d use the Celebration sweets, they have the extra ‘pop’ of color that will make any party table look great!
I’d use the gumballs filled with nerds for my decorating!
I love red & White Candy Crumble for the 4th of July my #32.
I like the Celebration candies because you could use them in just about any holiday presentation.
I’d use the red white and blue six lets to decorate a patriotic cake.
The Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes™ would be great for Independence Day!!! The colors & shapes are perfect!!!
I didn’t know the Candy Crumbles existed until recently. They would be great to decorate with!
I would use the tie dye sixlets to decorate a cake for my daughter’s birthday. She loves sixlets and tie dye so I am thrilled there is this option.
I love sixlets because they are delicious and colorful. They are great on topof cupcakes.
I would decorate with the Sixlets….I love them. When I was a little girl my Grandmother would keep them for me.
Thanks for the giveaway! I like to use m&ms because they come out with holiday colors usually. 🙂
I would use the foiled chocolates and fill a large glass jar with Red, Silver and Blue for the 4th.
I would like to use the Autumn Mix Pearls. It would be great for thanksgiving.
I like the Niagara Chocolates because I am a sucker for any chocolate, but this package here looks heavenly delicious.
I would like to use the gumballs and decorate cakes, cookies etc with red, white and blue ones.
I’d love to use the Pastel Hearts Candy on my cakes because they’re cute and my grand daughter loves hearts!
What a cute way e a party. I want to do this for my son’s birthday next month. The kids would love to be able to make their own ice cream creations.
Any time you let the kids make their own, it is always a hit. This looks like it would be super-fun for adults also!
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Everything look so beautiful and tasty! You’re amazing, i could never organize anything so coordinated for a party, LOL.
Gina, this was so totally easy. I am not actually very talented at being a coordinate hostess – this was just too easy to mess up!
I think the dark chocolate eggs sound good…we like dark chocolate eggs sound good.
I think I would go for the Sixlets, the Ovation sticks & the Candy crumbles. All of those would go great on cookies or cakes.
I think I’d like the Foiled Solid Milk Hearts because they’d be fun to put around a cake.
Even if it’s the Fourth of July or Christmas I think I would make a sixlet themed party. I LOVE THEM. You can’t really find them in the states. (well, at least not mine. lol.) Sixlets for everyone and everything, sixlets everywhere! YUM!
I’d most like to use their Bright Pink & White Candy Crumble to top cupcakes that I make pretty regularly. They’re chocolate with cream cheese frosting. Yummy! These would just add a pretty feminine pink and additional great flavor. Thank-you!
Red velvet cupcakes would be cute decorated with the Powder Blue & White Candy Crumble™ Peg Pouch.
That is a great idea! I’m Canadian so I only need the red and white but I like the idea of having different candies out and serving ice cream. Your own ice cream bar!
I like the Celebrations candies and gumballs because of their brilliant, bright colors.
I would like the Foiled Solid Milk Footballs because right after the 4th we start getting ready for football season.
I love the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes, so cute!
I would like to use Foiled Solid Milk Red Hearts because they would look great in a candy dish on Valentines day.
You know, I might try to use Niagara Chocolate Caramel Bars in cookies or brownies. The Candy Crumbles could be used pretty easily, too.
I would like to use the Shimmer™ White & Red Mix Pearls™ in my desert for my 4th of July party
I’d love to use the Sixlets because they are my favorites and bring back memories of when I was a kid and bought them at the corner store!
I think the Pastel Hearts Candy would look really cute on my cakes
What a great selection for a pool party!! I don’t think I have been to a pool party in years! This looks like it would be so relaxing.
i would get the Neon Stars Candy (15 lbs).my sister just graduated high school and is having a graduation party next month and this would be perfect to put in the center of the tables
I would like to use the Hot Cinnamon Jawbreaker because they taste good.
Niagra caramel bar –love caramel and chocolate
I’d like to use the Celebration by SweetWorks® gumballs – summer celebrations just aren’t the same with out gumballs. They are a must!
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Jars of the hot cinnamon jawbreakers would look nice decorating a table that had a blue table runner.
I love all of the Celebration candies and gumballs. They are so pretty and brilliant in color. They accent any dessert or party.
I just mixed up a batch of chocolate chip cookies, and I’m thinking I could use Sixlets in place of chocolate chips! That would be great for July 4th!
I would use the Shimmer White gumballs, the red gumballs, and the blue gumballs. Putting them in layers in a vase and then sticking pinwheels down in them and using them as centerpieces seems like a fun and easy idea.
I LOVE Sixlets so I would definitely be using those. Thanks for the chance to win!
I’d love to decorate a key lime pie with the Ovation® Milk Key Lime Break-A-Part because I think it would look good and taste awesome!
Red and blue Sixlets…they are good just eaten plain.
I would use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes™ (2lb Bag) because it would go perfect for my 4th of July gathering!
I would like to make an ice cream cake, decorated with the Tie Dye Mix Sixlets® (2lb Bag) for my boyfriend’s birthday. He would love it!
You know, I’d like to try the Ovation Sticks around a round cake & top it with Sixlets or stars. That would be colorful!
I would use the nerds to decorate because the colors are bright and cheery and the shape has a lot of fun textures. (okay, I would actually just eat them. I like nerds).
I think I’d love to decorate a key lime pie with the Ovation® Milk Key Lime Break-A-Part because I think it would look good and taste awesome!
I’d like to use the Niagara Chocolates 2 oz., 6 oz., and 12 oz. dark chocolate rabbits, because I love dark chocolate.
I would love to use Halloween Mix Sixlets® (2lb Bag). I bet they would look great in a jar and add a cool pop of color to the table!
One item I may choose is the Red Pearls™ (2lb Bag) Because it goes with the 4th of July theme.
The Red/Shimmer™ White Mix Pearls™ Jar would be cute for decorating cupcakes.
I think the Sixlets would be great to decorate cookies or cakes or pretty much anything. The Candy crumbles are pretty neat, too!
I’d like the Foiled Solid Milk Hearts because they’d make a cute decoration for a cake!
I’d like to use the gumballs so the kids could have them after cupcakes.
I’d like to try the Blueberry Bubble Gum (1080 ct.) Blueberry is my favorite fruit flavor!
I would use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes in a clear vase with a “bouquet” of old fashioned lollipops and candy sticks for our 4th of July & birthday bash.
Sixlets® Harvest Laydown Bag (9 oz)
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I bet the Niagara Chocolate Caramel bars would be great chopped up in brownies! I love caramel.
Inside where it’s cool, the solid milk balls in red, white, and blue would look – and taste – great!
I would like to use the Red White & Blue Star Shapes as decorations on cookies and also sprinkle some around the tablecloth to add some colorful fun to the table.
I’d like to put the Milk Chocolate Dinosaur “Surprise” Egg on my grandson’s birthday cupcakes
I’d use the Ovation® Milk Key Lime Break-A-Part as party favors because they would be awesome!
Thanks for the contest.
I would use the dark chocolate bunnies because dark chocolate is my favorite.
I’d like to use Sweetworks’ Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes because they’d make cute decorations for my 4th of July cake!
I’d like to use Shimmer™ White & Red Mix Pearls™ (2lb Bag) because it would go well with the holiday colors!
I would use the sixlets to decorate cupcakes for my 4th of July/42nd Birthday Party.
It would be so much fun to make cookies with the Sixlets in them. My youngest nephew would love that.
I would like to decorate with the Ovation® Dark Mint Filled Break-A-Part because I love dark chocolate.
I would use Sixlets. They are colorful and taste good.
I’d like to get the Pastel Hearts Candy because I think they would look really cute on my cakes
I’d like to get the Pastel Hearts Candy because I think they would look really cute on my cakes!
I would love to decorate with the Foiled Milk Chocolate Balls. They would be fun to put in a large clear vase or jar with colors for each holiday.
I would use Royal Blue Sixlets® (2lb Bag) to match my holiday decor!
I really would love to put some Sixlets in chocolate chip cookies. The Candy crumbles would be great on cookies or cakes.
I’d love to use the Ovation Mint Sticks. They are quite universal. They could be used whole as they are, broken in half or quartered to make other types of decorations, or even crumbled as a topping (or even snacked on in between). I think they’d be perfect!
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I would be fun to make a flag out of red, white, and blue sixlets.
I would love to make a flags out of the red & White Candy Crumble Jar for my 4th of July.
Thank you for the giveaway. I’d love to use the Red-White-Blue everything to make table centerpiece decorations for my sons upcoming Eagle Scout ceremony.
I would use the Foiled Solid Dark Ornaments because I love dark chocolate.
The Ovation® Milk Key Lime Break-A-Part, while not traditional colors, would be a refreshing chocolate for the hot summer July days.
I would like to use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes because they go perfectly with the holiday theme.
The cinnamon jawbreakers would be good.
I think Sixlets in cookies would be really great for July 4th! The Candy crumbles would be cool on cakes.
I would like to use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes on a white cake, they would look so good on it.
would get the Neon Stars Candy (15 lbs).my sister just graduated high school and is having a graduation party next month and this would be perfect to put in the center of the tables!!
I would use the Foiled Solid Dark Pink Hearts because I love dark chocolate.
I want to use the Shimmer™ White & Red Mix Pearls because of the colors and it is patriotic
I would choose sixlets to decorate with because they are my favorite candy.
The Red & White Candy Crumbles would be cute as cookie decorations.
I’d like to use the Foiled Solid Milk Red Hearts because everyone loves chocolate and it would go nicely with my 4th of July theme get together.
I would like to use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes on my cupcakes that I’m making for July 4th because they are colorful and delicious.
The pearl candies would be so colorful and easy to decorate with
I like the Lavender and White Candy Crumble. It adds a splash of color and looks delicate and delicious.
I’d use sixlets in my decorating. They are perfect for bite size decorating and taste awesome!
I would love to use the Sixlets on cakes or cupcakes. It would be fun to use with the various colors for each holiday. You could also make designs too.
I’d use sixlets because I live them.
I think the star shapes would be great on cupcakes and the Sixlets would be a great substitute for chocolate chips in cookies. The Candy crumbles would be great on anything!
I would use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes. I like making flag cakes for special occasions like 4th of July. These would really give the cake a special and more patriotic look.
I would like to use the sixlets and the gumballs for our wedding decorations as they are very colorful.
The Red, White, Pink Hearts Sweet Shapes would be so cute on my Valentines day cupcakes!
I would use the Foiled Solid Dark Eggs to decorate because I love dark chocolate.
I may also use the Red/Shimmer™ White Mix Sixlets® Jar candies along with some plain blue to add to the holiday theme!
i would use the Sixlets chocolate chips because they are delicious and elegant for the summer holiday.
This morning a frosted strawberry donut sounds good…Top that with Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes and you have a festive sweet breakfast. 🙂
I’d use sixlets to decorate cupcakes and cookies for my 4th of July party.
I’m liking the blue wrapped and red wrapped milk chocolate candies…
I would use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes™ (2lb Bag) for my granddaughter’s birthday party – she will be 1 on the 4th of July!!
I would use the Ovation sticks for fireworks maybe on a cake. I love the idea of a ice cream bar, what a great way to cool down!
I would love to decorate with the Sixlets® Christmas Canes. They would be perfect for holiday baked goods. Sugar cookies and Ginger Bread Houses would look perfect with these candies on them.
I like the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes for a 4th of July party!
I love the Celebrations candies and gumballs because they are so brilliant in color and shine. They would make any party or dessert grand-looking!
I would use the red, white, and blue Sixlets for my holiday desserts. My family loves them!
I would use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes and make a cupcakes decorated with them because my daughter and I love to bake together!
I think the Sixlets & the Candy Crumbles would work really well in cookies! I’d make a big batch of chocolate chip Sixlet Cookies.
I would use Tie Dye Mix Sixlets® (2lb Bag) because it would make my baking colorful and fun to eat.
I would love the sixlets!
like to use the sixlets to decorate cupcakes for the 4th of july picnic
The Sixlets are the easiest thing to use for any party decoration. They are delicious and the patriotic colors mean they would look awesome on some cupcakes!
I like the six let’s the best, they are fun and they taste good
I think the Pastel Hearts Candy would look really cute on my cakes!!
I’d use the Princess Mix Sixlets for my friend’s baby shower.
i would get the Neon Stars Candy (15 lbs) .my sister just graduated high school and shes having a graduation party . i would use these for decorations on the tables because after she graduated, i told her to reach for the stars.
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