Candy Making Business

Candy Making Business Success Stories [2025]

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Updated: April 15th, 2025

You will need a few essential ingredients and equipment to start a candy-making business. These include sugar, corn syrup, food coloring, flavoring extracts, and tools like a candy thermometer and a silicone candy mold. You will also need a kitchen or workspace to prepare and store candy.

To operate your candy-making business, you must develop various tasty candy recipes. The candy may require trial and error, as well as research on popular flavors and techniques. Once you have a solid selection of recipes, you can start taking orders from customers and creating candy to their specifications.

To market your candy-making business, you can set up an online store or sell your products at local markets and events. You can also consider partnering with local companies, such as coffee shops or gift stores, to sell your candy on their premises.

Starting a candy-making business requires creativity, dedication, and attention to detail. With suitable recipes and marketing strategies, you can turn your love of candy into a successful and sweet business!

In this list, you'll find real-world candy making business success stories and very profitable examples of starting a candy making business that makes money.

1. Stello ($36K/year)

Brandon Nolte, co-founder of Stello, came up with the idea after building a successful CBD business. Seeing the need for a unique product in the CBD space, he decided to create stress diffusing mints. With the help of a product development company and a branding agency, Stello was brought to life. Despite limitations in marketing due to restrictions on platforms like Google and Facebook, Nolte is focused on attracting more customers and improving the product and customer experience.

How much money it makes: $36K/year
How much did it cost to start: $350K
How many people on the team: 0

I Launched A Stress-Diffusing Mints Brand After Building A $10M CBD Business

Brandon Nolte, the co-founder of Stello, a stress diffusing mint company, shares his journey of launching a new company after +8 years and +$10 million in sales in the CBD space, including the challenges and opportunities of product development, branding, and marketing strategies in the CBD industry.

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