How to Ship a Candy Bouquet
Candy bouquets are a popular alternative to flowers. You can insert candy on sticks (often in the form of suckers shaped like flowers) into a styrofoam tree and arrange it so the candy looks artistic. Hard candy is a good idea because it does not melt easily --- this makes shipping easy. However, sometimes the candy is made out of chocolate, which melts easily --- in this case, you will need to ship your candy bouquet carefully.
This article explains how to ship your candy bouquet.
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Instructions
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Understand the type of candy you will be shipping. Is it hard candy or a chocolate based candy? If you hold it in your hand does the candy immediately melt?
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Research the weather. Will there be warm weather reaching temperatures above 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the area where you are shipping from or to? You can research the weather by looking at the newspaper or on weather.com.
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Ship on a Monday or Tuesday. No matter what type of shipping you use (ground, overnight, or 2 day), you will want to ship early in the week to ensure that you candy bouquet arrives at its destination by Friday: otherwise the candy can melt while it sits over the weekend.
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Ship using Ground or 3-Day Shipping if you have hard candy or if the weather in both the shipping and receiving city will be below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. You can also ship overnight or use 2 day shipping if you want your package to arrive sooner. Any major carrier will ship this way (USPS, UPS, and FedEx.)
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Put dry ice or cold packs in the styrofoam shipping box if weather will be over 80 degrees Fahrenheit and your candy easily melts (like chocolate). Styrofoam shipping boxes can be purchased from most shipping and packing stores like the UPS store or online from stores like MrBoxOnline. You can purchase dry ice from most major grocery stores.
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Ship your styrofoam packaged candy bouquet using Overnight shipping if the weather weather will be over 80 degrees Fahrenheit and your candy easily melts (like chocolate). Overnight shipping is offered by USPS, FedEx, and UPS.
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Tips & Warnings
Carefully pack your candy bouquet to ensure that it does not get damaged during shipping.
Use gloves when handling dry ice because it can burn your skin.
