Kimbella's Candy

20/03/2024

Well here's a great reason to finally post after our extended social media sabbatical.

Every single product we handcraft is now an GOLD MEDAL WINNER! 🎉

Cashew Brittle in 2021
No entries in 2022-- covid fatigue 😔
Almond Brittle in 2023
Peanut Brittle in 2024
Macadamia Brittle in 2024
American Buttercrunch in 2024

Suddenly 2024 is looking exceptionally bright & exciting! 🤩

10/03/2024

It was back in early March 2019 that I launched Kimbella's Candy, with zero clue about what I was doing business wise. I was just keeping myself busy ... the pic below is from our very first market, the Sunday market in Riccarton. Quite a vintage look compared to now. 😁
One year later I had upgraded my packaging, won a bunch of awards, my husband came on board to share the work, and covid nipped our heels for quite a while.
We're still that same small business, everything by hand, doing all we can to get out of the kitchen to meet & greet you all -- it's the best part of the work!

We're about to embark on our "event circuit," heading to Nelson, Wellington, Auckland, etc, in the upcoming months. We'll do our best to post dates & details on social media, but have decided to step way, way back from our already dismal attempts at "regular" engagement.
You've probably all noticed the decrease in content from brands/people you like & follow, and a big increase in randoms & suggested.

As a tiny two-person team, our time is more valuable to us than anything else, so pouring it into media platforms that no longer encourage productive engagement or growth isn't a great use of that time -- not regularly, anyway. And, I don't want to be a brand that pre-schedules daily generic posts just so you don't forget us. SO annoying & impersonal 😆
We're *not* signing off, just don't worry if you see weeks & weeks of minimal/no posts on that one day you think to check on Kimbella's to see how we're going! 😂

Come & see us at our events, I *will* be posting up dates & details soon. First place is Nelson this upcoming weekend at Trafalgar Centre!

Many thanks for your enduring support ❤
Kimberly & Paul

09/02/2024

We've been super, super quiet the last month or so, spending time off after Christmas after several years of constant work without any holidays, and only rare days off. And it's been slow getting back into the swing of things during the hazy days of summer. But, we're still here, ordering online is open, and you can pop into our stockists local to you for a fix.

In exciting news, we'll be absent from the Christchurch Farmers Market tomorrow; we're laying low for the next two weeks waiting for the first grand-baby to be born 😍
Have a great weekend everyone!

24/12/2023

24/12/2023

And that's a (candy) wrap from us until mid-January.

Today I made pumpkin pie for tomorrow's family feast, and Mr. Kimbella spent time with his lbf (little best friend) surveying & tidying the backyard up for tomorrow's festivities.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everyone!

21/12/2023

A multiyear Outstanding NZ Food Producer winner with a swathe of medals collected in 2020, 2021 and 2023, Kimberly Bell’s candy making business may not have started if it wasn’t for the support of her mother and her sudden, devastating loss.
Kimberly Bell’s journey to becoming a candy maker is marked by sadness turning to serendipity: channelling grief into greatness, all while demonstrating that often what we crave is the simple taste of home.
Born in California, Kimberly was a mental health nurse years before she settled in Christchurch with her husband. “I was always playing around in the kitchen, and it was something I was innately good at,” she says. “My mom was always pushing me to open a catering business, she’d say ‘you’re a great cook’ but I was satisfied, and I recognised the things you do as a hobby aren’t always fun once they become work,” she says.
Laughing off her mother’s encouraging words, Kimberly continued nursing with cooking as a hobby. One year Kimberly decided to explore candy crafting as a hobby. That Christmas her mother gifted her a traditional glass candy thermometer to encourage her new hobby. However, Kimberly never opened it. Things took a turn in 2017, when Kimberly’s mother suddenly passed away. Kimberly explained that she had a difficult time with her grieving process given that she was so far away from her family in the US.
“There was nobody here that knew her, so I couldn’t talk to anyone about it, I couldn’t go to the places that we shared, I had a complicated grieving process.”
**read the rest at: https://www.outstandingfoodproducer.co.nz/meet-your-outstanding-maker/kimbellas-candy

~Merry Christmas, mom, the sun's come up, high and bright. ❤

17/12/2023

The tiny team at Kimbella's Candy is finally taking a semi-proper holiday break! We'll be closing online orders today at 5pm and resuming on Jan 15th.
BUT, we'll keep the eGift Voucher option available if you need to sort a last minute gift for someone you would otherwise ship to. You just need their email address, and the voucher goes directly to them to purchase whatever they like from our website once we're back.
It's been a tremendous year for us, and we owe it all to our extraordinary customers! Thank you all so much for your encouragement and support, and we'll be back next year! 😄
Until then, find our products at our stockists (providing they don't run out; check our website for retailers near you), and locally we'll be doing our usual Saturday markets & , and stock is always available at .
Happy holidays everyone! 🎅🎅🎅

11/12/2023

Well.
Wow.
Just wow
It probably looks like we've fallen off the planet, it's been so long since we posted on social media! This is the time of year small businesses are supposed to be posting more, not less! 🤣
The truth is, we just haven't had time, and we have you to thank for it. Product demand & orders are unprecedented in numbers this season. It's exhausting *and* absolutely amazing, and we can't thank you enough for your support! 🥰
There's still time to order online or pop into one our stockists in your local area (info on our website), or head to and get the gift that leaves the sweetest memories.

14/11/2023

***COMPETITION CLOSED****

CANTERBURY A&P SHOW TICKET TIME 🤩🤩🤩

We've got 2 FAMILY PASSES and 3 PAIRS of ticket freebies to send starting tonight!

One PAIR of tickets and one FAMILY PASS will be chosen (randomly) tonight at 9pm, winners notified by direct message following.

Two PAIRS of tickets & the remaining FAMILY PASS will be drawn tomorrow at 8pm, winners notified by direct message following.

*Winners chosen between Insta & Facebook entries

Details: comment/tag below who you're bringing to see us at the Artisan Village at The New Zealand Agricultural Show

➡️ My friend = two tickets for winner
OR
➡️ My partner & family = family pass winner

⬆️ THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE CRUCIAL SO WE KNOW WHO IS IN FOR PAIR OF TIX & WHO IS IN FOR FAMILY PASS!

Remember to report & block imposter accounts asap!

06/11/2023

What a surprise to find out today that we won four Silver medals & one Bronze medal at the 2023 NZ Artisan Awards!
And check out the sneak peak of new packaging we're exploring for our 150g sized bags! 🤩

03/11/2023

Auckland peeps, if you haven't already heard, find our full range of 150g sized bags of multi award-winning brittle, including top-fav, American Buttercrunch, at all six locations! 😋

01/11/2023

Come & find us at site G10 at the always gorgeous & fun today!