Wednesday, January 18, 2017

A Secret Forest Patisserie: Artisan Lollipops


A Secret Forest Patisserie is run by Vanessa, a talented artist and confectionary out of L.A. who crafts the most beautiful lollipops I have ever seen. They taste amazing too. Vanessa paints her creations on formed marzipan, adding sparkles, florals and gold flake along the way. Lollipops are sold in sets of three usually and range in price from $15 to $36 a trio.


A perfumer I follow in Instagram shared a photo of her cherry blossom pop and I swooned. Immediately I began window shopping A Secret Forest's website and building a cart for Christmas gifting. The silver mouse lollipops are the largest of her lollis, about the the width of the palm of my hand. The girls got these in their Christmas stocking and Scarlette already devoured hers. I saved the third one to photograph for you guys. And mayhap for my own tasty pleasure. You can select the flavor of your choice for certain designs and this was one of them. I chose a simple strawberry for the girls. ($36 for three x-large lollipops)


These holiday bluebirds are stunning. They are flavored in sugar cookie. I have not tasted these but plan to soon. I have one set aside for a giveaway that is currently happening on my Facebook page. ($21 for 3)



I bought a few Christmas themed pops for tying on packages: snowmen, Rudolph and Clarice and gingerbread houses. The snowmen are flavored in peppermint marshmallow and tasted minty delicious ($21 for 3), the reindeer in natural peppermint ($21 for 3) and the gingerbread houses in gingerbread ($30 for 3). The gingerbread houses blew me away with the level of detail and pure cheerfulness. I loved eating it. The gingerbread flavor was more sweet than spicy and mellow yet delicious. Eating the actual marzipan gingerbread house was my favorite part though. The chewy almond flavor and the sweet crunch of the decorations satisfied my sweet tooth.  


The girls also got a Lucky Cat lollipop in strawberry in their stocking as well. ($18 for 3)

When browsing her actual website make sure to just scroll through all the lollipops and not just click on collections or you will miss a lot of fun things to look at. Her Halloween and Valentine's lollipops are divine. I am dying to try her Marie Antoinette one, and a moon, and a lavender bud, as well a few others. I ordered several lollipops and it took a couple weeks to get them since she crafts each one by hand. Make sure you message her if you are wanting a certain amount for an event. She also does custom orders and can do rushes. I had a great experience and will be back for sure. 

I do recommend gifting the lollipops as soon as you get them or at least within a couple weeks. After about a month the clarity does cloud as is the nature of sugar and candy. They still taste amazing but just won't be as crystal clear. She also has premium flavors you can add to your lollipops like elderflower and organic plum for an extra charge. 

I am in love with artisan candies and these fit the bill for beautiful sweets to both enjoy and gift. 


8 comments:

  1. Wow, those are gorgeous. I wouldn't want to eat them!

    ~Deb

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    1. They are stunning for sure. It is a little sad to eat them, but at least my tongue laps up the sweetness along with the tears.

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  2. Gorgeous!! Little works of art I would have to hoard forever..

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    1. Right?! At least sugar keeps. I have prolonged the licking to a three day stretch so I do feel like I get a good bang for my buck. And soooo pretty!!!! I would hoard them but I know I will buy more so that releases me of that tendency.

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  3. Oh my goodness, those are so beautiful! I'd never be able to eat them - they'd sit on my shelf and go cloudy. They sound so delicious, though, in addition to being just gorgeous. I'll have to go and ogle the goodies.

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    1. Definitely at least look around. I love her dancing girls and haunted house and the moon face. So many cute ones.

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  4. These are so beautiful! I might get some for my niece. Her birthday is coming up soon and she loves stuff like this!

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    1. I bet she would love them! She has a nice selection of kid friendly and whimsical lollipops. <3 Happy birthday to your niece! You are the best aunt ever I bet!

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