I think this channel is a lot like a modern day Bob Ross. Gregs persona and voice is just so inviting, and warm, and the way he does his job like he loves every moment of it is just so wholesome.

I wish there were more local candy shops around the states like there used to be. Most people don’t even think about how candy is made, they just want it. They want it cheap, and they want it now. The funny thing is, most candy made locally is cheaper and much higher quality. Local ingrediants, local sales, and made with love all combine to make an amazing taste. Well...as long as the person making it loves what they do. You, sir, are a testamant to how candy should be made. I hope your buisness flourishes and you love what you do for the rest of your life. Keep everything simple and full of love.

Going through heroin wd these videos helped soothe me. I can't explain it. Thanks and I'm still clean. edit:3 years after this post and I'm still clean!

Candy making is an art.

This may sound cheesy: I ordered candy from you guys during the summer, and when it came I had been in a car accident the same day. It was a long and tiring day, we hit a pole head on, I'd been jerked around and dragged to a hospital to do all kinds of tests and I just wanted to go home, and when I got home the candy was waiting for me and it made a terrible day much better. I absolutely love the candy you guys make and it made me happy enough to forget about the ginormous seatbelt rash across my chest, haha.

Really nice that you can walk around the cooling table now. You have room for 3 or 4 people to work at one time if the need would ever arise.

I’m so used to watching Hercules Candies that it throws me off sometimes when you use different techniques 😂

My friend and I are talking about needing to come to Tallahassee, just to visit Lofty Pursuits. Greg is so delightfully nerdy- we feel like it would be so much fun to get to know him!

In Sweden we don't make ribbon candy in this shape, we tend to make it in a sort of curly spiralling shape instead, as if you were to wrap the ribbon around a pen or something instead of letting it go through a machine. We also sell this type of candy during open-air markets and in paper cones. I was so happy when my mother got me a cone full of candy at the market once when I was little, for instance.

I've never been all that into hard candies, but I can really appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into them. I had no idea.

13 minutes of my life... *WELL SPENT*

watching these videos makes me feel nostalgic for an era I wasn't born in

I've got an order of candy from you guys arriving today :D. Been patiently waiting for almost 2 weeks haha.

every once in awhile I come across someone who was born in the wrong era. you sir are one of those people. keep up the great work and thank you for keeping old traditions and knowledge alive.

It’s September, I was feeling down and wanted to feel Christmassy so I came here, it helped :)

I'm so happy that you spent time w/ the Hercules candy making family. I' sure they learned alot. Thank you for doing what you do. You're just amazing.

Yes i do agree about making longer videos and seeing everything made! Satisfying!

It's always fun to see ribbon candy. It's always a thing for me to go to my grandma's and hang up the ribbon candy on the tree and eat the broken bit. Such nice memories~

i've never eaten ribbon candy before, but i think the imperfections from you making it by hand make it looks far nicer than the perfectly uniform stuff youd find in supermarkets.

I'm glad you slowed the video down to see the pulling of the candy. There's something just so satisfying about seeing this part of the process. Especially when you first put it onto the cooling table and start to separate the colors. Watching the hot liquid parts fall out of the cooler parts as you hold it up is mesmerizing for some reason! Thanks for doing this and also for all of the explanations to go along with each video. Quite interesting!

true happiness is watching you make candy

This man is ahead of his time not only having an amazing channel amd promoting himself in multiple ways but with feedback and forward thinking I watched one video and I already am probably going to buy some of your candy. Keep up the good work!

I absolutely agree with longer vids, more crafting time. It's nice to sort of take a break from the day and watch the process. For those that think it's too long, you can always watch part now and the rest later.

So my grandpa, who died a few years ago, loved this candy and before he died we couldn't find any and it was a special thing for him and my mom to grab when she was growing up. She just found some in the store the other day, and we couldn't keep it because I have food allergies and the production wasn't safe so seeing this made me feel a little bit better and also gave me the idea of trying to make some for her so thank you :)

Look at the mesmerized customers in the shop! It is fun to watch

I love how quickly candy goes from molten goo to recognizable treat

I have been binge watching your channel for the past 3 days! I realized how ignorant I was about something so artistic and amazing. Watching you guys make the candy by hand really makes me want to take a visit to your location! But I'll probably have to settle on ordering a bit online for now :). Keep up these incredibly informative and fun videos!!!! 👍🏼👌🏼💚

Watching you make the candy took me back to my childhood. Huge tree covered with homemade cookies and candies

I do like the new length of the videos and the extended pulling and shaping sections. Also that new machine seemed to operate very nicely, the candy came out really good.

thank you for these videos and for keeping old traditions alive.

I haven't had ribbon candy in years and your passion for candy making brought a tear to my eye.👏👏👏

Dude the Christmas music... BEST CHANNEL ON KZfaq THANK YOU!!!!

Your voice is so amazing ahah makes is like a life times story

It seems like that ability, to fold ribbon candy by hand, would be pretty damn useful in your profession.

I am SOOOO glad to see that ribbon candy is still being made. "Stained glass sugar cookies" (made by using a tiny cookie cutter to cut out a portion of a larger cookie before baking--make usre you use parchment paper between the cookie and the baking sheet--and using crushed pieces of ribbon candy in the small cutter opening are one of the many Christmas memories I have from childhood. Now that I have grandchildren of my own, I want to continue to make similar memories for them.

Slowing down the videos, making them longer, and the overdub is amazing. I am so glad this channel was recommended randomly on youtube.

can you please make a playlist of all the music that you use in your videos? It would make me happier than the child of a candy man!

you should voice audio books

The music, the narration and of course the candy making all come together to make a classy video!

You need to visit Terry at Hercules Candy she and Steve make ribbon candy every year by hand I'm sure they will teach you how to do it

Your videos are a cure for the soul.

I love how you make everyone that watches you smile

I love the little tidbits of history wound into your videos. You can just tell that you love your craft, and your passion shines through in the high quality videos you make. Thank you

My grandmother always used to have ribbon candy at Christmas time. I didn't like the taste much, but I loved the way it looked and would play with it more than eat it. It's fascinating to finally know how it's made!

Oh, I loved these as a kid! But I feel like they're hard to find now

I love that he is fat. I know it may sound weird, but it is very comforting that a sweet maker is nice and fat. It makes me trust that what he makes is good.

I can remember my grandmother who died many many many years ago having ribbon candy from a local candy maker and store. It was so thin that it was like shattering glass when you bit into it and I've never been able to find any that thin since. Some of it is downright quarter inch thick! The box was also full of 12 to 18 different flavors and colors and it was made by a small two person operation candy making shop in Portland Maine. They are still making and selling candy but not that ribbon candy. :-(

So impressive to watch someone shape candy more or less by hand, with just a good pair of scissors and a relatively simple machine to put the finishing touch to it.

I'd love to hear the sounds of candy being made.

OK so there used to be a candy shop when I was a little girl who made all kinds of old school candies and my abuelita would buy me ribbon candy! man. I'd forgotten all about that until I saw this video. do you all only make hard candies? no salt water taffy love?

there is something so satisfying about the art of people making food with the utmost care (Sushi done by masters, burgers done by dads, and candy done by you and my grandfather.) That and your voice is so soothing, it just makes me relax and want to fall asleep. I am glad when I have the time to watch your videos.

It's so relaxing to watch the candy being made. I could watch it for hours!

thank you for posting these videos they're very calming

This is amazing. I would have all of that flubbed up in seconds!

I enjoy listening to you and watching you make your candy.

There's nothing more inspirational than watching someone who loves and is great at their craft

I JUST GOT NECTAR DROPS A VARIETY PACK AND HUMBUGS FOR CHRISTMAS!!! IVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THE NECTAR DROPS THEY ARE SOOOOO GOOD

THAT LOOKS SOOO GOOD

My great grandmother loved your candies and she passed two years ago

Watching these makes my Christmas spirit spark up

I was starting to have an anxiety attack while around my parents, so I went up to my room, searched for your channel, and clicked on this video. I feel better now, thank you so much for making these

Ginger Beer Candy! :O Just suddenly came to me. Would be delicious, maybe?

I love the jazz and other old tracks they use in their videos.

I'm so happy that you finally got a machine to make proper ribbon candy. Simplicity really is best! The ribbons look beautiful.

Why do I like these videos?

These look so good but I don't live in Florida to see them make it but I can watch it here on KZfaq I might go and buy some for Christmas 🎄

You all are rude, coming to this guy's channel and praising another channel. Every artist has their own way of making their art. I enjoyed the ability to watch you make this. Thank you for posting.

These videos are amazing--I could watch them all day! Thank you so much for sharing!

I can't be the only one who associates this kind of candy with Christmas at the grandparents' house XD

Hope I can visit you guys soon if I ever travel to Florida! There aren't many candy shops that make their own hard candy here in IL.

Pretty much all the local small business candy stores have shut down in my area and it's just See's and like one dedicated shop in a mall, watching these videos makes me nostalgic and reminds me of what used to be here.

I love how you include historic facts about what you're making. Very cool.

Love the music relaxing bro

I just heard the song at the beginning of the video and instantly thought of that one old vine

I LOVE ribbon candy for its texture properties. Snap it into a smaller lenth, put it vertically between the teeth, and bite down to feel its multiple levels stacking atop one another as the flavor comes to life. Lovely.

This is so satisfying to watch. The music and your voice make it even better.

Hercules candy makes it by hand and it turns out good

you need to check out a channel called " no egg craig " his parents make candy and his mom does the ribbon candy with her fingers !

I absolutely LOVE ribbon candy at Christmas, pretty much all the old fashioned candy.

True magic here my friend, I love watching this type of art in the making! Thanks so much for what you do

The new shop (from what we could see) looks great. Curious question...did you save the domino wall from the old location?

If Hercules Candy can make it by hand I'm pretty sure you guys can!

Out of the other candy channels i like yours the most, very clean videos that are easy to mentally digest. . . You go step by step with detail and show the whole process all without talking about nonsense and leaving it aesthetic

This is just fascinating to watch! Kudos for both great, simple narration, and to showcasing the whole process for making your ribbon candy. Loved it.

Funny thing is, Hercules candy actually twists the candy by hand, it's so fun to watch.

Why the background music songs... I'm really glad to see your all candies making.. Can't stop watching it. Me & my Son absolutely just love candies... Thank you so very much for the valuable video..

Excellent vid, love the history behind all of his candy making tools!

I could watch this guy pull candy on a hook for hours. SO satisfying.

I like the new hook. No more candy sticking that'll bother me!

Brilliant!! I've always loved ribbon candy but I'm not sure why; it's not the easiest candy to eat. LOL

I love that one quick turn where you can see he's really gotten the swing of the new machine

As a career glass crafter, watching these videos are utterly satisfying. I do many of the same dance moves on my work, only i must not touch it with my hands.

One question: Does each stripe have a different flavor? I haven't seen ribbon candy in decades. Thank you for keeping the tradition going! Blessings on you and yours and all who read this!🤗

I wish that y'all made caramel and toffee candy!!!

It's so neat to watch how he gets better and better at using the new machine as the video goes on and the ribbons get neater!

this guys so jolly it just makes me happy to listen

Just watching this video makes my arms feel tired loo

Please give us the link to the song. the same version in the video

YES with the slow-down.... Its like the best part of one of those "satisfying"/"try not to get satisfied" videos