#126

[@CarsonGaines]

My wife and I travelled from Canada pretty much just to come to the store. Seven hour drive after our cruise in Fort Lauderdale to see the Lofty Pursuits adventure. So glad to have been able to not only see candy made but a video made. That derpy guy in a blue shirt at 8:30 is me. Thanks for the great experience Greg and all the Lofty staff. Highly recommended to anyone near Tallahassee "right off the Thomasville road exit of the I10."

[@YeshuaDisciple916]

Just out of curiosity, how long ago was this? I'm just curious as to how long it takes them to do the voiceover and editing after filming. By the way, that's awesome you got to go there and even during a filming! I only subscribed a couple months ago and although I would have never thought I would be into a candy making channel, I love this channel! 😂

[@LoftyPursuits]

The candy take +/- two hours, editing and voiceover takes 30 minutes to a hour for each minute of final video. So this one took 8-10 hours to produce. I talk about this on one of the lofty pursuits podcasts.

[@manueldodson929]

This is so awesome I wish I could go but I live in Texas and my parents said we would only go to Tallahassee if we were going somewhere else in that area. Nonetheless that is great for you.

[@ookipi]

This man is the most wholesome person ever. I wish more people were like him. No drama, just pure enjoyment

[@cathl4953]

And a deep passion for candy making of any kind Believe me watching him made me realise what witchcraft and science candy making really is

[@saphirabrightscale3051]

His idea of “messy” is getting coco powder everywhere.

[@jindivik321]

"most wholesome person ever" .... those over at the Grand Illusions channel would disagree :P

[@3fxz483]

@@jindivik321 They are on the same level

[@SKY031]

i was expecting cocoa powder to foof everywhere when you took it to the hook!

[@LoftyPursuits]

you did not see the first 5 or 10 experimental batches did you? I did not videotape them I like my cameras better than to get them covered with cocoa powder

[@JadenYukifan28]

@@LoftyPursuits The videos you upload is making my mouth salivate badly...lol

[@OneSneakySloth]

Hey Greg, just a heads up about umami- it's actually a sneaky extra taste! (Sour, sweet, salty, bitter, umami!) It's described as being a "tasty" or savoury taste, almost meaty, associated with glutamate. Think soy sauce, anchovies, yeast extract, Worcestershire sauce, tomatoes, beef stew and mushrooms, like porchini or shitake.

[@emmanuelno3133]

Umami is in denmark also called the bacon flavour

[@SmolFenFen]

Yeah, umami got used wrong here. Greg, umami is that part of meat flavor that is satisfying. If you want to taste it try cooking a mix of mushrooms in a bit of water till they get soft and the water boils away, then add some butter and cook with high heat till they brown and darken

[@SmolFenFen]

Don’t worry about burning, it is very hard to overcook mushrooms

[@prussianvati1489]

His voice is like so nice to listen to. You can hear the love and passion for his craft as he talks about it and you can see it in the candy he makes. It's just so enjoyable and refreshing to watch.

[@LucretiaPearl]

Bwahaha! I changed my notification sound on my phone to the Warcraft orc saying "work complete" & it went off at the end of the video. Too funny! Never heard of Sweet Day, but it works for me, LOL!

[@macgeekgrl]

“Hard Candy Turducken”, a virtually unknown Dolly Parton B-side.

[@nicklee8907]

This channel deserves way more attention. Just listening to an episode of Greg and the background music will cure stress.

[@Milby20289394bc]

I want to thank you, these videos are so peaceful and relaxing and I love the tid bits of historical information you add in some of your videos like the black current video, I’ve got my wife hooked on your videos to and most nights we fall asleep to the voice of lofty pursuits and public displays of confection. We are from Kentucky, use to live in georgia, and visiting your shop in person with our boys, watching candy being made the old fashion way and having fresh candy is on of our top 3 bucket list items. Thank you so much for your videos.

[@BrutalBa5sMixedBag]

Your voice brings me calmness. It's much appreciated. I'm in Australia, I just got home from an evac centre. Watching this was the break I needed, thankyou

[@MusicFurler]

I always watch these videos but I don't even eat candies and chocolate or cookies or anything sweet. But I find it interesting to hear the stories and facts about origins of the candies.

[@johnv9854]

My wife ordered a bunch of candy for me Christmas and you sent a couple small bags of black cherry chocolate. It was amazing. I was watching this video and eating the last off it. I cannot wait to order more. Also got some spearmint candy canes that were amazing! Keep up the great work!!

[@AlRoderick]

I bet the swept up flash off the table when you're done breaking it up is going to taste amazing on ice cream.

[@LoftyPursuits]

The candy has so much surface area, and we use nothing artificial to keep it from sticking, It becomes a kind of icky ball of Goo within a couple of minutes of us finishing the batch. That's why we have to sift it off so fast. The flash has too much surface area for our humidity. What they make candy topping that usually tumble it with some sort of wax to keep it separated. I have thought about doing that but I've never got to be done and for small quantities I think it would be annoying

[@francez123456789]

The chocolate drops are amazing. I'll be honest, I was expecting a mouth full of coco powder but instead it had this unique mouth feel in between chocolate and hard candy. Really hope you guys make it a main stay.

[@LoftyPursuits]

I thought I keep it around at least until Easter. It's really annoying to make. Folding all that cocoa powder really cool for candy makes it very hard to put through the press. I haven't lost a batch yet but every batch I feel like I'm about to lose it

[@Kittymouth]

I LOVED the chocolate cherry hard candies I got!! The chocolate was perfect! Tasted like a cup of cocoa! But it massively overpowered the cherry. I'm REALLY tempted to get this selection.

[@brusselsprout5851]

The appearance of this candy is uniquely reminiscent of days gone by. Beautiful. The difference between Hercules Candy and Lofty Pursuits is like night and day, not putting down Hercules Candy. Both techniques are wonderful in their own crafty ways. Love you all.

[@LoftyPursuits]

Hercules does all sorts of things I can't do. I'm always in awe of them and how many things they do well.

[@melaniep.]

The spatula eye view was so satisfying 😊😊😊

[@streganona5544]

Ordered half way through the video. We can’t wait. Such beautiful sweetness! :)k

[@markkeith9055]

The one thing I like about the Lofty Pursuits videos is this: They show you how they make the candy.

[@melaniezirixa1239]

Love watching them take the metal bars off and seeing the cooled part of the candy before being pulled up and poured again.

[@anne-droid7739]

Umami is an actual taste, also called "savory", with specific taste buds, and it comes from things like MSG and disodium guanylate. It is not mouthfeel. Or was umami not the word he used?

[@tomj2064]

Anne-droid daddy chill

[@slatetab]

It has multiple meanings like how sprite can mean the soda or a fairy

[@emmettdonkeydoodle6230]

@@slatetab No, it is one of the five known tastes. However, it is an easy mistake since we also tend to associate certain kinds of tastes with certain textures.

[@dawndippery9277]

Sweet Day is on my Birthday! What a great thing to find out! I love the candies that showed up in by stocking from Lofty Pursuits this year.

[@mynameisnotnick34]

Came by the shop on our way through Tallahassee a couple weeks ago and had some great ice cream and got some candy! Had been wanting to come by for so long and finally made it happen!

[@Iruparazzo]

incredible cinematography, all looks so great

[@Angloman2000]

I think a peanut butter and jelly one would sound good! Or be the first shop to make a Nutella candy! Love y’all’s videos! God Bless & happy New Years!

[@kylerivoire3826]

Just got our candy order. I can't believe how good they are. Thanks a bunch from Ottawa Canada.

[@lillian4817]

Okay, these camera angles are EVERYTHING. Thank you for blessing my eyes

[@shannahmiller]

I really love the spatula eye view. That was very cool.

[@bergstrom716]

Weather man is predicting 40 below zero for sweet day where i live in International Falls MN this could really brighten our day.

[@florianb81]

Will you in future make a banana chocolate candy? this is my favourite sweet flavor combo ever since i ate a Banana Chocolate Crepe in the Bretagne (France) Happy new year to the crew at Lofty Pursuits and all the fans around the world

[@LoftyPursuits]

That is the next flavor on the list if we take this to six or seven flavors. A lot depends on how many orders we get today.

[@TerminalPassage]

I made banana chocolate crepes with cream cheese frosting last night, dangerously delicious....

[@DKING9]

love your video. manage to get a 3 , 5 and 10 year old to calm down because they wanted to watch with me 🤣. thanks

[@yutzwagon2]

I figured chocolate orange would be a good combo back on the black Friday video. Definitely going to try the assortment.

[@mariao.5142]

Just encounter this channel & gotta say its nice. The voice, story & candy. I almost thought it was one of those asmr videos that puts you to sleep... 😊👍

[@melissaphillis7247]

Hahaha! A hard candy turducken, cool! What a lovely idea for a day, Sweet day. You make excellent videos!

[@heathersurprise3381]

I loved the chocolate cherry sample I got. And I can't wait to try the other flavors.

[@ancientfrosty8529]

that was so satisfying when the scraper hit the drops 😍

[@abbye8482]

My favorite hard candy is when they have the fruit in the middle chewy. Something to look forward to when you are sucking a hard candy. I love ANYTHING with fruit flavors like raspberry! So good!

[@nicoxstyle]

If i ever travel to the states, a visit to Tallahassee and the lofty pursuits shop is top priority. I really enjoy these videos, all the best wishes from Chile :)

[@nerfinator207]

I loved the chocolate cherry flavor- I hope to get my hands on this eventually.

[@micahwinicur641]

In the future, I think a chocolate lime candy would be amazing!

[@nmr3352]

Thank you for answering the question about what you do with those big club-like knobs that you pull off of the candy. I was thinking I would like to buy those. But I'm glad to hear that they get worked back into the batch.

[@CodoKestis]

Y’all need to make a peanut butter and jelly candy rnnnnn

[@WhiltiernaAria]

That's my birthday!! It's about the day when the credit card bills are due from Christmas purchases... so finally something sweet about my birthday!

[@bobhart677]

I gotta say I love the old music you play on your videos!

[@victoriaeads6126]

Ohhhhh, this would be amazing, and one with peanut butter as well as the chocolate raspberry would be so yummy!

[@TheEmJaynee]

I wish I could try some... went to order and it was $33 shipping to Australia 😂 maybe one day

[@OneSneakySloth]

Depending on which side of Australia you're on, I'm happy to split shipping :)

[@dandanthedandan7558]

$33?! That's robbery.

[@chrisr4110]

DANDAN THE DANDAN 30 bucks to fly something halfway across the world is a rip off?!?

[@dandanthedandan7558]

@@chrisr4110 ignoring the halfway across the world part, yeah. Taking that in mind, not really now that you pointed that out.

[@nmr3352]

I always love the background music. It's the best there is!

[@wupme]

KZbin is not weird showing videos without the notification on. Its just the users using it wrong. I use the subscription feed as homepage, and i've never missed any videos at all from subscribed channels.

[@Rosarium2007]

Same here.

[@bluecanarykit]

Managed to snag a bag of these with my order at the end of April. They have quickly become the favorite of both my fiance and me. Hope you bring them back later in the year.

[@fishgal4697]

This channel always makes me smile. I really want to try making my own candy .

[@MapleJames76]

Thank you so much for your awesome work, Greg, we cannot wait to order more from your store!! James, Ontario, Canada

[@TheUnlovedSoul1]

These look amazing! If you make these again I’ll need to order some. I’m a huge fan from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. I love your videos.

[@pixiemoonglow9642]

I kept going "wheeeeeeee" during the spatula eye view. Hehe. Loved this!

[@codenamexelda]

I love it when people's project come to fruition and succeed 😄

[@sunniestneptune]

Been watching the videos for a while good job I can tell y'all have got better

[@shannen5193]

Never been this early before.. Really love your videos... Never knew that my favorite day was also called sweet day and i love sweets too.. Thanks for bringing us candy related info we never wouldve known

[@BBaaaaa]

Lovely videos, been following this channel since forever! Sending love from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@melissamillstein674]

I would love to try this one. The black Friday chocolate cherry ones were so good!

[@biggrant15]

If you ever do another assortment like this or add additional flavors, You should do chocolate and apricot or peach. There is this lovely South Australian Candy called FruChocs that utilizes milk chocolate and fresh stone fruit in the middle the combination is unexpected, but delightful! I'd love to experience that again!

[@rockguru14]

My birthday is on Sweets Day! Makes sense why I have a sweet tooth then. Love the videos! Looking forward to the black currant Altoid sours

[@tekkitfire3]

i tried some with the black friday code, and it was really good, but the batch i had was mostly chocolate flavored and almost no raspberry, but still great

[@LoftyPursuits]

Thrnbatchbyou got was actually chocolate cherry. we did three batches for the free samples and use them to develop the flavor and get feedback. I think you'll be happier with this.

[@JKFitz]

This looks absolutely delicious !!! Cant wait to try this one !!! Gonna order online asap !!!

[@teakettlecute]

its so satisfying to see the candy rolling through the press :D

[@TropicanaThunda]

Those look so delectable 👀 when we take a vacation to the beach, we’re coming there. 😂

[@Justagamerl]

The lighting at a few points makes it look more like a peanut butter and jelly candy than a raspberry chocolate one.

[@Skittledup-cc5pr]

Greg I love your videos and I always can’t wait till you next one keep up the good work

[@kennedywalker1915]

I’m laying in bed with a newly popped back in place shoulder bored out of my mind and I saw this and got very excited

[@valeriaQwiUi]

In México we have a peanut candy that's made kinda like this chocolate ones. Folding peanut butter into the hot candy and making layers.

[@Teme531]

If it's a Mishka that brings the sweets I'm pretty sure the Sweet day comes from Russia because I think I once have heard that Mishka is russian and translates to teddybear

[@jjpresnell]

These turned out looking great.

[@Donut6975]

Greg is the perfect stereotype of a guy who works at a candy shop. Nicest dude ever

[@SecretAgentXD1]

Having one of these as I watch this, and I gotta say they're awesome

[@larrybridgers1823]

Super cool. I love the spatula view.

[@solomonmcdonald7534]

The unbroken drops reminded me of a keyboard... I wonder if it would be possible to make fake candy keyboards this same way. I think that would be interesting

[@ronzawora]

Hi Greg. Glad to see you doing your thing in the new year. Is this VERY different from the classic Tootsie Roll? Over @Tasty I think they've gone down a rabbit hole or two trying to reproduce new recipes that emulate classics like Tootsie Roll. This flavor profile sounds to die for! Might order some.

[@ratchet6909]

That sounds like a nice holiday sweet day

[@kel3503]

What an amazing job, bet you just love going to work every day.

[@SuperSparklediva]

Love the spatula eye view!

[@TJ-bg4fw]

Sounds like sweet day came from somewhere up in the far north were winter nights are a lot colder and a lot longer. A little bit of sugar would definitely lift the mood of being in an environment like that.

[@poodlebone]

I love chocolate flavored hard candy. Just placed my first order for some!

[@LoftyPursuits]

Thank you

[@amiedeangelis8915]

Hi Greg! You have to come to Victoria, Australia and go to Sovereign Hill in Bendigo. Its all about the Gold Rush out here and tells the history of it all. There is candy making, candle making, panning for gold etc etc I think you would enjoy it.

[@Bexinmo]

Oooh, chocolate orange will be really yummy.

[@hannahhouchin18]

On January 14 here the sun was out and I wasn't even snowing lol looks good love ur videos

[@eldoctoroso]

In Japan they have what is called "White day" one month after Valentine's, March 14. That's when the guys who recieved chocolate on Val gives the girl he likes white chocolate.

[@andyweb7779]

Nice natural lighting in this one :)

[@SBZ925]

Greg! Haven’t watched in a while, but always find my way back for a few hour binge sesh haha. Question for you... I thought you sold the unicorn droppings separate? Was just wondering as I remember you would sell them exclusively in store.

[@Ruffles2012]

Love the spatula view!

[@angelafields3740]

so satisfying to watch ur videos for some reason...

[@prolymoly7137]

Your voice is so calming

[@sillyfatmoocow]

Ohhhh these look amazing! Love the idea,

[@galaxyseeker953]

i like the spatula view while breaking the drops, i can pretend they’re being scooped into my mouth lol

[@thizizliz]

Omg that sounds wonderful!

[@siahmusume7612]

omg this showed up on my feed on sweet day happy sweet day

[@mauriciosoto1730]

Omg, loved the spatula eye view 😂😍

[@dthstrr2]

i really like that visually the end product kind of looks like goober grape

[@timg2727]

Umami is a rich, savory flavor. It has nothing to do with texture.

[@tomj2064]

timg2727 daddy chill

[@CelticFairyBox]

Loved the spatula view

[@obi-wankenobi8778]

Sweetest Day is an original American holiday not based on any group's religious tradition. ... Legend has it that Sweetest Day was established around 1922 by Herbert Birch Kingston, a Cleveland, Ohio candy company employee who wanted to bring happiness to the lives of those who often were forgotten.

[@LoftyPursuits]

Yes, and it's not at this time of the year and is not this holiday.

[@Bl4ckw0lf1]

Greg, I like the idea of the camera on the spatula. May I suggest a high frame record rate to play back at 24 frames per second. I think that would be a hit, pun intended.

[@LoftyPursuits]

It was shot at 60 frames per second in play back at 30 frames per second

[@Bl4ckw0lf1]

@@LoftyPursuits Greg, I went back and took a look at the beginning, which did seem to have a slower pace with the camera on the spatula versus the same footage near the end of the video which looked sped up. I was referring to the video at the end. Kind of entice the eye in more. Eye candy. 8D

[@chaoz675]

I can’t help but think making all this candy with its weight gives you the forearm muscles of a god