Sweet and Candy Cart Hire in Northern Ireland

The Candy Wagon are a local small business based in Larne, Country Antrim, covering Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for large and small-scale events. they provide candy cart hire with a variety of options depending on your needs and the wagon comes complete with decorations to suit your event where required and a wide range of candy delights.

What do you need to know from an organiser in order to provide a comprehensive quote?

For us to provide a comprehensive quote to a customer, ideally we need the event date, location, event type e.g. wedding, birthday party, christening etc as well as the estimated number of guests. It is also good if the customer is able to provide details of what they would like e.g. dry hire, sweets, sweets and chocs. If we have a minimum of the date, venue/location and guest numbers it makes it a lot easier to provide a more accurate quotation for hire.

What advice would you give to a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?

Have a good look at the photographs on the profile and ensure that you like the look of their products, size of the cart and are happy with what you will essentially be booking. Check if the supplier has noted that their packages are flexible and can be tailored to your requirements.
Ask the provider if they have a menu of sweets to choose from, do they have decorations you can view and pick from, are they open to all colours/themes/ideas.
Also, check if mileage is included in the quoted price or any additional costs to be incurred. Look at their website and social accounts.

Please tell us a little bit about how and why you started the business.

The Candy Wagon was a dream of mine ever since I got married a good few years ago. I struggled at the time to find a local supplier and ended up catering the candy cart available in our hotel myself due to the fact that we didn't have anyone locally who could help us out.
My passion was to create a fun, engaging and interactive service for weddings and events, whilst also bringing a little piece of our childhood back to us. We all know that candy carts are a great idea for kids' parties and when there are going to be kids at an event but believe me, the adults enjoy the cart just as much if not more.
I started right at the start of the pandemic just as I finished maternity leave. I not only provide candy cart hire but I also create bespoke handmade Belgian chocolate gift boxes, from luxury decorated dipped strawberries to chocolate smash gifts as alternatives to cakes, handcrafted chocolate bars, wedding favours and much more. Once my business started to take off I realised it was not just an escape during lockdown but it was my absolute passion to continue and expand.
During the second year of lockdowns my son was diagnosed with Autism at 2.5yrs old and The Candy Wagon became my FT job on a permanent basis and a business that I needed to work for my family's sake. I love to give my customers an experience they won't soon forget and some great fun memories to cherish.

Please tell us about a booking you've had through Add to Event, how did it go? Would you recommend us to others?

I have had lots of bookings that have been such great fun to service but I think if I had to pick one I would highlight a small intimate family wedding that took place recently. The bride and groom had rescheduled 3 times due to covid and had gone from a wedding of over 200 to a wedding of 50 people. They wanted something that would be fun and get everyone up and moving about during the break between dinner and dance. As we were leaving after collecting the cart later that evening the Mother of the Bride came up to us and thanked us profusely. She told us about some mishaps throughout the day and that the day hadnt quite gone to plan and was a little disappointing. But she said the cart was so beautiful it made all the guests smile, everyone wanted photographs with it and she said that it had made the perfect ending the day and had cheers the Bride and Groom up. When I got home I received a lovely photo of the Bride and Groom enjoying the sweets with our cart. And within a few days she had booked us for an upcoming big birthday.
I have recommended Add to Event to a number of my colleagues and other event suppliers. I know a few who have already signed up and I will continue to recommend it. I have also got their badge on my website to showcase that I am very proud to be a part of the Add to Event community and find it an amazing platform for engaging customers that you maybe would not reach by other means.