(Al Hartmann | Salt Lake Tribune) Hele ka Chocolate Cinnamon Bears ma ka laina hana o Sweet Candy Co. ma Salt Lake City.Ua lilo ʻo Candy i mea hoihoi loa ma Utah.
He ʻulaʻula a ʻono ka bea kinamona kokoleka, ʻoluʻolu a ʻono.He hui kūʻokoʻa kēia ʻaʻole hiki i nā Utahans ke pale aku i ka lā Valentine a ma waho.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rachel Sweet o ka Sweet Candy Co. ma Salt Lake City, ʻo nā lole ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula maʻamau (ʻono ʻia me ke kinamona a hoʻohālikelike ʻia e like me ka bea teddy uʻi) mai ka makahiki 1920 mai.ʻAʻole i ka makahiki 1990 i hoʻoholo ai kekahi e hoʻokomo i kēia holoholona meaʻai i ka waiū kokoleka.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sweet: "He hope pelekikena kā mākou kūʻai aku e manaʻo nei ma hope o ka hoʻohui ʻana i ke kokoleka, e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea āpau."No laila, ua hoʻouna ka hui i ka bea ʻulaʻula kaulana loa ma o ka ʻeke kokoleka.
"Makemake ka poʻe iā lākou," wahi āna no ka bea kokoleka kumu."Akā ʻaʻole mākou i hana maikaʻi i ke kūʻai aku ʻana iā lākou.ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻopili iā lākou e like me kā mākou hōʻailona ponoʻī.
A hiki i ʻehā mau makahiki i hala aku nei, i ka wā i kūʻai ai ʻo Sweet Candy Co. i nā lako e hoʻokomo i nā lole i loko o nā ʻeke plastik kū pololei, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka Chocolate Cinnamon Bear.
Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻomaka ke kūʻai aku e ulu.Hoʻopuka ʻo Sweet Candy ma kahi o 1 miliona paona o nā bea kinamona kokoleka i kēlā me kēia makahiki.Kūʻai ʻia nā canes i loko o nā ʻeke nui ma Costco, Wal-Mart, Smith Foods and Drugs, nā hale kūʻai meaʻai pili, Harmons a me nā hale kūʻai kūikawā liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole i pani ka mana kokoleka i ka bea kinamona maʻamau, no ka mea, kūʻai aku ʻo Sweet Candy Co. ma kahi o 4 miliona paona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ʻo Sweet Candy Co. ʻo ia ka hui mua i hana i nā bea kinamona kokoleka, akā ʻo ia kekahi o nā "hui liʻiliʻi ʻelua mau mea hana nui e hana ai."
I loko o kāna hale hana, ua hoʻonoho ʻia ka mīkini jelly (i hoʻohana ʻia e hana i nā bea) a me ka uhi kokoleka ma kahi ʻaoʻao.ʻO ia nā mea hana like i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā lāʻau ʻalani kaulana a me nā lāʻau raspberry.
No ka mea he ʻelua kumu o ka mīkini, "hiki iā mākou ke hana i ka nui o nā bea kinamona kokoleka," wahi a Sweet."No laila ua pau pinepine mākou i ka waiwai."
ʻOiai hiki ke loaʻa ka Sweet Candy ma ka ʻāina a puni, ʻo ka bea kinamona kokoleka ka mea ʻono o Utah a me Intermountain West.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sweet: "He ʻono kūloko ke kinamona.""ʻAʻole kaulana ia ma nā loko nui a i ʻole ka East Coast."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e kūʻai aku ana ka hale kūʻai ʻo Provo ma kahi o 20,000 (1 paona) mau ʻeke kinamona kokoleka, a i ʻole "ma kahi o hoʻokahi miliona bea" i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
ʻOi aku kēia ma mua o ka pālua ʻana i ka 10,000 paona o ka jelly homemade a nā hale kūʻai BYU e hana a kūʻai aku i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
He mau bea kinamona maʻamau ka hale kūʻai.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Clegg: "Akā naʻe, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ke kūʻai ʻana i ke kokoleka 50:1 ma mua o lākou."
ʻO ka hui ʻono ke kumu.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻO kēia ka hui ʻana o ʻelua mau ʻono paʻa," i kuhikuhi ʻia ua kūʻai nā haumāna i ka hapa nui o nā mea pāʻani bea, ʻo ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "bear hugs."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Craig ua hoʻolilo ʻo BYU i kēia lapaʻau i mea punahele honua.Hiki i nā hale kūʻai BYU ke hoʻouna aku i 143 mau ʻāina/ʻāina.Kūʻai nā mea kūʻai i nā sweatshirt logo a i nā pāpale a laila hoʻohui i kahi ʻeke o nā bea kinamona kokoleka.He mea maʻamau kēia.
Ua kūʻai mai nā kumu a me nā limahana a hoʻokomo i loko o ke pola ma ka ʻaha hoʻokipa.A i ʻole, e like me ke Keʻena ʻŌlelo a me ka ʻŌlelo Pelekania, hāʻawi ia i nā mea kākau malihini, nā mea hoʻoponopono, a me nā ʻelele e hāʻawi i nā haʻiʻōlelo ma Editing 421.
"Ke haʻi aku nei au iā lākou he bea kinamona kokoleka kēia, manaʻo pinepine lākou he mea ʻē," wahi a Lorianne Spear, ka luna papahana puka.A laila ho'āʻo lākou i hoʻokahi."Ke kamaʻilio lākou me nā haumāna, loaʻa iaʻu kekahi mau kumu aʻo malihini e hāʻawi iā lākou i ʻai ʻai."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Spear he kūpono ʻo Chocolate Bear no ka brand BYU.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Kaulana mākou i ke kō.""Loaʻa iā mākou ka fudge BYU, ka ice cream a me ka bea kinamona."
Ua aʻo ʻo Carol Lynch Williams (Carol Lynch Williams) ka mea kākau no Utah i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i 421, a ua ʻae ʻo ia.Ua hoʻohenehene ʻo ia: "ʻO ka ʻaila ʻaila a me ka bea kinamona kokoleka, he waiʻona Mormon lākou."
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