This edible Christmas tree uses a spiderman body as its base inside because it has flexible limbs to allow for candy distribution. This was part of a 2004 candy window.
6 ‘sweetly’ decorated windows grace downtown Provo at Christmas
By utahvalley360.com
Kathryn Allen, director of the Provo Arts Council, had an annual tradition of taking her children to ZCMI in Salt Lake City to see their magical candy windows.
“When they stopped doing the windows, I knew immediately that we had to create candy windows and bring people to Provo to see them,” Kathryn says.
Her vision of sugarplums (and other sweets) came true in 2001 and every Christmas since then, as volunteers create theme-based displays with thousands of dollars of candy.
This year’s theme? Children’s Christmas books.
This candy-made woman was displayed in the window of the Osaka Japanese Restaurant in downtown Provo.
The Provo Arts Council gives each volunteer a budget for candy to design their edible window display based on a theme. Prizes are awarded to the best windows each year.
2005 Candy Windows in Downtown Provo
Store
Mullet-Hoover
Book theme
“Crispin: The Pig Who Had It All”
Candy artist
Anna Frost
Store
Osaka Japanese Restaurant
Book theme
“Auntie Claus”
Candy artists
Bill and Raelyn Webster
Store
Dave’s Bernina
Book theme
“The Polar Express”
Candy artists
Rex and Pauline Brailsford
Store
Heindselman’s
Book theme
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
Candy artists
Shannon and Jessie Christensen
Store
Holladay Furs
Book theme
“A Piggie Christmas”
Candy artist
Nada Meeks
Store
Freedom Gallery
Book theme
“The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus”
Candy artists
Amanda Bright, Jenny Nielson
Candy window unveiling:
Monday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m.
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