Sanarak: Your Local Popcorn and Candy Connection
Sanarak is a locally owned company that does a brisk wholesale business in bulk candy, popcorn and other snacks for concession stands, but it also has a variety of goods available to the individual consumer. In the mood for pralinated cashews, bar mixers, soft frozen pretzels or chocolate covered popcorn? Sanarak is great for party snacks, especially if you’re buying individually wrapped items in quantity. I also do my Halloween candy shopping here; the Mallo Cups I bought one year were such a big hit with the adults accompanying young trick-or-treaters that several actually sheepishly asked for extras.
There’s also an extensive selection of chocolate making supplies, including molds for all occasions, bags and boxes (that’s where the paper comes in- see, it’s not really of the Dunder Mifflin variety), lollipop sticks, cellophane wrappers, and a selection of chocolate wafers in a range of colors. If you’re thinking of making your own chocolate this Easter, Sanarak is a great place to go for supplies. From bunnies to lambs to flowers, the choice of molds is one of the best I’ve seen locally.
And if you’re interested in purchasing a professional popcorn popper (a la The Ground Round—there’s a throwback for all you Buffalo children of the 1980s) or a cotton candy maker, Sanarak can hook you up. Although I have neither the space nor the funds for either of those extravagances, I have to admit that the thought of buying my own gigantic popcorn cart has crossed my mind on more than one trip to Sanarak. So go check it out, but don’t blame me if you leave with a cotton candy machine for your basement.
Sanarak Paper and Popcorn Supplies
456 Hinman Avenue, Buffalo, 14216
716.874.5662
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ChristaSeychew
I had never been to Sanarak before Rachel asked me to get some pictures for this post. As a former cake decorator and a baker in general, I was excited to find packages of tiny non-pareils, hard to find silver and gold dragees and little sugar flowers and decorations. Priced at about a $1 a package, I'll be back for more. Because of the upcoming holiday, they also have shelves and shelves of Easter candy waiting to make its way into a basket. If you're interested in making your own, they sell a huge assortment of stuff- including "sponge centers" so that you can, if you're so inclined, make your own sponge candy. What a find!
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apocalypsekirk
Ground Round reference = solid
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RisingDamp666
WTF, I ordered six cases of "Clown" and they only got four?
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MichaelFranco
Rachel,
I have passed Sanarak before and have yet to stop in; I'll make a point to do just that.
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rdominguez
Christa, glad you think it's as much of a treasure as I do! I have a stash of their dragees as well, and the sponge centers have tempted me on many a trip.
apocalypsekirk, I'm glad somebody got it. Oh, how I long for the days of "pay what you weigh" and all-you-can-eat popcorn.
RisingDamp666, those cases of "Clown" are like Cabbage Patch or Tickle Me Elmo dolls-- you gotta be prepared to pull an all-nighter if you want them in large quantities.
Michael, I'm willing to be a guinea pig for any culinary delights you bake up after a trip to Sanarak.
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