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Allergen & Craft Disclaimer

Last updated: August 3rd, 2026

We want every tin opened with confidence. Here is what goes into our old-fashioned hard candy drops and what else shares our kitchen.

Copper candy kettle, marble slab and brass drop roller in workshop

Base ingredients

Every drop begins with cane sugar, corn syrup and water. Flavor comes from natural and artificial flavorings, fruit acids such as citric and malic acid, spices, and plant-based or certified food colors. Our sassafras-style flavoring is safrole-free.

Sassafras Root Drops: Sugar, corn syrup, sassafras-style flavor, vanilla, wintergreen flavor, caramel color.
Horehound Pillows: Sugar, corn syrup, molasses, horehound herb infusion.
Sour Apple Orchard Drops: Sugar, corn syrup, malic acid, citric acid, apple flavor, color.
Spiced Pear Drops: Sugar, corn syrup, pear flavor, cinnamon, star anise, citric acid, color.
Wild Plum & Clove Drops: Sugar, corn syrup, plum flavor, clove, citric acid, color.

Shared-kitchen allergen notice

Our drops are made without milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, fish, shellfish or sesame as ingredients. However, they are cooked in a small kitchen whose equipment and work surfaces may also handle tree nuts, peanuts, milk, wheat and soy. We cannot promise any tin is free from traces of these allergens.

Please take care

Hard candy is a choking hazard for young children and is not recommended for children under four. The label packed with each tin is the final word on ingredients; if it ever differs from this page, trust the label. Anyone with a food allergy or a dietary condition should check with their doctor before enjoying our candy.

No health claims

Horehound, sassafras, clove and other botanicals appear in our recipes for flavor and nostalgia alone. Our candy is a sweet treat. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, soothe, cure or prevent any condition.

Natural batch variation

Because every batch is cooked, poured and pressed by hand, drops differ slightly in shade, size and shape, and tiny air bubbles or sugar bloom may appear. That is the mark of kettle craft.

Ingredient questions are always welcome at fernhollowdropkitchen@gmail.com.