Wholesale Argentine Sweets & Candy: Bulk Arcor Imports

Argentina means Arcor here. It’s the country’s biggest candy maker, and Latin food shoppers know the name. If you’re after Argentine candy wholesale, this page covers about eight Arcor products in bulk bags and pops. They ship within the US. The range includes a kosher option.

Arcor, our only Argentine brand

Arcor is the one producer in the Argentine catalog. It still covers a fair spread. There’s hard candy and chocolate-panned pieces. Caramel too, plus mints and gum pops. Bon-O-Bon is the one most people know. It’s a small wrapped piece with a milk chocolate shell and peanut cream inside. Buyers serving South American communities ask for it by name. The filled hard candies come in fruit and butterscotch. Coffee and honey are in there as well. So are mint-chocolate and a Vienna fruit. Bubble gum pops finish off the range. We think the hard candy is the sleeper here. One South American producer rarely gives you this many flavors in a single line. Fruit to coffee, it’s a real spread.

Flavors and formats

Arcor’s lineup leans on filled hard candy and chocolate-panned sweets with South American flavors.

• Bon-O-Bon is peanut cream in a chocolate shell. We’d call it halfway between a truffle and a panned sweet. There’s more filled chocolate in the chocolate category if you want other origins.
• The filled hard candy has a hard shell and a soft filling inside. Fruit assorted and butterscotch are the easy ones. Coffee and honey are next. Then chocolate-mint and Vienna fruit. See the whole hard candy category.
• Mints and gum sit alongside. Mints and bubble gum pops broaden the Latin selection.
• There’s some toffee-caramel as well.

There’s a kosher option in the Argentine range, though you’ll want to confirm it on each product page. Bon-O-Bon contains peanuts and milk, so keep that in mind when you shelve it and label it. Across the line you’ll also run into tree nuts and soy, and some pieces have wheat. Check the page before you stock anything. The filled hard candy sits happily on a shelf for months. The chocolate doesn’t, and in July Bon-O-Bon is the one we’d worry about.

Shipping Argentine candy

Everything ships within the US. Arcor products come by the case. Summer transit is hard on Bon-O-Bon, so time those reorders for cooler weeks. Carry more of the shelf-stable hard candy meanwhile. Mixed orders are simple, because it all leaves from one place. Questions about volumes or timing? Use our contact page.

Who buys it

Mostly Latin grocery stores and South American food shops. They put Bon-O-Bon and the filled hard candy at the center of an Argentine shelf. Some online candy sellers turn it into country boxes and gift sets. Quinceanera and other Latin-themed party planners order it by the case. Candy stores building a South American section use the hard candy to go beyond the usual European and Asian picks. It gives their shelf a different look.

Where it goes in the store

Put Bon-O-Bon by the register. People spot the wrapper and grab it. Filled hard candy goes behind it, and that’s where your everyday volume comes from. The honey and coffee ones lean grown-up, so we’d keep them away from the gum pops and fruit candies kids go for. Sales stay steady all year, with a bump around holidays and community events. Reorder the hard candy whenever it runs low. For Bon-O-Bon, we’d stock deeper once the weather cools. Easy layout, really. Someone who grew up on Argentine sweets finds it right away, and everyone else gets a simple place to start.

Retail and foodservice

It works in both. In a store, Bon-O-Bon is the register impulse buy and the hard candy fills a pick-and-mix bin. For restaurants and events, the wrapped pieces go in counter dishes or on tables. Quinceanera candy stations are a natural fit. The recognizable brand tells South American guests it’s the real thing. The gum pops suit kids’ parties. One account can cover a grocery and a caterer with the same wrapped pieces. Wrapped pieces help in foodservice. Nobody has to scoop anything, and guests can grab one on the way past.

Building a South American section around Arcor

One brand gives you one clear hero. Bon-O-Bon pulls Latin food shoppers in, so build around it. The filled hard candy adds breadth from the same producer. That means fewer brands to buy from and deeper orders on fewer items. Group coffee and honey apart from the fruit candies and gum pops. Each shopper finds their lane. Grown-up flavors tend to catch adults first. Kids head straight for fruit and gum. A little separation on the shelf saves everyone some hunting. Add imports from neighboring origins and the section holds together. Buying stays simple too. One producer means one set of questions about cases and allergens, and the product pages answer them.

Ordering and wholesale accounts

Argentine candy comes in bulk bags and pops. Unit weights run from about one and three-quarter pounds to two pounds. Case quantities sit on each product page. Approved wholesale buyers get account pricing through our wholesale account page. Everything ships to US addresses with prices in USD. Want something from Spain next to it? Try our Spanish candy hub. The hard candy and chocolate categories are worth a look too.