World on Ice - Snow White Souvenirs

Collector Disney Showcase Key lives in Belgium, and he shares with us a couple souvenirs he picked up from a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs World on Ice show he attended back in 1998. The performances were held at Flanders Expo near Brussels for 4 days in March. (Note: The "World on Ice" name would be changed to "Disney on Ice" during this year.)

DSK saved these items that typically don't hold up well over time after being played with by children. Pictured below is a Snow White popcorn bucket with lid...AND the original popcorn too! Plus a Snow White paper crown that was handed out to audience members.

DSK also purchased a couple of Snow White "gadget lights" at the show...

Images courtesy of Disney Showcase Key.

Williams-Sonoma Baking Fun

Back in December of last year, Williams-Sonoma released an exclusive series of kitchen items for the Snow White baking enthusiast. This 2011 collection is still available and consists of a cakelet pan, spatula, cupcake kit, cookie cutter set, and a child-size apron. All sold separately. Let's have a quick look at each...

Cakelet Pan...

Made exclusively for Williams-Sonoma by Nordic Ware, the nonstick cast-aluminum cakelet pan, bakes eight mini cakes in the shapes of Snow White and all Seven Dwarfs. Retail price $39.95 (USD).

Cakelet Pan in Packaging

Spatula...

A stainless-steel handle and a flexible, heat-resistant nylon-silicone Snow White head make flipping cookies a blast. Won't scratch nonstick pans. BPA free, dishwasher safe. And again, as with all of these items, it's a Williams-Sonoma exclusive. Retail price $14.00.

Cupcake Decorating Kit...

The boxed set contains 24 cupcake liners (12 Snow White and 12 Evil Queen). They're made of greaseproof paper with food-safe soy ink. Also includes 24 die-cut printed paper toppers attached to wooden toothpicks. Retail price $12.00.

Cookie Cutters Set...

Equipped with metal spring-loaded stamps, this set of four cookie cutters imprint the facial features of Snow White, Grumpy, Dopey and the Evil Queen. Made of plastic. Retail price $19.95.

Kid Apron...

Snow White is embroidered on a pink cotton twill apron made for junior-size children. Includes front pocket and adjustable neck strap. Can also be ordered with up to 9 personalized embroidered letters. Measures 19" wide x 25" long. Retail price $24.95.

Stock images copyright Disney/Williams-Sonoma. Additional photos from personal collection.

Special thanks to Shelley Parker Chandler of Tao of Cake for the heads up on these items.

The Old Witch at Beverly Sunset Sweet Spells

All images from personal collection unless otherwise noted.

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Image courtesy of disneypix.com.

Like a cousin to the Candy Cauldron, the Beverly Sunset Sweets Spells shop is a wickedly savory confectionery located on Sunset Boulevard at WDW's Disney Hollywood Studios in Orlando. The outside facade replicates the Warner Beverly Hills Theatre that once stood aglow in neon on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

Inside is...

an odd but effective and sometimes stunning mixture of Gothic and Art Deco styles that extends to the nearby Villains in Vogue location as well. Often missed due to the store's attractive and tempting assortment of candy and pastries is a series of high perched reliefs that serve as a hall of fame of Disney villains. Source: 2719 Hyperion

The villains overlook the shop...

And the Face in the Magic Mirror stands guard in several locations...

There's candy galore including these Evil Queen mints and Grumpy sours...

And these theme park chocolates (which are also available at Disneyland in Anaheim)...

Candy Box images courtesy of TokyoMagic! Used with permission.

Setting up shop in one of the storefront windows is the Old Witch...

Taking a little direction from her spell book which reads...

juicy apple

gobs of butter

sack of sugar

pinch of mystery

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cast spell

boil in cauldron

She works her wicked ways for all to see as her arm moves up and down "dunking" the apple into the bubbling cauldron...

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Down a couple doors, the Witch appears again, this time in the store window of the Scary Apothecary where she tries to entice innocent passerbys to splurge on a few Vinylmations...

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For more on the Beverly Sunset Sweet Spells shop and the other building facades along the DHS Sunset Boulevard, read the write-ups (with more photos) at AllEars.net, WDWfacts.com, and Main Street Gazette.