THE CANDY ASS ORIGIN STORY

THE 35+ YEAR FRIENDSHIP BEHIND CANDY ASS

Candy Ass was born from a childhood inside joke & BFF tattoo with my ride or die. And before you ask – 

YES – we really have peppermint tattoos on our asses.

Megan (she/they) has been my best friend since preschool. I’m an only child, so they’re the closest thing to a sister I’ve ever had.

When we were kids, we’d go over to my Mommom’s house, raid her mint jar, shove WAY too many Starlight® mints in our pockets, & then gorge ourselves on cookies & soda.

One time, a mint fell out of my pocket & set Candy Ass history in motion.

Megan turned to me – deadpan & full of facts – & said:

“You’re sitting on your mint.”

But what I heard was, “You’re sitting on your butt!”

 

We were like 10, butts were HILARIOUS, & her delivery was the FUNNIEST thing I’d heard in my LIFE.

 

I spit soda clear into the living room. We’re talking on the walls, on the furniture, all over family photos. Everywhere.

 

So take a wild guess what Megan’s go-to one-liner became for our literal entire lives whenever she wanted to crack me up –

 

Mhm.

 

“You’re sitting on your mint!”

 

So when we became grown ass adults, we started talking about getting best friend tattoos – like you do. 

I threw out that we should get peppermints on our butts because, “HAHAHA! Wouldn’t that be hilarious?”

I was KIDDING. They loved it. Of course they did.

So we half-mooned a super talented artist in a Philly tattoo parlor one evening & the rest is bestie history.

Fast forward a couple years & I’m back on the East Coast from Cali designing a perfume in my favorite fragrance boutique just for fun.

I land on a cocktail of peppermint, chocolate, & cupcake. “What do you want to call it?” the owner’s daughter asks. 

A slow smile spreads across my face. I laugh WAY louder than I mean to & shout the first thing that comes to me —

“Candy Ass! CALL IT CANDY ASS!!”

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