Sweet Tooth Stuff (Image Heavy!)

Yes! This is exactly what I've wanted way back when we first got the baking skill in GTW. I made a thread about it back in 2015! Still, I have hope that it gets picked up for the game eventually.

I'll post some of the ideas here, but there was a fun discussion about gameplay suggestions throughout the thread: forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/843017/gameplay-ideas-for-chocolate-and-candy/p1


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"Simalleyaile;d-843017" wrote:
I've really enjoyed the new BAKERY skill and all the new food, and started thinking about how we could make more food with a different skill. I'd love for my sims to be able to make Chocolates and Candies - and then of course eat them, and sell them.

It could all come under a CONFECTIONERY SKILL, and work similar to how the bakery skill works.

As you advance through the levels, new recipes would become available, and we could use all the fruits that we harvest in game for different flavours.

The higher levels could give us some kind of gameplay benefits from eating the candy.
Mints: Confidence
Chocolate Coated Strawberries: Flirty
Chocolate Coated Coffee Beans: Instant Energy!
Honeycomb: Instant Fun!
Bliss Bombs: Playful

Also, a benefit to our candy that other foods don't have: They NEVER spoil! So we can have them in our inventories for as long as we like.

If we use rare ingredients with advanced skill, we could get benefits like doing homework or career daily tasks instantly - or at least super quick!

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Edit: Added these ideas:

• Sweet tooth trait
  
• Confectionery and Chocolatier CAREER in Culinary Branch
  
• Chocolate and Sugar Sculpting - edible art works
  
• Chocolate Factory for KIDS
  
• Food Busking - Portable Cotton Candy Machine
  
• Functional Jam and Spread Jars - kids can make sandwiches!
  
• Group Cocoa - made on stove/grill
  
• Gift Giving brought back
  
• New Category on Easel for Sweet Tooth Sims
  

"Simalleyaile;c-13843396" wrote:
... also

Jams! - sims could make jams on the stove (or even the grill in a pot) with the fruits in the game. Jam is pretty easy to make, so it should appear in either level 1 or 2 of the confectionery skill. We could make things like Lemon Butter, and Chocolate Spread.

http://i.imgur.com/JWKu21D.png

When we click on the jar, we could have options like: 'Eat from Jar' where the sims could spoon it straight into their mouths, and 'Spread on Bread' where the sims can make a quick sandwich. This should be available to KIDS as well.

Those sims with the sweet tooth trait could be immune to any negative buffs associated with eating too much sweet stuff.

Those with the sweet tooth trait ALWAYS has the option to "Give a sim a sweet treat!'

Sweet Tooth sims could also unlock a new category on the Painting Easel, where they can paint artworks inspired by Chocolate and Candy. We can then sell them in our Chocolate and Candy Shops, are just use them as decorations around our Cafes, Bakeries and at home.
http://i.imgur.com/m70Qnbr.jpg

"Simalleyaile;c-13878610" wrote:
... also, I would love some more CAREER options for my sweet toothed sims!

How 'bout, adding a Confectioner's Career to the culinary branch. So we'd have 3 options after level 5 - mixologist, chef and *new* Confectioner.

As a confectioner, they would have to advance in the confectionery skill, and creativity skill, and eventually become a MASTER of Confection, with the highest salary of all 3 branches in the culinary career.

A new interactive object could be unlocked: The Sculpting Stand, used for chocolate and sugar sculpting.

http://i.imgur.com/PojTkv7.png

A part of their daily tasks, could be to Make Sculptures

• This sculptures could then be used as edible centrepieces for parties. Sims could 'grab a bite' to eat them, and enthuse about candy.
  
• The sculptures could also be sold to the 'local Candy Store' to make simoleans - or be sold in a retail store if we have GTW installed.
  
• The sculptures could start out fairly simple, and become very complex, as the sim advances through the skill.
  

Chocolate Sculptures
http://i.imgur.com/l2Ghwoy.png

Sugar Sculptures
http://i.imgur.com/vThirIh.png

... I would like to be able to make hot cocoa on a stove or grill

That way, we could make hot chocolate while we go camping at Granite Falls, or picnicing in any of the parks and public areas. Group serving of 8!

http://i.imgur.com/3qGFI9E.png

PORTABLE COTTON CANDY MACHINE

http://i.imgur.com/WF7sUZk.png

Sims could buy this object to put in their inventory, and then take to any community lot, or use in any of the public spaces. Food Busking! Make simoleans, while they also advance in the confectionery skill.

ooh, I just want to add something else to the idea of SUGAR:

How 'bout a soda maker, so that sims can make sodas to drink. We can have two options:

Natural juice from FRUITS we harvest, eg, if we have cherries, we can make cherry soda - gives a 'natural sweetness of fruit' buff, happy.
Syrups that don't require Fruits (so those who don't like gardening can still use it). This would give a 'sugar rush' buff, VERY playful.

http://i.imgur.com/lYVGo6D.png

Other ideas that came up in the thread were for dentists, a new secret lot to explore.