Small Business Spotlight: Livin’ Local Marketplace [Video]

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Shopping small can be a part of your big times at the Fresno Fair.

The Livin’ Local Marketplace showcases local business owners’ custom creations, clothes and candy.

Cosmic Munchies is one of 38 local vendors featured in the celebration of Central California artisans.

Co-owner Lindsy Wolfe says they specialize in freeze-dried candy and produce.

“It’s a means of preservation, but it also changes up the texture of the food,” says Wolfe.

Based in the foothills just outside Tollhouse, Wolfe and her boyfriend Morgan started by freeze-drying produce from their farm.

“We would freeze dry all of our produce because we couldn’t ever use them before they would go bad,” says Wolfe.

Once freeze-dried Skittles started trending on TikTok, their business took off. They’ve tried everything from freeze-dried jello and applesauce to Skittles and Jolly Ranchers.

It’s a challenge to get the items to survive the process.

“It’s been very defeating …