Sparkling Avocado Charm with Tassel
HC-YWXK-049 · 1.8 × 3.1 in
Green body, cream stone, brown pit
Three-tone. The most complex colour break in the food family and the best seller in cafe retail.
Hang charms · food and fruit range
Multi-tone charms priced by colour break, not outline.
A food charm is rarely one colour. An avocado is a green shell, a cream flesh ring and a brown pit; a pineapple is an amber body under a green crown. Every one of those boundaries is a colour break, and colour breaks are what actually drive the unit cost.
That is useful for a buyer, because it means the lever you have is not the shape. It is how many distinct crystal colours the design commits to and how clean each boundary between them has to be at the finished size.
Six designs are shown in this family. Share the shapes, colourways, and quantities you need so the applicable minimum can be confirmed in a written quote.
What a colour break actually costs.
Setting crystals is a per-colour operation. Every additional colour is another loading, another alignment check and another inspection point. The outline can be as intricate as you like within reason; the colour count is where the quote moves.
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One colour
Single loading, fastest run, lowest inspection burden. A clear crystal cherry is genuinely cheaper than a red one with a green stem.
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Two colours
One hard boundary. Straight or gently curved boundaries hold cleanly; interlocking boundaries need a wider tolerance.
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Three colours
Two boundaries and a real risk of drift on small shapes. This is where a physical sample stops being optional.
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Four or more
Reserved for larger faces. On a charm under two inches, four colours generally means at least one of them reads as an accident.
Product examples
Six shapes, six colour stories.
Rhinestone Pineapple Charm
HC-YWXK-048 · 2.7 × 3.2 in
Amber body, green crown
The tallest silhouette on the list. Crown fronds need spacing or they merge into a green mass.
Sparkling Cherry Charm
HC-YWXK-024 · 3.0 × 1.8 in
Red pair, green stem
Two round masses joined by a thin stem. The stem is the only fragile element and is worth reinforcing.
Sparkling Strawberry Charm
HC-YWXK-025 · 2.6 × 2.0 in
Red body, green calyx
Highest impulse conversion in the range. Reads correctly even at the smallest workable size.
Sparkly Strawberry Charm with Tassel
HC-YWXK-066 · 2.1 × 2.5 in
Red body, suede tassel drop
The same fruit reworked with a tassel. Proof that hardware alone creates a second SKU.
Sparkling Potato Chips Charm
HC-YWXK-010 · 2.6 × 1.8 in
Mixed novelty colourway
Packaged snack rather than fresh produce. Sells to a streetwear audience, not a homeware one.
Listed sizes describe the finished charm face and exclude hardware and tassel drop. Availability and the minimum that applies to a specific brief are confirmed in writing.
Retail placement
Where food charms actually sell.
Counter bowls
Loose in a bowl at the till, no packaging, priced as a single impulse item. The highest velocity placement and the one that punishes fragile stems hardest.
Peg walls
Individually carded and hung. Needs a printed backing card, a punched hole and a barcode. Slower to sell but a far higher perceived value per piece.
Bag attachments
Pre-attached to a handbag or tote as an added-value extra. The charm has to match the bag hardware finish exactly or the pairing looks accidental.
Food charm FAQ
Before you commit a colourway.
Why are food charms quoted differently from single-colour charms?
Because almost every food shape is multi-tone. An avocado is three colours in three zones with two hard colour breaks. Each additional crystal colour adds a separate setting pass and a separate line on the bill of materials, which is what moves the price rather than the outline complexity itself.
What is the minimum for a fruit charm assortment?
Minimum quantities vary by shape and colourway. Send the proposed quantity for each design, and use the current written quote to confirm the assortment and production minimum.
Can the same fruit be produced with and without a tassel?
Yes. The strawberry examples show one fruit face paired with two hardware assemblies. Treat the tasselled and non-tasselled versions as separate SKUs when planning quantities because their assembly and packing differ.
Do food charms fade in a shop window?
Coloured crystal is more light-stable than printed colour, but any coloured element will shift over months of direct sun. For window display positions, ask for the display sample to be treated as consumable and rotate it, rather than expecting the window piece to still match the stock behind it after a season.
Which food shapes travel best across export markets?
Fresh produce silhouettes travel almost anywhere because the shapes are universally recognised. Packaged snack shapes are more culturally specific, and a snack packet that reads instantly in one market can be meaningless in another. Confirm the destination market before committing a packaged-food shape to bulk.