Candy Bouquet???

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For Mothers' Day, I am painting a flower pot for my mom. In it, I want to make a candy bouquet plant thing(I'll put Hershey's kisses in the bottom for the dirt)...I know a vase might be easier, but my mom would get more use out of a flower pot. Anyhow, I'm unsure how to go about making the actual candy bouquet. I was thinking of using sweettarts for the stems seeing as how they are my mom's favorite, but I am unsure of how that will work with the flower pot and am overall at a loss as to how to make a candy bouquet without it looking pitiful. Has anyone ever made a candy bouquet before? How did you do it? How did you make and attachthe candy flowers? Any tips?

Thanks in advance!:)