TW,

Non disclosure agreements can help. Definitely, try and find yourself a Candy making person, (that you can easily work with) reasonable close by somewhere in the US/CAN. There's surely enough of them around if you Google select Candy related keywords...

If you consider overseas and you probably know where in the world I'm referring to, watch out regarding All the Lead related (food safety) horror stories! ...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Quick info regarding Non disclosure agreements etc...
http://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/outsourcing.htm

Phil