Quossum, That is awful. Was the envelope really fat? If it is more than 1/4" thick you have a "package" I suspect. You may need to move to a larger envelope to spread the candies out more and make a skinnier package. I use a 5 x 7 brown craft envelope and put the birthday card with candies in that. I use the two-ounce envelope stamp rate on it and it gets to where it is going so far. My postal lady is the one who told me the 2 oz price for that sized envelope. I know prices have recently gone up but I don't know if the rules changes about the fatness or skinniness of the envelope. My candies to Janice made it so yay! I believe the 2 oz rate is now $.87.
At the very bottom of the calculate the cost page on this link for 2 oz is the picture I've attached with the size info:
https://postcalc.usps.com/Calculator...code=False&o=2