Cayucos Candy Counter

Hot chocolate was cold and shop employees that didn’t seem happy to help anyone. Won’t be coming here again.

The Cayucos Candy Counter is under new ownership since ¹²⁄₂₀₁₄. Same great items. This app says it’s on ocean ave. It’s located at :
75 Cayucos Dr
Cayucos, Ca 93 430
805−995−1197
Store hours:
Winter– 11 – 6 pm Sunday-​Thursday
Fri&Sat 11 – 8
Summer– 11 – 9 pm

Fun little shop, we love grabbing a cone and going for a little walk on the beach or letting our kiddo play on the swing sets. So many tasty flavors! Great candy selection for a cozy movie night too!

Crowded, hot and quaint describes my recent brush with the Candy Counter.
I went in solely for salt water taffy and left feeling like I got jipped by the high prices. Although to be honest it’s a tourist trap right near the beach so what did I really expect? A question that still haunts me to this day.
I didn’t try the gelato or any of the other candy, but loved the trip down memory lane with the abundance of Warheads among other candy favorites from my childhood.
The lines for the gelato was a little unreal for such a small establishment. I feel like that crowd was onto something though. I should have taken the hint and gotten some gelato for myself so that was this review would have had some real meat to it. Sorry guys. Gelato wasn’t in my cards that day.
Outside of the place being crowded and it’s size (which can only be described as ‘quaint’) this place was hot. I’ve never been in an establishment that sells food that was hotter inside than it was outside and it was an 78 degree day outside. I felt like I was going to pass out, but my visit was short lived as my friend paid for his salt water taffy and left. The staff wasn’t memorable by any means. A smile was had, but no extra courteousness went beyond that. It was just standard customer service.

First of all the hours say open till 9 and they closed early by 8:15. We tried to get ice cream and they wouldn’t serve us. Our kids really wanted it so we went back the next day. One of the staff members was really nice. I can’t say the same about the others. We were very disappointed. I expect higher prices at the beach but I don’t expect the rudeness. We won’t be back.

Pam has a great local establishment and I have been patronizing here for years. Husband Jim and daughter Bonnie can always be spotted helping out, and all her crew are very friendly and efficient.
My go to candy is her yummy chocolate covered gummy bears and my wife’s choice are the cola bottles. She has premium tasting bulk candy and best prices of any candy stores. Her milk chocolate salted caramels are the best I have ever tasted. I’m not a big ice cream person but anytime you go in here, warm or cold weather, the ice cream counter is always packed. This place is great for us locals but if you ever are traveling through make this a stop.
And ignore any of the negative reviews those people don’t understand a good local mom-​and-​pop candy store!

I came in at about 10 minutes to close, while we were finishing up ordering and paying a family with a small kid and a pregnant woman came in to get ice cream – before 9:00, I might add, Chris promptly told them that the shop was closed, rolled his eyes and asked them to leave. I can’t imagine letting a kid buy a scoop of ice cream would have cost them much time but apparently it was going to take too long for Chris and gang. I had tipped when buying my own treat and the moment I saw the attitude, I wish I could have taken it back. The ice cream is not good enough to put up with attitude. Would not recommend to anyone, you should probably just get ice cream or candy from the corner store. It’s about the same price and I don’t think you’d be chased out for trying to spend money at their establishment minutes before closing.

Cute place with a ton of childhood candy favorites. The staff is friendly and the gelato is excellent. We went everyday of our 6 day stay. Didn’t matter if we only spent a few bucks or 10 they were always happy to serve us.

Great spot, decent prices and tummy home made ice cream and gelato.

The majority of the staff here is great — the woman who owns the place — meh. We have been coming here for years, and she never greets us as regular customers (oftentimes we are in several times in a week — and I have seen her treat others the same way who go in as often as we do). She acts like it is a chore to serve us, and she under serves me my scoop of ice cream, every damn time. She puts the scoop right next to the sample sizes on the counter & it is plain to see that it is NOT the size I ordered. It is smaller than the ‘jr’ scoop they have as an example & I always order a regular. It pisses me off. Now it has just become a game between me & my husband when she is there. Will she scoop up a ‘normal’ scoop? Nope! She never does. She needs to stay in the back, or turn on her charm, or let the kids do all the customer care. She isn’t helping the cause here.
Pro’s: great selection of candies & homemade chocolates. Great ice cream. Lots of locally made confections, including the ice cream.
Con: the owner, her chintzy scoops & her sour puss mug.

If I could give this store a zero I would. The ice cream is extremely over priced, they leave holes in the middle of if just to make it look bigger! It barely rims the top of the cup at that and they leave holes in it, for about 5 dollars you can get a small scoop of ice cream.
The employees don’t care, they sit there and text or talk to each other. I only met one kind employee who was actually willing to help while I was there.
The candy is on average a dollar more expensive than a usual grocery store and they have about the same variations.
I got a small scoop of ice cream and a vanilla latte. Almost 5 dollars for the two. The ice cream was minuscule and the coffee tasted HORRIBLE. never coming back here again. Wouldn’t suggest it to anyone. Skip the disappointment and head to a candy shop in SLO or just get something from duckies next door

My family loves ice cream, candy shops and mom and pop stores. We should have liked this place, and for a while we did.
Until, the day last summer that my daughter got an ice cream cone here that wasn’t pressed into the cone at all. The ice cream scoop was just stuck on top and when she tilted it ever so slightly and took a big lick, the whole scoop tumbled off her cone onto the ground.
Well, things happen. I grabbed the whole ice cream scoop in a napkin in one hand and the cone in another and we walked back to the counter to tell them of our mishap.
The woman at the counter looked at us with a «what do you want me to do about it?» gaze. I explained that the scoop had been very poorly stuck on and that my daughter had barely tilted it when it slid off. Her response was that «store policy» was that once you left the store, it was your problem.
So here’s a little girl who is not even crying, but being very calm about the fact that you gave her a completely defective ice cream cone (you are supposed to press the scoop down into the cone. I think they teach that in Ice Cream Store Clerking 101) and her dad who is very reasonably asking if you can just put another scoop in the still un-​bitten cone, showing you the ice cream which fell off, and the three people working there show no compassion or concern — because that would violate «store policy.»
Owners? if this is your «store policy» you are insane. Workers? does the phrase «only following orders» ring any bells? Any *alarm* bells?
You could have given us the approximately 75 cents worth of ice cream or whatever your minimal cost for ice cream is and ensured a loyal customer. Instead, none of us are ever setting foot in this place again. See, I also have an «official policy.» Treat us badly — we spread the word.

Always has delicious candy, especially near holidays with holiday candy.

was there last week ordered one scoop of ice cream 3 dollars and 50 cents Scoop didn’t crest the top of the cup 6 bites and it was gone I looked at the girl and said that’s all? Yes is all she could say Used to love the place Won’t go back Complete ripoff So sad They must be making about 800 dollars for every 5 gallon tub they sell Plus, the three teenagers they have working there could care less about customer service I can’t see them being in business for much longer Too bad

Delicious candy! Great staff! Very friendly if not on the pricey side

Good ice-​cream (though a little too soft) unusual flavor offers, friendly staff, ok prices. Coffee was great.

Herzlich Willkommen im Wunderland der süßen Gaumenverführer!
Hmmmmm…hier kann man sich verzaubern lassen. Die vielen Farben der Candies und die großartige selbst gemachte Schokoladenauswahl erinnerten mich an meine Kindheitsträume von einem Spielplatz aus Süßigkeiten, die einfach nur glücklich machen.
Meine Wahl traf dann aber doch auf die Cookies Ice Cream, die ich genüsslich in der Sonne am Strand verspeiste.

I got the dark sea salt caramel, the peanut butter chewy delight thing… and a small container of white chocolate/​raspberry gelato.
First the good. the chocolate part was good… the gelato was good… the service at the ice cream counter was very good.
However… I don’t know what these people are making their caramel out of, it LOOKS perfect… but has an odd consistency and zero flavor… it tastes like… NOTHING.
And the service at the candy counter was… less than good… they need more than one careless, lackluster young man up there… especially when it’s busy.
Also, the price of the gelato for what you get is a joke.

It’s always been closed, but we finally caught it open at 6:30 pm. Small towns tend to roll up the streets pretty early, but ice cream after dinner is a personal favorite, so when the closed at 6, we missed them. They are right next door to one of our favorite sandwich shops in Cayucos, Duckies, so they are handy.
And I am glad we finally found them open. The ice cream is very good if not anything unusual. Their candy selection is quite extensive; lots of options and some really good looking fudges. Maybe next time.

This place has amazing truffles. We came back here every day during our trip to Cayucos. They have a huge selection of other treats. They have gelato, ice cream, coffee drinks, etc. The store is clean and the service friendly.
$ 4.25 for a double scoop cone. Not bad for a vacation town! This place must be part of your Cayucos experience.

I love the Cayucos Candy Counter! Just a cute, small town candy shop!
My boyfriend and I always stop here for some taffy and ice cream when we visit Cambria :)