Dulceria Lupitas

My boyfriend and I stopped in here after visiting the museum. He grew up in Mexic City and freaked out like a little kid while in here. The candy is very cheap and there’s so much. We paid under $ 5 for our stash. The mam at the counter was very nice. Definitely recommend others to stop in here for a bunch of goodies.

You know what’s frustrating? When a business advertises themselves as opening at 10am but yet it’s close to 10:30 and I’m standing outside waiting for someone to get here and open up. It’s also starting to rain a bit. I wanted to give them a try since they’re local to me, two blocks from home. Guess I’ll stick to my drive to the candy shops in Little Village and 47^th. Time is money, friends.

I went in here thinking I might pick up some Mexican candy to hand out to Trick-​or-​Treaters, and only managed to buy myself $ 7 worth of sweets — an impressive feat when this store is still legitimately selling candies for 25 cents. If you can still get ANYTHING else for a quarter, lemme know.
Right off the bat, I noticed all of the brightly colored pinatas, including a «Boo» ghost one from Super Mario — way cool! There were lots of sugar skulls out for the upcoming Day of the Dead, and, oh SNAP, are those, YESSSSS, marshmallow ice cream cones! I totally forgot those even existed, snatched up a bag and did an inner happy dance.
Continuing to wander around, I added some coconut candies, peanut brittles, old school Lemon and Cherry Heads, and a guava roll, because that sounded tasty, why not.
Things that did not sound so tasty: tamarind hard candies, mango & chili lollipops, and a few other things that are just not flavors I grew up with, but maybe you can appreciate them more than I. If you’re looking for the standard Reese’s/Mars/Nestle-type candies, you are terribly lost, but no matter what I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!

all you need for your party
mexican candy
the best seleccion
nice & clean store
piñatas
candies
party decoracion i love it
dulceria lupita & is inexpencive
and the music is very good
see you next timeeeee lupita

Ain’t no party like a piñata party!
Seriously, it’s like piñata dream store.
All sorts of sizes, colors and characters.
You can even custom order one to fit your party theme.
Oh, and they sell candy too.
Like a candy super store to fill all those hungry pinatas!
All this in one stop authentically Mexican party shop!
Never been to Mexico but this is what I expect the local general store to look and feel like.
I came in here two days before Easter and they hooked it up with a custom piñata in less than 48 hours.
Seems like a very nice family run business. Be ready to brush up on your High School Spanish language classes. LOVED IT.
Authentically Mexican. Pure Pilsen.

Really cute store with plenty of piñatas and dulces from Mexico (and a few from the US) to fill them AND satisfy your sweet tooth. They do take cc cards, which is important.
Stores like this bring out the kid in me, can’t help but feel good when you go in here — at least I do!

While not as large as the ultra-​megastore Dulcelandia chain of Mexican candy places, Dulceria Lupitas does an excellent job given the space. Want lollipops in the shape of a hand that tells your fortune in Spanish? Check. Mexican soda candies (hard candies with a fizzy powder center)? Yep.
Everyone working there is genuinely friendly and will help you find things that you may have had once or twice but never discovered the name. Plus, it’s right by a very good panaderia, so you can get some fresh bread and pastries along with your pile of pure sugar in one convenient trip!

One of our stops on the Pilson Neighborhood Tour and it was pretty cool. Saw some old school candies that I had not seen since the early 90’s. Along with the old stuff, they had the current favorites. I thought it was funny they sold hot sauce in this place. The one disappointment I had was that they did not have Boston Baked Beans.
I have to admit, I am not a big candy guy, but it sure was great to check this place out and bring back those old childhood memories.

«It was a windy afternoon…2009…big city… jeez, it’s been 20 years… candy! You were so fine.
Beautiful, beautiful store on the south (side)…you burned my heart and you filled up my mouth… I had a dream… that no one else could see (except the other people on the Pilsen tour)…you gave me sweets… for free (I wish)!»
Alright, that’s enough of that. :)
Seriously though, I have honestly (mostly) been waiting the entire time I’ve been on Unilocal to parody lines from Iggy Pop’s «Candy.» And what better place to do this than one of the best candy stores I have ever seen? Especially one that still stocks candy from 20 years ago. Not the actual candy itself (though I don’t put this past some candy stores since hard candy and cockroaches are the only things that will survive a nuclear war), just the brands.
It doesn’t take much for a candy store to stock Lemonheads. But Duceria Lupitas also carries Cherryheads (which used to be known as the somewhat offensive Cherry Chans) and, my personal favorites Grapeheads (formerly Alexander The Grape). And it even stocks harder to find modern candies like peanut butter Twix.
But being in Pilsen and catering to that neighborhood’s audience, Lupitas goes beyond just that silly gringo candy. Authentic chicle! Candies with spices in them! Dulces of all stripes! Tamarind roll-​ups! And even animalitos (well these were exactly the same as any other animal crackers, but I loved the packaging)! And a full selection of pinatas for all your party needs. If your party needs a piñata (and what party doesn’t, really?).
It’s such a throwback that I felt like a kid in a candy store all over again (or at least transported back to 1990, hence the song quote). Except an overgrown kid with cash is a dangerous thing. Spending $ 10.00 on 25 cent to dollar candies took surprisingly little work.

Sweet! and I don’t mean like «Dude, that’s sweet» but this place is actually full of sweet goodness.
Walked out of here with candy I can’t even pronounce but i’m confident I will love it. Why? oh, how little you know me. Because it’s candy silly.
This place also had a few throwback favorites from my childhood like now and laters, lemon heads and cherry heads. I am also digging the big ziplock baggie O’spicy peanuts. This is where you can get some goodies to pack your party piñata, fill the candy bowl at work or if you’re like me enjoy while doing absolutely nothing.
Keep in mind it’s cash only so leave the plastic behind.