Candy World

Ditto on the other reviewers. I wish I could say otherwise as I’m sure it’s a struggling business, but this place takes old-​fashioned seriously — the candy is old, stale and very likely expired. Melted candy sticking to their wrappers at tourist prices. Stay away.

I feel like a fool. I was the tourist, and I fell for the trap. Perhaps all the dusty candy, sticking to each other (wrapped and sealed, mind you) should have tipped me off. It was just so much fun picking out salt water taffy flavors, and filling up our bucket. There were Zots!, Nerds, gummy everything.
I figure we could get some for Halloween trick-​or-​treaters, and have plenty left over to nibble on ourselves.
That bucket of taffy, and mixed candy turned out to be $ 75 at the register. There aren’t really any prices anywhere throughout the store. That’s a lot, right? I felt like it was a lot; but, whatever, I don’t buy a lot of candy.
Get home from our weekend trip, and finally try some of the candy. Taffy is hard and stale, Other candies are stale in the way that they’ve actually started to breakdown inside their wrappers.
I just threw out $ 75 in the trash.

My husband is diabetic and when we come across sugar free taffy we must stop and get some. The selection of Taffy is almost a mile long. They have plenty of sugar free and regular taffy options.
Here’s the thing, the sugar free taffy was all old and melty. While they have lots of flavors, they were not that great to eat. The non sugar free ones were slightly better. My personal favorite was the Chocolate Salted Caramel.
My son got an Astro Pop. Which I haven’t seen in years.
The entire store is dusty. Its slightly off putting. Not to mention everything is so expensive! If it was good quality maybe Id be more forgiving.
My son loved it, and Id come back for the kids again but if I am able to avoid the place I would.

Seriously? Tourist trap. What a rip off. I paid 4.20 for 0.285 pounds of gummy bears! And they are old! Horrible.

Super expensive candy!!! it was $ 16 a pound of candy!!! they are so tricky, they do not postt the price anywhere in the store… you just start filling up your bag of candy and go the front to be shocked! Also unfriendly service, the lady that was working the register looked like she was mad the entire time, and it seemed like she may have been arguing with one of the customers before us in line. SHe didn’t smile or say anything nice at all… hello this is a candy store! be happy lady! when I finally got around to eating the candy… it was STALE !! So disappointed and mad that I paid nearly 12 $ for stale gummy worms… :(Do not waste your time and money here.

So, so overpriced! $ 17 per pound for old stale candy. Don’t waste your time or money visiting this place.

The store is just a bunch of regular overpriced candy — but I wanted to leave the review on the service. I came in politely asking to trade bills for change for meters. The lady at the counter wasn’t so polite pointing to her big sign saying «no change.» When I came back minutes later and told her she should consider putting change machine in the store and how it could lead to more business, she started yelling back without hearing my idea. Way to talk to your customers.

I only went in the store, because I needed change for parking meters. Of course, I had to buy something so they can open the register and give me change, which I totaly understand, that’s fine by me. However the cheapest candy they had in this HUGE store was a tiny one square inch flat chocolate at ONE dollar. That was worth maybe 25 cents (wasn’t that good either). I looked around out of curiosity (I have a sweet tooth too), and the prices were just repulsive, I was quickly out of there with my quarters and my ridiculously expensive bit of chocolate.
I do not recommend this place at all. It’s a complete ripoff.

Skip this place. Too much money for candy!
So their selection is amazing! Sheer sugar abundance but so what! The prices are 3x-​10x more than you will pay elsewhere.
Even my kid admitted it was more expensive than even an upscale candy shop near our home.
$ 3.99 for Rice Candy I bought for .99cent
Sweethearts prices was outrageous. Bubblegum squeeze was $ 6.99
They one thing I did like about this place was the funny candy toys. (See pictures) I would have bought one or two but again ridiculously high prices.

What a ripoff. I feel bad saying it, but Unilocalers need to know. We were thoroughly unimpressed with the fudge… in fact, we threw it away after only a few bites. That’s what motivated me to write this — sheer and utter disappointment. They have so many flavors of fudge, your eyes will say «Yes! This fudge looks amazing! All bajillion flavors!» But as soon as the girl rings it up, then your wallet will say «Wtf…seriously? Well, I guess since she already cut it… kinda obligated now. Oh well.» But by the time you eat it, your mouth will want to punch you in your own face for buying a substance that tastes like wax and is better suited to using as playdoh. The store is cute but it’s a tourist trap for sure. If you like saltwater taffy, then pick out a few of your favorite flavors, but be aware that the cost adds up very quickly.

I have never been so sick from so little of something.
On a whim, not sure why really, I decided to pick up one piece of chocolate covered bacon at Candy World. A store I’ve been to a couple of times for small amounts of candy.
The first bite was a little strange. I offered a bite to a friend, took another bite and then offered some to the honey. Both agreed, weird tasting and both were not sure it was good.
I packed it up and threw it away outside.
Hours later two of us were stomach sick. Five hours later? And I am still sick from two bites of rancid chocolate bacon.
Ugh. Never. Ever. Again.

Amazing! Best candy shop I’ve been in. The selection of taffy and candies is endless! All the candy was so good, especially the taffy and the huge selection of sour belts and specialty jelly beans.

A WORLD devoted to candy? WEEEE, my tummy delights at the thought! And seeing the place through the windows looks like it will be adventure. Get me in there!
If you love salt water taffy, you will be delighted — what seems like miles of barrels of every flavor classic and wacky. And if you aren’t, plenty of other options as well. From the classic to the gross (candy zits, really??) to the international, not to mention colorful toys and trinkets. I did end up walking out empty handed though — the store is SO big, it really isn’t super fun to be in. Reminiscent of the room at the end of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, where you are presented with multitudes of holy grail options — but if you’re smart you already knew what you wanted when you walked in. A little less room to explore would actually have been welcome — coziness as opposed to warehouse-​iness is more likely to get my wallet to open up.
But maybe I’m just cranky, and need some candy! Come explore and decide for yourself!

This place has an incredible selection. They seriously have it all. I love all of the crazy saltwater taffy flavors, the amazing jelly bellies, and yummy fudge behind the front glass.
The downsides include lack of customer service and really high prices. We felt like we didn’t get much, and the bill was $ 22!

If possible, I would probably give them 3.5 stars. This place is super fun, but it has some big downsides.
The candy selection is unbelievably huge, and they have a bunch of weird and rare candy. When you walk in, you grab a bucket halloween style, and walk around choosing candy. Then they weigh, and you pay. The highlight of the place is their immense selection of salt water taffy. Locally made (I think?) and with a literally dozens of different flavors, walking through this section and picking out the things you want is really fun.
They also have a wall of Jelly Bellies, so you can grab a jelly belly bag and go through making your own combinations.
Two major drawbacks that bring this place from «amazing» to just «good»: there are never any employees other than the one behind the counter, and their prices are HIGH.
The lack of employees isn’t a huge deal, but you definitely would have to go out of your way to find someone to help you. In my experience, the people working behind the counter have also typically not been very friendly.
As far as the pricing, just know that you are definitely going to pay for the coolness of the store. My wife and I walked through last week and picked out a relatively small amount of candy, and ended up spending $ 25!
Overall, it’s worth stopping in if you’re in town and want to get some fun and unique candy.

Good selection, average prices, HORRIBLE SERVICE.
When I paid for my candy, I asked for some change for the parking meter. The woman working the register did give me change, but she also included a free helping of bad attitude. She said «it’s not the store’s problem» that the meters require change, and that I should have «come prepared». She said «when I go to San Francisco, I go prepared».
I just asked for change, not a lecture. I informed her that every parking lot I’ve been to in San Francisco accepts credit cards, and therefore if I was in San Francisco I wouldn’t need change.
The waiter at the restaurant next door, on the other hand, overheard my wife and I talking about needing to feed the meter, and told us about a nearby parking lot that was FREE with validation. How hard would it have been for Candy World to tell me that?

Bright red walls and barrels and barrels of candy! This place has tons of salt water taffy (if that’s your thing… Unfortunately, it’s not really my thing). But the kids sure enjoy picking from the vast amounts of new and old school sugary filled goodies (zots, pop rocks, candy bars, nerds, abba zabba, too many to name). Beware that the candies can add up quickly, and can get quite expensive in the end (although the cashier was nice enough to point out the more expensive choices before ringing them up).
Although, the place has a lot to offer, the layout lacks in the layout and appeal (much like a warehouse feel). We also noticed that there were older candies that looked old and dusty (a turn off in my book). But the kids will definitely not be looking at those details. It is also a great place to qualify your validation if you are parking in the American Tin Cannery.

Looks great from the outside but inside is jam packed with pricey candy. Saying that I do love the barrels full of salt water taffy… so pretty to look at and they have a solid variety. I even picked up a few pieces of «Turkish Taffy» which I like better since they were a bit more stiffer and less sweet. Not sure if it is supposed to be like that, but they were good. The gentleman manning Candy World had great customer service skills.
I think this place is a great place for tourist to hit up espeically with the little kiddies.

This place is the «Disneyland» of candy stores… period!

4 solid stars
salt water taffy, fudge, jelly bellys, dippin dots, jaw breakers, sour patches, willy wonka bars, almost all candies are available at this spot
kids love this place you can see their eyes glaze over as soon as they enter the store, one hit of sugar and they are bouncing off the walls
candy ****
price $
service ***