Candy Addict

This store is either buying overstocked/​damaged candy or this is counterfeit.
Some of the worst candy bars I’ve had in my life. I took a bite out of my Salty Nut Roll and tasted dry, old, and burned. Like it had been sitting in the sun for a week. I unwrapped a Reese’s buttercup to to find the bottom of the wrapper covered in some sort of oil or grease. This one also tasted burned or old, I can’t really describe but something was really wrong with the candy. The Twix bar was okay but I’m not sure why most of their stuff tastes awful.

They have a large selection of candy and the staff is so nice. I stop in often when I am on Mill Ave. I love that they have so many types of skittles. There is a cute Hello Kitty section also!

Love this place! I have been coming here for a few years now, and the always have a delicious selection of sweets! Stop in before a movie on Mill Ave great prices on candy compared to theater prices. They have a large selection of candies and sweets. They have a lot of candy that you can’t find anywhere else! Huge selection of candy, which makes satisfying your sweet tooth even easier! The loyalty card allows you to get a discount after you spend a certain amount and you can also get free salt water taffy! The young woman who works here on the weekend or at night is wonderful as well!

If you want a chocolate bar, they got it. Edible Legos? Check! It’s a great candy shop. Incredible selection. You can even buy candy by the pound if you want. I stop here every time I eat at Fuzzy’s Taco shop next door. Come by and check it out

We stumbled across Candy Addict as we were strolling around town. The folks who work (maybe own?) this place are really friendly and engaging. The candy is a walk down memory lane – 100Grand best candy ever and they had it! There’s a huge taffy collection, gum, and all sorts of other candies that you can imagine. We had fun and had nice conversation with the workers/​owners there. I also like supporting non-​chain mom and pop places. Some Unilocalers mentioned that the prices are higher. That is correct, but it’s impossible to find some of these candy bars anywhere so it’s worth paying a slight premium.

This place is conveniently placed on Mill Ave and has a great selection of candy. I came here looking for ring pops (all the grocery stores that I went to discontinued carrying them). Luckily they carried them in a variety of flavors and they were reasonably priced. The girl working was very SWEET… See what I did there?
Parking is limited but there are public structures nearby.

Not what we expected. Everything is over priced and some of the empty candy stands had dead crickets on them. I saw at least 2 with dust on them which means they’ve been there for awhile! The store isn’t that busy to where staff don’t have time to dust.

Just stopped in before a class presentation and the girl working was so wonderful and helpful. They had a great variety, great prices and awesome customer service. I will be back.

They carry Seattle Chocolate Bars. That gives them an extra star. Great customer service the day I went in. They have a nice selection of candy, but I think because the space is small, they don’t have as much as I was expecting. Sweetie’s is a much larger location, so if you really want to stock up, I’d recommend them. Otherwise for a stroll down Mill Ave and and want some candy this is good place to check out.

Just visited this candy store. Excellent selection and very sweet employees. Thank you for an excellent experience.

What a fantastic candy shop this is! This place has any candy you loved in the past and currently love. I was impressed by how many different things they had and then I saw they even had a lot of the British candies including smarties, toffee crunch, yorkies, buttons and dairy milk!
I also love mambas and usually buy a pack and only eat 2 of the 3 colors and here you can get individual pieces of your favorite colors!
They have a lot of taffy, licorice, flavored tootsie rolls, those big lollipops you get at Disneyland and so much more I can’t even remember.
I don’t care for chocolate so I can’t say what I noticed on those lines. The gal working tonight was also very nice also.
I do love sweet factory and sour candies and would have liked to have seen more pick n mix type of things that included that, all of their pick n mix stuff seemed to be in individual wrappers.

This was one of the best things I got for Valentine’s day last year. Every month I was excited to get my box of candies! Very reliable and a fun gift! Thank you so much! Candy was gummy bears and always delicious and soft. MMM! Thank you!

Size matters. The sheer variety of the stock here makes up for some of its vagaries in stocking.
In recent months, there’s been a shift away from retro candies and toward the kind of candies that look imported and exotic but actually are widely stocked by supermarkets. (Since Smeeks also cut back on retro candies, I’m wondering if the concept is more beloved than the actual-​buying-​that-​helps-​pay-​the-​rent.) So lots of familiar names like Lindt and Vosges now appear. The bins have also scaled back on the retro and even dumped the livelier Brachs offerings, though the saltwater taffy selection remains large.
Prices are slightly higher than the same products at Safeway or World Market; but if you’re for some reason stuck in downtown Tempe (which you might be, if you’re at a conference at ASU) or if you’ve had too many beers at the many Mill Street bars to remember what Orbit circles a grocery store, Candy Addict is RIGHT THERE and you can stagger in and buy candy that will impress people with its overall coolth.
So it’s worth popping in to see if there’s anything you want.

Interesting little candy shop. I think their selection of salt water taffy is excellent, but the rest of their candy is pretty average. You can find a lot of the chocolates and sweets at various grocery stores if you look closely enough.
The store is very cute, and if I’m craving salt water taffy again, I’ll definitely stop by.

A bit pricey, but one of the best collections of sweets I’ve ever seen. They have struck a good balance between standard stuff you’d find at the supermarket, international items which you won’t see, and old timey sweets which are just plain cool. No matter when you were born, you will see familiar sweets from your childhood!
On shelving circling the shop, you will find a whacky assortment of lunch boxes (many of them hello kitty), plush toys, and souvenir paraphernalia from TV shows and film. The collection which is all for sale has never been the same any of the times I’ve been there so it leads me to believe that collectors are picking them up and they don’t stock more than what you see on the shelf.
If you like candy and you like nostalgia, you will love Candy Addict. Grab a plastic sand castle pail on the way in a fill it up to your hearts desire.
My favorite finds in there are a toss up between the KISS plush toys and the caramel covered marshmallows that they keep on the front counter in a glass jar.
Run don’t walk.

It’s hard to walk down Mill and not pop into this place for a few white chocolate truffles. They have a huge selection of candy, including some that I haven’t seen since I was a kid. The shop is charming and the staff is wonderful.

Cool little shop with unique candies, and a plethora of equally saccharine Hello Kitty items. They have British chocolates such as Yorkies, Aeros, and Crunchies, old-​school candies such as Chick-​o-​Stick and Bosco (In chocolate bar form), as well as delectable modern chocolates from Vosges Haut-​Chocolate. There’s a good selection of sugar-​free candies as well.
Prices are a little high, but you’re paying for the nostalgia and unique nature of the candies. I picked up some hard-​to-​find cherry and peach sour patch candies, and Haribo lemon-​ginger gummies. The total was around $ 6.
In general, a cool store to browse in and buy some sugary treats.

Such a cool store! Great customer service!

Sweet!
Nice shop and staff. They have candy for kids with animals, Hello Kitty, and superheroes. They have chocolate from the UK and even Turkey. 80s candy? They have some. But wait, there’s more: For a limited time, buy $ 10 in candy and you get some free salt water taffy!
Seriously, this is a fun little shop to get a fix for those of us with a sweet tooth.

Great selection, great displays, friendly staff and, well, CANDY!
I won a couple gift cards from here, and brought in my mom and her husband after we had lunch at Monti’s. I thought the visit would be primarily for him — as he loves candy. And I was prepared to use part of my gift card funds to buy him a candy or two.
Then mom found the sugar free wall. And went nuts. All of my gift money, plus some of her husband’s cash to cover her haul.
Granted, I have just had a couple pieces of the salt water taffy — and appreciated the variety of bacon candy they have. Because, you know, everything is better with bacon. Overall, I am not a huge candy fan.
But this store does it right, and when I’m in the area and in the mood, you can bet I’ll be here!