Candy Land — Local services in Escondido

First off the owner Joe was so nice and helpful that I'd probably buy the Brooklyn bridge from him! Seriously, I LOVE the fact that it's a small business in my home town and wanted to support our local community! I was so impressed with all of his selection, both old and new, and even his Gourmet Sodas, which are fantastic! I have 5 Grandkiddos and wanted to do something fun and different instead of the same thing every year! This was the perfect place to find not just candy but little figurines as well, perfect for stocking stuffers!! He brought me right back to my childhood with Chick-o-sticks, Clove and Beemans gum, Victory bubble gum cigarettes, (those are for me), and some I've only heard of like Tiktok Candy Fruity's snacks! His store is easy to drive by but worth every effort to find and located right next to the Movie theater. I'll definitely be back before Christmas!! What a great...

The photos are deceiving on Google Maps. The store is very small, so I almost drove by. But decided since I drove all that way I might as well look around. The man inside was incredibly nice and helpful. I wish I would have got his name. I was looking for candies unique to the U.S. and some Mexican candy to send abroad. The variety is nice (classics and new stuff) especially for a small shop. He gave me a brief tour of his selections and offered some suggestions when I asked. Customer service was a 5/5. (He did smell heavily of cigarettes though.) It is right next to the theatre which is pretty clever. Haha. I'm giving 4/5 stars because the customer service was fabulous, but the selection was a little lacking for packaged items. They had a great variety of bulk candy although I...

Hours are not accurate as listed here on Google. I drove a half hour and went at 3:30 pm when it said it was open but it was closed. Also, it’s a very, very small shop. It’s right next to the movie theater. It has a lot of candy in bins but not a lot of variety of wrapped candy bars. I was hoping for some old candy bars like Krakle and Big Hunk and Big Cherry; from what I could see peering through the window, they didn’t have a lot of wrapped candy bars. But it’s probably a good place for getting some candy from bins on the way into the movies. Not worth my...