Candytime Shoppe — Local services in Grand Junction

I am giving this store 2 stars bc their variety of candy is really impressive! The store is clean and we'll lot and huge. The reason I am not giving this establishment 5 stars is as follows: imagine bringing your children into a candy store where the employee approaches each member of your party and tells them they are only allowed to pick up candy if you intend to buy it! I have an allergy to artificial sweeteners so I have to check labels for those allergens. Besides that, we were offered gloves when we walked in but only for certain items. One shop clerk is supposed to handle all product for every single customer in the store? And when I explained that her following us around correcting us makes for an unpleasant and stressful shopping experience and asked how her handling everything after being exposed to every customer who walks in makes it any safer for her to do it for every guest and the argument she made is she washes her hands between each interaction. I am here to tell you that is impossible as she would have to go into the store bathroom between people to do so and she definitely did not while we were in there. So why doesn't this business just require EVERYONE to wear gloves and then they can safely handle the product? I told the clerk we were leaving early rather than continuing our shopping experience cutting our purchase to $18 rather than the $50 we planned! I am sure I am not the only customer who has done so for those reasons, just the only one to try and reason and make sense with the employees. I won't be returning...

WOW! What an amazing store! I've been there twice this week while we're visiting from out of town, and I plan on going back again before we leave. They have a HUGE selection of all different types of candy - this isn't your standard selection of candy that you see at a gas station - they have truly unusual types of candy that you just won't find anywhere else. Reading through some other reviews, it seemed like a few of them focused on some of the candy being more expensive - which may be true - but if you've never been to a candy store like this before, you'll know it's definitely not the type of place where you go to get a deal on a Hershey's bar. They have an excellent selection of homemade fudge, as well as a bunch of handmade truffles - best of all - a huge selection of homemade butter toffee! I just tried one and it's even better than Engstrom's, which has been our local favorite every time we come to town. There's also the largest selection of specialty sodas I've ever seen. And if you like the chocolate oranges that break into segments, look no further.

The second you walk in the door, they give you a quick COVID primer (please don't touch things you don't plan on purchasing and ask for help with bulk stuff out of the bins).

Definitely stop in this place - you won't be disappointed. And if you ever make road trips and get stuck driving, check out the caffeinated caramels by the register - they...

The selection here is minimal at best, granted it does have quite a few imported and unique items, but the prices for said items ruin the whimsy of the experience. Also $15 per lb of candy is wildly unreasonable, especially considering how few things you have to pick from. This handful of mini PB cups and gummy gems was almost $5. The same price of a 10oz bag of prepackaged hard candy on the reverse wall.

The wrapped candy is $10/lb and I did get quite a bit of the strawberry grandma candies. Disappointed in the lack of saltwater taffy flavors too, I counted 7 flavors on the entire wall, but maybe I missed a section somewhere.

Best part of the experience was the dude who rang me out. Tyler was a very kind person and chatted up quite a few customers while i was there, he deserves a raise.

EDIT: changed from 2 stars to 1 star. I made the mistake of purchasing some Starbursts and taffy as well as my overpriced (and plastic-flavored) PB cups. Not only id the candy stale and unpleasant, the Starburst is crusty and I can't chew through it and the taffy turns to dust as soon as it's unwrapped. I have no idea how old these candies are to have gotten stale in such an extreme way, but I'm now officially regretting ever going...