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    Candyland Two

    2.3 (31 reviews)
    InexpensiveCandy Stores
    Open 9:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Trish E.

    Well it's a candy store. Bright and colorful. Taffy galore, candy apples and then some. Unique candies and treats. Geez they'll put chocolate on anything, jalapeños, bacon! Caramel Apple were just ok. I'm a caramel apple snob. Also I purchased a sticker and she didn't put it in the bag on accident.

    a variety of candy in baskets
    Dawn N.

    I can't say I know too much about salt water taffy. I don't remember ever having it. The lady at the store was nice and recommended the fruity flavors. I decided to fill up a whole regular size lunch bag ( which they provide) with different fruity flavors to share. The candy was pretty good. I can't really compare to another place since I'm not familiar. Wow salt water taffy isn't cheap. That bag was 30 bucks. This will be my tourist contribution :)

    Kalani S.

    Good thing about yelp is that it makes everyone a critic. The good thing is everyone can make a opinion and the bad thing is most of the customer read yelp to decide where to go. Yelp is like google for food service.... I put my opinion because I want to share my experience. And I believed all foodies know that places desert second chances. Now let's review the candy land Here is my scoring card for this restaurant: 1) Location: ( 5 Point ) - Great location for customer to see and find. Great parking on the street and hotel parking. The place is located around hotels. 2) Decoration : (2 Point) - Not much of decoration. Just lots of well organized candy display and storage. 3) Price: ( 4 point)- The price is competitive but still a little bit pricey compare to other same stars and type food they serve 4) Quality and Taste : ( 4 point)- The quality is good, Candy taste is good and portions is average . 5) Type of sweet standard : ( 4 point) - The style of Sweet they serve is pretty close to the way it was growing up. Not bad! But some candies are very creative in taste but not all taste good Overall it's not bad and I thinks it's great to give it a try and let me know what you think. Go foodies Total max is 25 Score 19 Stars = 76% round up to 4 stars

    We had to pay for this overpriced half scoop of ice cream ...

    Every time I crave some ice cream I walk down Alvarado and just stop by this store. As a local, I am telling you not to come here. They don't appreciate their local customers, how would they care for their tourists? I had a horrible experience with a lady named Maria. She gave me the wrong flavor of ice cream and as I corrected her she said she couldn't change out the flavor, since SHE misunderstood me. I understood that there was maybe miscommunication but, why wasn't she trying to form a solution or atleast apologize for the misunderstanding? I then obviously knew she was going to make me pay for another ice cream and as I asked her for a separate cone she said no? And I argued with her back and forth until I had to repeat myself and ask her, "why is it that I can't get another cone from you?" And when she went to give me the correct flavor, IT WAS EMPTY. It seems like she just didn't have what I asked of her and gave me what SHE thought I should get. She was so rude and because of her I won't be going back.

    All chocolates are puncture through because of the worms

    all candy and chocolate are expired worms have made holes through flies on all candies employees are rude

    Tonia C.

    In Portola Plaza building. Near Jacks and Peter B's. Friendly service by young employees. Great selection of chocolates. Not stale like other reviewers have posted. I by-passed the place deliberately because other yelpers have said the chocolate's not fresh. I'm a chocoholic who has been known to rip through a package of chocolate at 4 am due to a deep craving. So if their chocolate was stale, I would tell you and I wouldn't return. Same quality as other chocolate places on the wharf. You can get an ice cream cone and have it at the outdoor tables at Custom House Plaza. Maybe I'm not buying the same products as other reviewers or maybe the manager has decided to start ensuring quality. But don't bypass the place. Give it a chance. Not outstanding but just the same quality as so many other chocolate stores in the vicinity. Most likely buy from the same supplier.

    So...much...candy...
    Charlotte G.

    We were in Old Town Monterey and had just finished our lunch and were headed to a nearby festival, when the kids naturally gravitated to this candy store. It was pretty hilarious how like a moth to a flame they were instinctively drawn to sugar! Lol This candy store knows their target audience is children. This is shown by their entire store layout, from their window display and signs in bright, bold colors and of course, literally tons of candy everywhere! As soon as you walk in you don't see isles in their store per se, rather you see barrels and barrels filled with candy with a small walking path in between lanes of barrels. The barrels are strategically sized at a child's eye level. I think they pretty much have every type of candy imaginable here. I for one have never seen so much salt water taffy in my life and in every flavor imaginable! Strangely enough, despite all the choices, nothing appealed to me. Maybe it's the knowledge that people before me probably man-handled and riffled through those barrels that turned me off. Also, I guess you can call me a candy snob who prefers candy made in Europe and candy that is sold in a glass case. Lol The big question is: With all those barrels filled to the brim with candy, how do they rotate the candy and keep an eye on expiration dates? As expressed in earlier reviews from fellow Yelpers: the freshness of the candy is questionable. It's sneaky on their part that they have a lot of salt water candy because the wrappers on the saltwater taffy do not note their expiration dates. So be sure to purchase with caution. Despite the shadiness and marketing tactics, I let the kids pick out a candy each. After all, we rarely visit candy stores so I figured a small treat was in order. We got a total of three candies: A Tootsie Roll lollipop and two other miscellaneous candies that I could not easily discern what they were from the packaging. One of the candies was literally a mini spray bottle filled with what is basically sugar water! So weird but my stepson loved it. Every now and then I'd hear a spray bottle being sprayed in the back seat of the car and thought he was putting on cologne! Lol Turns out he was eating his candy! Lol Anyway we ended up paying almost $9 on only three pieces of candy! The prices are outrageous! To put it into perspective, you could easily buy two to three bags of candy at a grocery store for that same amount! As for the customer service, I felt that we were rushed to pay. While we were looking around, the girl at the counter kept asking us if we were ready to pay. I told her that we weren't ready yet but about five minutes later she'd ask again! The irony is that when we paid she didn't even give us her undivided attention! She was too busy chatting with her coworker who had skipped out of the store to purchase food at the nearby festival. My advice to parents is to try and steer your kids away from the glitz and the glam of this candy store. It's not worth it. That is unless you like overpriced, expired candy served to you with disdain.

    Chocolate walnut fudge is amazing
    D M.

    Ok so they don't take AMEX and they are pretty pricey (Approx. $8.00/quarter pound of fudge). The customer service isn't the most outstanding either. I'm giving them 4 stars because their chocolate walnut fudge is absolutely to die for. It was the perfect texture, perfect taste; just incredible. I only tried one flavor but I'm sure the others are just as decadent. I bought some for a friend and she said it was the best fudge she's ever tasted as well. I definitely will be back next time I'm in the area for the quality of the fudge they offset.

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    Great Fudge!!! It's nice to find a place that still serves this anymore. Thanks Candyland

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    This place is ridiculously overpriced. They wanted to charge me $3.99 for a ring pop and $1 for one roll of smarties.

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    7 years ago

    A lot of taffy and taffy like candy available. Many retro candies available as well. We got some ice cream here. Kinda of pricey for taffy.

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    Pricey candy store. Didn't realize until after opening package candy was expired. Went back and returned for another kind of candy.

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