I feel like a little kid every time I visit this sweet shop…read more It really does take me back down memory lane. Everything is presented beautifully and the choices are amazing. You can buy sweets or chocolates that you haven't seen for a while or stock up on all your favourites. I love the clear packaging your sweets are wrapped in to take home. They have a few sugar free items too so not everything is bad for your teeth. They have goody bags for kids and hampers as gifts. Located in the heart of the Chester city centre, a must for tourists or the locals.

I love this shop! Whenever i have a crazy sweety craving, i…read morecome to this shop and usually find what i was wanting, even if i didnt know i wanted it. this is the place to go to find soem of the old sweets from when you were a child that you cant find anymore. Its also a great place to go to get those last minute gifts you forget about. they have sweetie gift sets made up, and some hampers, all at reasonable prices. these are usually seasonable so for example, at halloween, you can find little sets with halloween sweets and the same at christmas. It may be quite a small store, but the vast array of different kinds of sweets more than makes up for the cramped surroundings. the staff are really friendly and know everything there is to know about their sweets. which is ideal if you are buying fro someone with allergies.

Aw man. You have to check out this shop - 'tis a thing of beauty! It's one of those places that any…read moreadult could not help but get a little giddy at the thought of entering. Truly, there are other shops that might claim to have that traditional vibe, but I've yet to discover a more traditional-willy-wonka-oliver-old-school kind of sweet shop. As you got in you are surrounded by shelves literally packed with sweets in jars - barley sugars, aniseed balls, chocolate pennies, sugar mice, licorice buttons - I could go on endlessly. I think it was the nostalgia that made it so exciting. There were two counters where both shop assistants had scales and aprons and measured out portions of delight to the happy waiting customers. Prices were pretty reasonable considering, I'd guess, they have the monopoly on the market - certainly in Otley at least! I left with a quarter of aniseed balls and a quarter of shrimps. One very happy camper.

This shop always reminds me of the story of Hansel and Gretel, it might as well be made out of…read moresweets. I am usually not much of a sweet toothed eater but this place always lures me in. It has very cleverly stocked a mammoth range of sweets that most people will remember from their childhood. It means that most end up purchasing a paper bag of treats, purely down to the nostalgic sugary buzz it brings with it. They have all the retro style sweets such as bon bons of all varieties, rainbow puffs, dib dabs, cola bottles, fizz whizz popping candy, flying saucers, drum sticks etc etc etc....and they also stock some classier goodies such as stem ginger (my grandma's absolute favorite). The staff are very friendly, with their wide eyed sugary stares and massive grins that you imagine to be sticky to the touch. Willy Wonka eat your heart out. They also have a website and the option to purchase from their wide selection online, although I wouldn't suggest that you make a habit of it!

Take a step back in time to your childhood and remember all the sweets you used to spend your…read morepocket money on. The Sweet Jar has a fabulous selection of traditional sweets in jars together with retro and modern sweets. You will be spoilt for choice trying to decide what to buy as I was! They also have 16 flavours of mega lollies perfect for dipping in sherbet. The friendly staff allow you time to stand and choose what you want - they never hurry you - just what a corner shop should be like!

Love this place - they have "proper" sweeties for me and trendy sweets for my 4 year old. Really…read morefriendly, clean, light and airy in there (not dark, dingy and overcrowded like some sweet shops/newsagents can be). Great for when you run out of things like milk too. It's lovely to have a shop like this on Parry's Corner :-)

Found this there web site after buying some of their sweets on Amazon. These chaps have some great…read moregift ideas and I really like the sugar free Sweet hampers, which are great for my Dad. I can also get them not only Father's Day, but as a birthday and Christmas gift too as they have different labels for each occasion ... Great service and always happy to help. I was also amazed to find they sold both Sweet tobacco as well as Toasted Teacakes two of my favourite from when I was a kid

From the owner: Take a walk down Memory Lane with the Candy Cabin were we stock a HUGE range of 300+ confectionery…read moreitems.

Folks - if you are anywhere close I highly recommend a quick visit. This is truly an old fashioned…read moresweet shop (US friends - a candy store). Exactly as I recall them as a little kid growing up in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. All the old sweets/candy from wwaaaayyyyy back! Sherbert fountains, peanut brittle, rhubarb and custard, lemon drops and soooooo much more! Love it - so nostalgic Yes they have new products too including various Harry Potter specials (not for me thanks). All sorts of licorice and licorice allsorts! Little joke for the Brits 2 thumbs up Review #70 2019

Is soooo glad I have found somewhere to buy sweets from jars. But the proper old sweets that are…read morethe best when sold per 100g in little paper bags!! I was so excited when I finally found this little shop after wandering around the time zone that is Afflecks Palace. This place sells all the favs from dip daps, nerds and wham bars to 10 flavours of bon bons, midget gems, pineapple cubes, lager tops and so on and on and on and on..... all priced at 75p per 100g! They should change the saying from "cheap as chips" to "chip as the sweets in Retro Sweets in Afflecks Palace". A big surprise was the selection of Wonka sweets available. I have only ever seen a few varieties in Selfridges but this was just simply amazing! I can't even remember the names of them there were so many! We came away with a bag full of sweets for only £4 and were well happy! :) Shall be my new fav sugar haven.