Before my daughter moved to Syracuse, I used to love watching videos of Hercules Candy making their…read morecandy. I was fortunate enough to finally visit when I was in the area. First, from the outside, it looks fairly typical, inside is clean, and has whatever type of candy or chocolate you desire. Amazing experience. They have a guest sign in sheet where you sign in, leave a message and place a pin in your hometown. The staff were friendly, helpful and just delightful to be around. I came for the fruity pebble bark. As luck would have it, it was one of the few things they were out of, it's popular, that's probably for a reason. So we got a couple of small bags of chocolate. I for milk chocolate covered pecans and my wife, dark chocolate covered toasted coconut. Their chocolate is next level good! I've been around, I frequent any local candy places I can. This was fresh, rich, flavorful. Some of the best chocolate I've had. Do yourself a favor and if you're in the Syracuse area, make Hercules candy a place you visit. You will be glad you did.

Ok, so I saw this cute video on YouTube about viral blue cream chocolates. I loved the look of the…read morecandies and the process of making them, and figured I'd try them out ... just once on a whim. My wife light heartedly teased me, "you did not just spend $$ on a box of candy from an unknown shop on the other side of the country!" I was worried about them surviving the trip to Fresno. Well, they arrived today, perfectly intact with a tiny bit of chill left in the cooler pack to keep them that way. My wife tried one (it's up to four, I think, now), and then she wanted to know the name of "this shop I found". She immediately dug up the shop's website and began picking favorites. Hercules now has two solid fans now in Fresno. My wife has been looking for years for a chocolate experience she's missed for all that time, and these provided that. It's fantastic that you can order light, dark, or mixed as well as creams, nuts, or mixed to get exactly the variety you like best. We got all dark and a mix of fillings. They are perfectly sweet without being cloyingly so. And both the chocolate and the cream inside are so smooth without a hint of the crystalization present in even premium brand mass-produced chocolates (think Godiva). I should probably add that I love them, too. But I had a feeling I would watching them being made, so that was kind of expected. The red creams are amazing! There were some crunchy toffee ones that I really loved as well. I haven't hit a blue one yet like in the video, oddly enough, but there are plenty more to go! We will definitely be having more shipped out this way before the 100°F summer months make that too risky.

Love Speach's! We've been coming here for years; I love their chocolate covered potato chips the…read morebest and I don't even like potato chips. They have an array of chocolates and snacks in their store. There is something for everyone here. This is a local family run store that has been in Syracuse for years. I've been coming here for over 30 years. I always love coming here because their goodies are freshly made and delicious. I highly recommend coming here for amazing chocolate!!

I always stop by Speaches on my visits to Syracuse and always spend more than I should. They have…read morejust about everything I love about the sugar drug. Sweet, sour, chocolate, brittle, lollipop and other confectionery goodness you can't even imagine. Everytime I visit they have some new concoction I never heard of. I love sour candy and brickle and they never let me down. They have zots sour candy which I can't find in Virginia without delivery. I try to stock up every time I visit and end up eating the candy before I get home. This is definitely a place that everyone with and without a sweet tooth should visit. It's nostalgic and reminiscent of times of old when I would buy penny candy. Also when most stores had a variety of candy to choose from.

I ordered a candy charcuterie tray for a party and want to recommend this small shop to my fellow…read moreYelpers. Entering this store is like walking back in time with jars of "penny" candy as well as a variety of other sweets. Robin, the proprietor will fill any of your candy needs (both sugar and sugar-free). Located in the heart of the village, it is a great place to shop local.

Cute store, had been looking everywhere for real Swedish candy and they delivered! The owner was…read morevery helpful in helping us navigate the selections, and even had some samples. Perfect reason to support small businesses-the service can't be beat!

This place is a staple when you are showing friends around downtown. They make so many sweets, and…read morethe woman behind the counter was giving us samples and explaining all sorts of things to us. My favorite is the chocolate-covered smores. So I had to get one. This place absolutely blew my partner's mind, 'kid in a candy shop' was exactly it. I will continue to bring friends to experience the greatness that is Sweet on Chocolate.

Amazing local business selling delicious chocolate delicacies! I had the pleasure of tasting their…read moretruffles and chocolate covered strawberries. You can absolutely tell that they use high quality chocolates for their products. The chocolate was balanced and smooth. I will definitely return so I can try their different truffle flavors and variety of chocolate treats!

Holy mother of pearl I have found the Shangri La of the candy world! I am completely shocked that…read morethere isn't about a hundred reviews that are five stars for this location! Now there are quite a few places to get a good gummy around the Syracuse area, but none of them even get close to this place. From the amazingly bright lights that glisten off the crystal like coating of their gummies, to the wall of Pusheen products, everything is beyond perfect here. They have tons of gummies, chocolates, and all sorts of random weird candies to choose from. I will warn you, if you aren't careful, you will probably end up spending way more than you should when you come here. Yes the prices are a bit high, but I will not fault them for that. The condition of their candy is pristine and their location is beyond perfect. If you have not come here then you must stop what you are doing right now! Grab your keys, arm your sweet tooth, and prepare for the paradise of your taste buds.

Ok so what a fun place,clean and lots of candy!! The reason for 1 star----- PRICE!! it's like…read more$15/lb. Now that is extremely high!!

Great tasting froyo with lots of topping options. Very reasonably priced. Cute cafe area with some…read moreboard games and free arcade games in the back. Nice and helpful staff. I love that they donate to local charities.

First time coming here and it was absolutely amazing! I love frozen yogurt and they definitely do…read moreit well. For a small business there is such a large variety of flavors that taste sooo good. The cookie dough? Are you kidding? It was so good and had a slightly salt touch to it. For a small business, the amount of toppings they had was a pleasant surprise. As soon as I stepped foot inside I was greeted by party lights and the staff greeting me. Apparently if you round up to a charity when you pay, they throw a small dance party for you with a song and party lights!! Places like these are why I love small businesses!

The international snack selection is fun, and I did found a couple things here and there that I…read morehaven't been able to get before (or hadn't thought to look for)... but the whole issue around lack of pricing transparency and getting surprised at the cash register is definitely true. There are plenty of international grocery stores or snack stores I've shopped in over the years, and there are a lot of places I'd prefer over Jawns Over.

Snack on top of snacks on top of snacks! Jawns Over is a international snack heaven. From different…read moreflavors of Lays like truffle, stake to Oreos that you can't get here in the states. They had Ms. Butterworth Fruity Pebbles syrup and Wendy's chocolate Frosty cereal! There's so many options that you won't get tired of trying the new tropes of snacks. They had all types of Ramen cups, matcha chocolate doughnuts kit, mango flavored Kit Kats, Garbage Pail Kids chocolate bars, it was so much!! Beware that you will spend a bit for these snacks. The cereal was $8 bucks a box, but these are foods that you'd have to order to get so it makes sense, but if spending more for a bag of Sriracha honey flavored chips doesn't bother you then make your way over the Jawns Over and check them out.

One of my go-to shops in Syracuse for middle eastern things. I'm a regular because they sell two…read morethings I love- Baraka brand mint tea, which is my favorite mint tea ever, and an African black soap which has worked wonders on my skin. I stock up on pitas, pistachios, and spices too. The store is packed. They have most of what you expect with a middle eastern market- big bags of rice, flat breads of various kinds, lots of preserves and tea, a halal butcher, Indomie noodles, dried dates, spices in bulk, etc. Admittedly it's not very clean and kind of smells but I overlook it because they have what I'm looking for.

My wife and I come here (not frequently enough) for the pita bread and falafel . It's super cheap…read moreand the food is tasty. This last time we came in, they had a new hot/cold foods bar back by the deli. It was phenomenal. Everything we tried tasted home made like your friend or family made it. The guy was super generous and let my wife and I try pretty much everything he had for free. We ended up buying a few things and were thankful for their generosity. Excellent food, great prices.

Best Brittle we've ever had. Great communicators and fresh products. I suggest you buy them for…read morestocking stuffer and make sure you get a bag or two for yourself!