Kimbles is a family business that has been in the St Enoch Centre since 2002. They sell pre-boxed…read morechocolates and single chocolates that can be boxed to your specifications. A couple of years ago, their shop expanded to include a little café, where you can enjoy their chocolates with a hot drink. My favourite combination has to be tablet and a tea with no sugar, so you can get the contrast in the two. I bought a box of the chocolates for Maw once and she said they were fantastic, although they're the kind of ones you can only eat 2 or 3 of at a time. For it being such a small, quality business, prices actually aren't that bad.

I am a romantic man…read more Being Finnish, my missus has a sweet tooth to rival any Scot, whilst managing not to be obese. It's a mystery. Anyhow, I recall her excitement at finding this place a while back but never having been in. I took it upon myself to do all the work and pick her up some chocolates for a mini-celebration. They might have been better than the ones I have just worked through from Marks and Spencers I got from Christmas, and were certainly better than Thorntons. Everything in Thorntons sort of tastes the same, in the same way everything in McDonalds also tastes the same. The staff were friendly and chatty and more or less done the work on my behalf to be fair with regards to buying the chocolates, all I done was actually pay for them. Didn't pay as much as I was prepared to either so I treated myself to a cup of coffee, which was also above average. I am a romantic man. Who knows how to treat himself as well.

I'm actually quite shocked that this place is open, let alone has been open long enough for me to…read morenotice it was there. These places are a dime a dozen and I'm not even sure how they manage to survive as long as they do given the extortionate prices for things I know are fraction of the costs in the states. My boyfriend and I popped in here before meeting up with friends on Easter sunday to see if anything was different about this shop. It's basically the same as all the other American candy stores. Overstocked, over priced and I walked out without buying anything because like I told my boyfriend- there's nothing I miss that much from the states that would bring me to pay as much as they ask for in these shops. (Especially when shops like Poundland and TK Maxx have started stocking a few American goodies!) My family is visiting this summer, so I'll ask them to bring a few of my favourites with them. I managed to dodge the glares of the shop staff and snapped a few inside pictures.

One of the weirdest shops ever if it's not here next week, it's two doors down and in a months time…read moreit will be across the street, it's the same company they just constantly move as if it is a tax dodge. If they where to close for good I don't think anyone would ever notice.

Thornton's, "art of the chocolatier" they sell some amazing chocolates. The UK's biggest chocolate…read moremanufacturer has hundreds of stores nation wide. The top sellers are Thornton's Continental Chocolate boxes (which make an awesome Christmas/birthday present or treat) and their special toffee which I'm sure could be held accountable for many a hefty dentist bill and come in many appetising flavours. The shop sells chocolate sculptures that can be personalised for birthdays Easter Christmas or one of occasions as well as excellent ice-cream. Some shops also have chocolate fountains which are ridiculous yet genius.

Thorntons. Oh, dear, dear Thorntons…read more Here's a confession: I like chocolate. I really do, but Thorntons is not my favourite chocolate in the world, Milka is. However, there's a special South African someone who you can easily bribe with the Fudge Brownie Chocolate from Throntons. Whenever I ask if I should bring him something from the UK, I get that look and the "Only chocolate, please" (and here I was thinking I was sweet enough for him... clearly not haha). They are quite expensive, but luckily they are usually on a Buy 3 for 2 offer. The last time I bought the chocolate from their Buchanan Galleries store, the cashier girl did however not inform me of this - shame I would have bought more, she would have gotten higher sales and the South African would have been even happier, but alas, it wasn't to be. Now, the South African is not the only one who has a thing for Thorntons. My German step-mother has a thing for mints, something the UK is very good at. On a whim I bought her a bag of the Mint Crumbles. Boy, what was I thinking? Now every time I go back to Germany I have to bring at least an entire box of them (the sales lady at this particular shop was so lovely to sell me an entire box of 12 bags, as it would be easier to carry around, bless her cotton socks!) - and I almost sparked a family feud between my Father and her when I sent her a few bags randomly, and my father claimed them to leave them at his house (apparently for her) but when she arrived the following day, he had finished the majority of them. So you have it, Thorntons do amazing chocolate and mint crumbles that the foreigners are crazy about, and the sales assistants (especially in this store) are very helpful and friendly. I like their chocolates, but if I had the choice between Milka and Thorntons, I would always go for the purple cow.

This shop has been here for many, many years I remember going into the cafe when I was a wee boy…read moreabout five or six at that time (50) years ago it was called little Italy and at that time it had all the ornate fittings from that era, wooden benches and stools even at that time it sold ice cream and sweets all the local children loved the shop the main reason. I think was that the owners were Italian. The current owners are related to the previous ones from fifty years ago. Now onto the sweets they sell, imagine every sweet you can think of from your childhood well it's in this shop I mean from my childhood and including yours oh happy days, I bought " lucky potatoes " and after the first bite I was instantly transported back. 50 years . I'm not sure if there are any other shops like this one but no doubt there is, but this is my favourite one if your ever in the area give it a go you want be disappointed

This place puts all the over priced cutesy sweetie shops in Glasgow to shame , hang thy head in…read moreshame t'other places, bow and behold the true king/queen of the Glasgow sweetie shops. With the same garish exterior that most of these places have, the sweetie shop has much more in substance than any of its competitors i have ventured, pocket money in hand into. With a whole wall and i mean a whole wall, devoted to jars of loose sweets, this place is a total dream. There is enough sugar in this shop to sweeten an ocean. In addition to the loose sweets there is also the usual assortment of ice cream, choc bars, crisps and the like. A place that is well worth the visit, just don't tell your dentist!!

You can't pass The Sweetie Shop without being drawn in. With the hyperactive flourescent…read moregreen/yellow/pink sign and the selection of intoxicating candy in the window, you find yourself being guided in....those crafty bandits! Better priced than the establishments of this kind in the city centre and with just the same selection, you will leave with an ice cream in one paw, a mix-up of candy crayons and strawberries in the other and chocolate smeared over your face. It will make you feel like a kid who, well, had just been inside a candy shop. And how can that be a bad thing? It is ADHD enducing, but an altogether enjoyable experience. After all, it's tedious to forever be watching those E-numbers.

I am a jalebi consultant/expert. While these are not the world's best jalebis, they are the world's…read more#2 best jalebis, which is an incredible honor. They are amazing!!!! Here's the silver medal. Gold medal goes to Metro Dhaba in Gaithersburg, MD, US. The jalebis here are very sweet, and on a scale of 1 to 10, with a 1 being softer than a high school white boy on the cross country team, and a 10 being harder than Walid, I assign the crunch level an 8. Pretty solid. Every jalebi is different. These were thin and sticky (not a bad thing at all). Jalebis go for 5 pounds per kilo (for the Americans, the June 5, 2016 equivalent is $3.30 per lb). I am very satisfied with my jalebi journey. I had to take an Uber here from my swank apartment north of the river. This shop is in the further south region. I highly recommend the gulab jamun. It's easily the world's greatest! Gold medal. There ya go, everybody wins! Very sweet customer service. They know I love jalebis.

Glasgow Sweet Centre concentrates on the sweet and savoury families of the Indian/Pakistani snack…read morediaspora. It's located in Govanhill, ethnically very diverse and not the top end of the Glasgow housing market. In keeping, I wouldn't plan on a long walk home half-drunk after midnight through Govanhill, but otherwise it's absolutely fine. Do not be daunted. It satisfies Captain Commando's rule #1 of ethnic eating: "For an ethnic restaurant to be any good, its clientele must be largely from the same ethnic background." So says an 'ethnik' married to another 'ethnik' with lots of 'ethnik' friends. This is not a restaurant, more a shop, but the rule holds. I go there for the lamb samosas: spicy lamb mince studded with peas, wrapped in pastry and deep fried to a golden brown deliciousness. Slather with accompanying 'yoghurt' and 'red' (read hot) sauce and consume. You can eat it on site (there is a teensy eating area) but why not take it home where you can eat it with your hands? The way it should be eaten. Mmwarrh! The sweets are authentic, that is, very sweet. I'm an atypical 'ethnik': I hate Indian sweets. But, if they're your thing, take your pick. They've got all the familiar favourites including ras malai and gulab jamuns. Service is offhand and occasionally they give you back more money than you gave them but hey I'm not planning to live there.

I used to work in Thorntons. It was my first ever job and it was a Christmas temp role and at 16 I…read morewas so excited that I was working here, I thought I had the best job in the world. My duties were basically stacking the shelves, breaking up boxes and eating as much chocolate as I could on my lunch break. They also had this policy that any chocolate that was broken couldn't be sold, so you had to eat it. Needless to say, I was rather clumsy whilst working here, "oops there goes another giant chocolate elephant with chocolate truffles attached to him, nobody panic, I'll just eat him, seriously it's no trouble at all, don't mention it." Oh well, waste not want not! The chocolate in Thorntons is my favourite chocolate ever from the Vienesse truffles to the Alpini bars, I'm also a huge fan of the chocolate smothered toffee. During the summer they even have an ice-cream stand which is great after a hot day of shopping but at £2.50 a scoop it's rather expensive. Overall, Thorntons is great and this one holds great memories for me.

As much as I want to, I can't really fault Thornton's. Yes it's overpriced and a huge chain but…read moreit's popular for a reason and has been my saviour many times when seeking a present. This one is pretty small but with it's huge entrance from Buchanan Galleries it's open and inviting. You can buy all the best things too...like mini fudge cubes!!! My addiction to mini fudge cubes took me through childhood to teenhood to adulthood. I also love the fact you can make chocolate personal with their plaques/bottles/monkeys which are iced with your own message. I once got 'thank you' written in shorthand on one - now, that's impressive. My mum was once given a Thornton's hamper as a gift - best. present. ever.