I hate writing low reviews. This is based on the quality of their candy and prices. First off, the rent here must be crazy expensive because l think 4-5 pieces of candy cost us around $20! It was ridiculous. My biggest issue is the fact that so many items we picked were stale or tasted off. They individually package things (for example jelly beans arent sold loosely in bins to scoop up but are in small bags that are individually sealed by them). But due to this we've had issues of flavors being off. Case in point: popcorn flavored jellybeans that also had a flavor of some kind of perfume or "spice" as my daughter said they tasted kinda spicy. I noticed the off taste as well.
Another time l bought a ring pop and upon opening and it was LIQUID! I had never seen a hard candy actually turn to liquid, but apparently it can, and l had no idea until this happened. Thankfully we were still AT the mall, we usually take the items home to eat later. I immediately went back to the candy store and told the older gentleman who sold it to us minutes earlier and thankfully kept the receipt. He wasn't thrilled about it but he let me exchange it. No apology, kinda looked at it and l felt like he thought l ruined it on purpose to get my money back. But l just needed the candy my kid was hoping for the first time around.
Another thing to note is they do give a military discount but it's only on their candy that they individually package. So it's chocolate and nuts and bulk items in the bins that are usually stale or taste like they've been cross contaminated. You won't be able to buy a candy bar or a ring pop here and still get that discount.
I really wish this store had fresher candy. We have told our kids that we won't be back anymore because we just feel it's overpriced and the majority of their bulk candy doesn't taste good. I can go to Walmart or my local grocery store and buy the same item for a lot less. But if they had relative prices to other stores and fresher candy that tastes the way it should, we would buy some every time we're at the mall. Which is around 2-3 times per month.
I hope someone that works there sees this (or the franchise owner) and fixes the issue. We would totally go back and spend money here if these issues were fixed. But paying $20 for 4-5 items of candy and then going home and finding they don't taste like they should just makes me sad and frustrated. read more