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.

The Candy Store is a sweet shop selling old fashioned sweets like humbugs and wine gums along with…read morenewer favourites like cola bottles and chocolate treats. You can fill up your bags with as much candy as you like, and then have it weighed at the counter. The staff are friendly and very helpful without being in your face. The shop is very popular with children and adults alike, and is easy to get to as it is in the town centre of Paisley. It has convienent opening hours and is definitely worth a visit.

Fantastic range of sweets. Service was quick and easy. Very sweet place to visit if you have a…read moresweet tooth.

This looks at first like two different shops, but it's really one shop split in two. The CandyBox…read morehas ice cream and more boiled sweets, the Continental has marzipan fruits (yum!) and more chocolate options-- I love the housemade tablet-- such an authentic recipe! We also picked up some chocolates my husband loves (I can't eat chocolate), and the marzipan is excellent. You'll want to go in both stores for sure. It's not all cheap-- you might think some of it is expensive-- but for first-rate sweets that are made in their kitchens, it's really not too dear. We'll be back...

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

You must visit this sweet shop if you are in Dunfermline. There is over 140 Jars of sweets…read moreeverything you can imagine from nibbles, soor plooms, rosy apples it takes ages to choose all your old favourites are there. They also sell sweets, crisps, juice, ice lollies, cigarettes, filled rolls and boxes of chocolates. The owners are so helpful and friendly nothing is too much trouble. This shop is a tradition sweet shop that you do not see around much these days.

Such a cute mom n pop candy shop. The owner was so nice and offered us free samples of home made…read moretablet (made by his wife) They also carry assorted Irn Bru (Scotland's national soda) flavored candy! I got a few bags to bring back as souvenirs. Delicious and unique! We also picked up strawberry belts and cola gummies. They ship worldwide too!

My niece and I love visiting Bains sweet shop for obvious reasons, its so colourful and inviting…read morefrom the outside and the inside, its like stepping into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. Bains sweet shop isn't expensive and the owner John is such a lovely man, he is so charismatic, passionate and takes the time to chat and pass on his knowledge of making Tablet. He even went the extra mile and sent me the recipe which is amazing! I plan to make it with my niece and hope it turns out half as good as Bains tablet. The kids love it, I love it and I will be stocking up on treats for xmas or buying gift vouchers for a later date. I highly recommend visiting and don't worry if you can't get to the shop you can always order online and buy some of those old favourites from your childhood as a gift for yourself or for someone else you know who has a sweet tooth. Bains literally has all sweets and treats imaginable!

What a cute little sweetie haven, you will be spoilt for choice with all the sugary treats here. It…read moreseems that these retro sweet shops are becoming a growing trend and seem to be popping up all over the place. Lickety Splits definitely has a lot more character than most and if it's wedding favours, gifts, childrens party bags or just some sweets for yourself you don't have to look any further. It's a really nice idea for wedding favours and all you need to do is choose what kind of sweets it is you're after and Lickety Splits will gift wrap everything into little favours, very cute. The decor is gorgeous with wooden flooring, quirky tables and polka dot patterns, it's very bright and airy and all the sweets are organised in glass tubs on fresh white painted shelves. My favourite sweeties have to be the little chocolate cups they're so addictive and moreish. I only found out about this place last week but I think I'll be popping in quite a bit now I know it's there, I could go for some fried eggs just now actually.

Stopped at this shop as part of the Chocolate Tour of Edinburgh. It's a fab mix between an…read moreauthentic wee sweetie shop, a gallery and a gift shop. The lady in the shop was very knowledgable about her stock. She was able to match people with their local sweets and talk a lot about the changes sweets have gone through over the years (no more cocaine on our sweeties!!). The gallery/gift shop area was a nice little browse too. The shop is very small so our group of 10 was a bit squashed when some other shoppers arrived. The shop is dog friendly and had some water and food outside for any visiting pooches!

Is it just me or is anyone else getting a little bit bored of these ' retro' sweet shops? What…read morewould previously been the domain of the local post office, newsagents or grocer has become a niche boutique outlet of the quirky and kitsch variety. Ok maybe i'm being a little negative and am probably a little guilty of tarring this place with the same kitsch by numbers brush, but hey ho that's the way it is. Sugar Candy Mountain is however a nice wee place. In addition to the glorious walls of jars filled with sugary treats, they also do a rather fine hot chocolate (fair trade coffee is also on offer) with everything priced as we have come to expect form these places. An nice addition to Milne shopping experience and the type of place you'll find yourself in when hankering after a quick sugar fix or a saccharine shot in the arm from childhood nostalgia-ville...Kola Kubes please

Candy girl, you are my world. Sucking to hard on your…read morelollipop, oh love won't get you down. Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey. I used to work in an old fashioned candy shop (yes it was the best job ever and I could eat all the sweets I wanted) and these songs were played on rotation. It drove me nuts. Anyway, Sugar Candy Mountain, bang on the centre of the affluent suburb of Milngavie, sells all the old fashioned sweets from your childhood in the original jars stacked on shelves around the shop. I agree with the previous reviewers points that the new trend for retro shops has resulted in some overstyled twee places. However, I really don't think Sugar Candy Mountain falls into that same irritating bracket. When I visited yesterday, schoolchildren were gathered round the sweets asking the prices excitedly and an elderly woman was sitting at the counter, enjoying a cup of tea with the owner. It appeared to be a meeting place for the community, not just kitsch place for faux bohemians to spend £2 on half a bar of macaroon (a similar west end establishment springs to mind here). And that's can't be a bad thing can it?

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.