IT’SUGAR

Loved this store not for the candy but for the selection of new Ty Beanie Boos that were available. Service was genuinely friendly.

holy sugar rush.
so many options of different kinds of sweets & candies at IT’SUGAR.
we were gone from our four-​year-​old over the weekend and this place was a good find to pick up something for her.
the greatest find: astronaut ice cream (freeze dried icecream). this stuff is awesome. it brings me back to when i was a kid!

This store is visually appealing so it draws in a lot of children. That’s great news for a candy store.
They have a lot of cool products in here, but a lot are very adult-​oriented. For example, at young child eye level there is a box of some kind of candy called «Camel Balls» that shows a camel’s large testicles on the packaging. My daughter, who at 5 is a voracious reader, asked me very loudly what Camel Balls were. This is not a question I wanted to have to answer, so when her attention was diverted elsewhere, I sighed… audibly… out of relief. There were even worse examples, but some are not even appropriate to discuss in a review!
Here’s the gross part. There is no one monitoring the candy bins. This is a definite problem. I have, on multiple occasions, seen children AND teenagers sticking their hands directly into the bins and eating candy from them. On my last visit, I witnessed the employee behind the register just watch, laughing, as a toddler stuck his saliva-​soaked hands into bin after bin grabbing candy and shoving it into his mouth while his mother barely attempted to correct his behavior. That is just filthy and unacceptable.
Luckily for me, my daughter only wanted Astronaut ice cream (the second time in as many weeks since she got some at the AZ Science Center), which was in a sealed package.
I am not a fan of buffets because of people’s poor hand washing habits. This is way more disgusting. I have never seen anyone’s 2 year old put wet hands into a salad bar repeatedly (though it probably does happen, I don’t want to see it).
IT’SUGAR really needs to put candy bins at a higher level and/​or have one employee that specifically monitors the bins at ALL times.
Or, maybe change the layout altogether and have IT’SUGAR be like the old time candy stores where the people behind the counter are the only ones with access to open bins.
How does this place get past food handling restrictions?! Are there none for candy stores?

I recently stopped by the newest location of It’s Sugar in the brand new Phoenix Premium Outlets in Chandler and I had a good experience.
I had never been in an It’s Sugar store before but I must say the large and very brightly colored Nerds window display caught my attention. I was having a little bit of a down day and I must say walking into this store made me happy. Brightly colored, loud but good music, nicely organized and best of all full of candy. Candy as far as the eye can see. It brought me back to the good ol’ days of going to the mall with my friends and picking out our favorite bulk candy and sneaking it into the movies. Many great bulk candy options that are organized by hard candy, gummy candy, sour gummy candy and finally a chocolate lovers paradise. They also have international chocolate bars, standard chocolate bars and other prepackeged goodies.
In the back of the store they have a novelties section which is stocked with some funny little knick knacks. I found a Doctor OCD hand sanitizer with double the amount in every squeeze. This gave me quite a laugh. There are many other funny items such as, bacon flavored mints for a hint of bacon in every kiss, a banana wine stopper and a variety of novelites for any personality.
I enjoyed my visit to this store. I was there in the middle of the week on a Thursday and my experience could have been much different with 20 kids running around in each direction but I was the only one in the store and I had a great time. If you are craving candy and maybe a few laughs, stop by It’s Sugar…