Socketbit

I love the chocolates and the marshmallows, but the store is always out of marshmallows (I guess U.S. Customs really has something against letting marshmallows into the country; at least that’s the explanation I’m hearing when I ask about the marshmallow shortage: «it’s held up at customs»).

Expensive for candy, but if you love your sweets, you gotta come here as they have a wide variety of candy from nougats and chocolate to sweet and sour candy. Great place for both adults and kids. Also, the best ice cream shop is next door ;)

I ate $ 7ish worth of this candy (a little over a ½ pound) in two days, and, if I’m being completely honest, really within 24 hours of the purchase. While I scoffed at the price tag of $ 12.99/lb for these odd sounding Swedish candies, I am now ashamed of myself for not giving those flawless looking Scandinavians the benefit of the doubt in the sweets department.
Definitely a step up from the stale options at those predictable American bulk candy stores, and no high fructose corn syrup or GMOs, to boot!
My favorites:
–sour skulls — they result in instant pucker face
–chocolate caramel things that look like Rolos but are their cooler, more sophisticated European cousin
–chocolate discs with the hard shell exterior
–caramel licorice — surprisingly delicious!
–blueberry/​raspberry little jelly bean-​like numbers
–the texture of the sour/​sweet gelatin ones (I prefer a rougher chew than the gummy texture)

Atmosphere:
Super clean and white! Very spacious! Has adorable decorations and cute souvenirs!
Staff:
Great! Very friendly and helpful!
Goods:
So amazing! Interesting items especially baking goods that you will not see in world market! I wanted to buy so much here! The smoked salt is so interesting I had to get some. I haven’t used it on anything yet but I tried it by itself and it seems like a great seasoning!
Price: very pricey so beware. Don’t buy too much!
Candy:
Sooo addicting! It’s very different but it’s super delicious! Very cute! Love the textures, flavors, and shapes! They have a super long snake candy which was the best! Their sour options were very interesting and different but spectacularly delicious! They have samples!!!

Beautiful candy store and my new go when picking up a little something for a dinner party or children’s birthday! In addition to candy they have beautiful Eco gifts from Sweden! I spent a good amount of time filling up a bag of candy and meeting the lovely owners! Welcome to LA Sokerbit! I’ll be back!

Finally a Swedish candy store! The swedes are very happy to have their candy in LA! It is a bit expensive but it is so worth it! I know that our candy is one of the things we miss the most from Sweden ;) thanks!

We drove one hour from Laguna Beach and we were not disappointed! We’ve lived in Sweden for many years and really missed the great quality candy they had. Once we heard about Sockerbit we had to try it — I can attest that they have the real deal. Great candy and a very helpful and nice staff.