IT’SUGAR

Sad when everything that is sold is pre-​packaged and the same varieties you can get at any store just 5x the price.

It’s in an outlet mall, but they aren’t charging outlet prices at IT’SUGAR. Moms, be warned before you walk in. ;)
They have a good assortment of candy priced by weight… you know the drill… fill a bag and then nearly faint at the total price.
There was a lot of cute candy-​themed merchandise. There were some cute Nerds knee-​high socks that I had to talk myself out of buying.
My kids loved it. IT’SUGAR is bright, colorful, and sweet… a nice distraction from all of the less fun shops in the mall.

Giant sized candy bigger than my head! OH MY! Anyone who walks in here will definitely get a sugar high but that’s okay because you walked in here for a reason. I bought a lot of my candy from IT’S SUGAR for my sister’s candy bar at her wedding. They had lots for me to choose from in a huge quantity which is what I wanted.

This candy store is a cross between a childhood dream & that trippy/​scary part of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. It’s like a candy store on crack, if you replaced the crack with more sugar. Even the name of the store is ONE WORD, ALL CAPS BECAUSE I AM SLURRING & VIBRATING FROM MY SEVENTH PACK OF PIXIE STIX, OK?
Huge, oversized candy bars! And I’m not talking Costco-​sized. I’m talking CHILD-​sized. I can’t imagine what parent, in their right mind, would ever purchase candy of that magnitude. There’s also a display of seemingly random pay-​by-​the-​pound candies, like Swedish Fish, gumballs, & Sour Patch Kids. And a partial wall of Jelly Belly & M&M dispensers, and a few shelves of chocolate, and other random mints & gum. Standard candy store fare.
But the big candy … I’ve never seen anything like it. Rice Krispies Treats as big as a laptop! Stacks of Sweet Tarts, whose candies surely have a diameter larger than what I could ever fit in my mouth. My sweet tooth was chattering like that grinning wind-​up toy.
But my excitement didn’t last long. The reason this store has two stars, instead of three, is because a decent chunk of its inventory is completely random Hello Kitty gear, Angry Birds plushes, & novelty junk. And when i say «gear,» I’m talking shirts, toys, bags … even lunchboxes! But why? The store should be called IT’SUGAR-SANRIO-SPENCER’S.
I wish they’d just choose an identity & stick with it. Walking into a candy store & finding vinyl kitten backpacks & novelty tshirts is just like feeling the crash after a sugar high. I left IT’SUGAR disappointed, confused … and empty-​handed.