Hey Sugar Candy Store

I just love this place! They have all kinds of candy, sodas, ice cream, and just everything you could want. The locale is beautiful. I love the vintage sign! I got an oreo, peanut butter cup dipped in chocolate. I’m telling you, it was pure awesomeness! The staff is very friendly. This store is a great addition to our town! I will definitely be returning!

A lot of old candy and weird candy. I bought some odd things to bring home to my kids.
It was a little pricey. Walked out spending about $ 40 — more than I planned.’

This place has it all– Ice cream, shakes, candy of all kinds, taffy and home made chocolates. Also, old fashioned bottled sodas!
When you walk up, you notice chairs out front and a walk around porch with plenty of seating. Once inside its like a candy wonderland. My oldest said «Mom, it’s like if Willy Wonka opened a small candy store, it’s perfect». We easily spent a couple hours wandering around the store and sitting outside enjoying our ice cream.
There is also a very large side yard that several kiddos were playing in when we walked up. This would be such an awesome spot for a bday party!

The store itself is really cute and a kids dream come true. However, as a mom, the sanitation needs major improvement. The jars which house the candy have fingerprints inside and out, there is smudged oil from the candy (lubricant) or melted sugar from the candy all over the inside of the jars as well. I start to immediately think that when restocking, they are adding new candy to old and that the candy towards the bottom is OLD. There’s some candy in there that looks ancient but for the most part this store has the nostalgia and feel good of a fun and yummy candy place. The ice cream, has tons of ice crystals and I was pretty bummed I spent over 3 $ on a scoop. I let the ice cream melt and mixed in the ice crystals, the ice cream was very tasty after that. We will def be back, with our children and we hope it’s cleaned up a bit. I’ll update my review when we return, and if conditions improved.

Candy store! Who doesn’t like sweets? I usually go here to get my sweets when I crave for them. They have a variety of different sweets to choose from and I’m a regular with their taffy candy. They also have really interesting candy too and even candy that reminded me of my childhood! They even have ice cream if you feel like eating something cold. I feel like I’m a little kid again when I walk into this store because of the excitement haha.

We bought an assortment of bulk chocolates and bulk gummies and three fancy chocolates from the glass case by the registers. All of the fancy chocolates were stale and old tasting. Most of the bulk chocolates were stale and old tasting. Some of the gummies were questionably hard but they all tasted fine. $ 25 worth of candy and half of it was gross and old. Disappointed because this place is so awesome. Will definitely give it another shot!

This is every kids AND adults fantasy land for an anything is possible kind of candy experience. Hard candy, gummy candy, sour candy, vintage candy, flavored ice creams, bacon lollipops, cream soda and root beer from almost every manufacturer, peanut butter and jelly soda, gumballs, & flavored popcorns. They have giant gummy bears. I’m just in love with this store!

Fantastic service — the staff is amazing. What a selection! The ice cream is also pretty awesome.

I like to do everything in Roanoke – fried chicken from Babe’s, fudge from Oak Street Pie Shop, and candy and Beth Marie’s ice cream from Hey Sugar.
First of all, the store itself is in a beautiful old home with hardwood floors and a spacious porch. When you walk in, no matter how old you are, you’ll find something to gravitate toward. I typically peruse the bubble gum, then the sodas, then the taffy, then the ice cream. I love taking home a root beer or cream soda that I’ve never had before. And the taffy is yummy. And, as a former Denton resident, I am so happy to have Beth Marie’s ice cream. It’s homemade and delicious.
I always see people of all ages finding candy and laughing. Sure, it’s a kid’s paradise, but age is relative. Right?

Great selection of novelty drinks, candies, ice cream treats, and snacks. A very enjoyable place for an after-​dinner treat or a fun evening out for the family!

Love Hey Sugar!
We had a birthday party there for our 3 year old daughter and 1 year old son this past weekend and had a wonderful time. The old fashioned ice cream/​soda/​candy shop is a perfect setting for a party with a large gazebo in the back and a huge lawn for things like bounce houses, pony rides, and petting zoos. There are already tables and chairs under the gazebo so you don’t have to worry about that and they provide linens and overlays if they have the colors you like. Ashley is the event coordinator there and is so friendly and was a great help to us for both planning and setting up.
Unfortunately, it ended up pouring down rain all that morning during our party but it was still a beautiful, fun, success! Elsa and Mickey Mouse paid us a visit and the kids really enjoyed going inside for ice cream, sodas and filling up candy bags to go. I am pretty sure we’ll end up having more parties there in the future.

This candy store is a great place to take people from out of town. They have old school candies, different kinds of chocolates, Beth Marie ice cream, old school flavored sodas, tons of flavored popcorn, jelly belly galore and a section of gummied everything. They keep the place clean and bright. There is also a large screen television with a sitting section to watch «Charlie & the Chocolate Factory» and other fun movies.

My husband & I were in Roanoke for dinner at another place. We came across Hey Sugar while we walked around after dinner. What a find! The offer all kinds of candy, sodas, and ice cream. We each got a small cup of ice cream, I had the «bees knees» which is lavender & honey flavored. OMG was it good! My husband had the cotton candy ice cream, it was very good and tasted like real cotton candy and not the artificial flavoring. We will be back again for a after dinner treat.

Love this place here.
Pros.
1. Amazing price for Beth Marie ice cream.
2. Great retro candy collection.
3. Yummy chocolate case filled with beautiful chocolates.
4. Cool soda bar.
5. Very sweet staff.
6. Cool displays
7. Has Cheerwine.
Almost perfect but…
Cons.
1. The variety of candy is lacking a tad. As in, there are a lot of the SAME candies but in different flavors and not different candies you know what I mean?
2. The chocolate not in the chocolate case by the register is also lacking in variety. There just aren’t that many.
3. The price of both the non chocolate case candy and loose candy is kind of expensive for what it is.
All in all this place is amazing. Come in and get some yummmmmmy ice cream and meet some of the lovely staff. :)

I love this place. My kids love this place. My husband loves this place. This is a all-​around score for our family. This is such a cute old-​time candy shop with throwback candy from when I was a child. It always brings back good memories of my childhood. I love the ice cream here it’s so delicious my favorite is the chocolate cookies and cream. This place has a large selection of chocolates, sour candy any kind of candy really. They have all sorts of fun sodas, popcorn and too many other treats to list. Someone who’s having a bad day just needs to go here. There is basically something for everyone at this candy shop. Last week my mom and I bought a really pretty gumballs for my sisters baby shower favors. The girls that worked there were super helpful and went above and beyond for us. I highly recommend stopping by this Candy shop you will not be disappointed!!!

The price point keeps this place from getting a full 4 stars. I paid $ 7 for 3 very small pieces/​bites of candy, and only 1 piece was worth the financial agony. All of your old candy favorites can be found here. They have packaged & cased candies, plus candy bins for you to scoop into baggies. You will for sure be taken back to your childhood coming here… all sorts of oldies but goodies. There are gift-​worthy & unique items too, like «bacon mints.» You can order up a float or ice-​cream from the back counter. I wish I’d tried the ice-​cream. If in the area, I’d go back. Favorite truffle was the key lime pecan — it was very good.

The exterior is a cute little cottage and when you walk in you are overwhelmed with the variety of candy and treats. It’s so overwhelming; you don’t know which direction to head in first. Along with candy, the shop offers old fashion soda and homemade ice cream. A single scoop of ice cream on a cake cone was $ 3. The ice cream was delicious however I enjoyed reminiscing my childhood and going to the local Thrifty’s when a single scoop of ice cream was a quarter. Ah yes, the good old days.
The shop has a nice patio and gazebo in the back where you can sit back and enjoy your treats. A must stop if you are in the area.

Awesome little shop in Roanoke, filled with throwback candies, homemade ice cream and lots of other coolness. You will get lost walking through the shop and seeing all of the classic treats– there’s bulk, there’s salt water taffy, there’s individually wrapped candies and there’s even a small section where you can select from homemade chocolates. We grabbed a small serving of milk chocolate toffee and holy cow was it ever good.
There must have been 20+ flavors of ice cream. You had your standards (butter pecan, chocolate, strawberry) and some more creative flavors (Dr. Pepper, Jack & Coke, etc.). Even the adults were excited to read through the list of flavors and decide what they wanted. There are all sorts of sizes and cones to choose from. The price is right (about $ 0.70 per ounce) so a medium sized cone is around $ 2.50.
The girls running the counter and dishing out the ice cream were friendly and full of smiles. There’s a cool wrap-​around porch outside and a few tables in front so plenty of space to sit/​stand and enjoy your treats. Kids will love this place but keep them close, it’s busy and very easy to get a little lost.
Make sure you stop by Hey Sugar when you’re in the area, it’s a great after-​meal treat!

I was completely ready to give this place 5 stars, but then (on the same day) I visited a candy shop in Denton (on the square). What I noticed is that the prices here are higher, in some cases quite a bit higher. But then I thought about something else, the fact that Hey Sugar also sells Beth Marie’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream. Now if you are on the square in Denton, you can stop in at Beth Marie’s. But you’re not in Denton, you are in Roanoke. That, and the fact there there is plenty of outdoor seating, does make Hey Sugar as good as it gets.
So there is a plethora of expected and unexpected treats. There’s also an amazing beverage cooler stocked with more soda flavors than I knew existed, including Bacon, Sweet Corn, Buffalo Wing and Peanut Butter (see photos).
I ended up buying a bag of childhood memories and then went to the nearby post office (
) to mail some to my brother (small flat rate box worked great).
If you are walking on Oak St., don’t miss stopping it at Hey Sugar. Grab a treat and have a seat. Maybe even watch a movie (they had two large TVs, each playing a different, but very appropriate, movie). Definitely a very cool addition to Roanoke.

Having watched this business be constructed over the past year, the Roanoke Community pondered just what kind of business would undertake the level of remodeling and restoration needed for this previously old clapboard home to be converted to a retail space on historic Oak Street. Well, the wait is over, and it was DEFINITELY worth the wait!!!
Hey Sugar is a candy store on steroids!!! Bulk Candy, Bulk Popcorn, hand-​made ice cream, Italian sodas, exotic bottled sodas (there is even a Buffalo Wings soda… yum!!!), chocolates (they have an in-​house chocolatier), old school candies from the past, salt water taffy, and probably many things I am not remembering!!! The owners are great folks, and the staff is friendly and inviting.
Few businesses today find the proverbial WOW factor, but Hey Sugar definitely found it!!! This is one of those places to bring the kids (young and old), and enjoy some time just wandering the aisles and shelves for new treats, or introducing the kids to the treats from your past.