Popcorn Girl
multiple locations popcorngirlvegas.com
Candy in a popcorn store? Yup, they make fudge in-house, in flavors such as dark chocolate sea salt, birthday cake and dark chocolate raspberry truffle. They also offer 17 candy flavors of popcorn, such as strawberry patch, red hot cinnamon, Bubblicious, wacky watermelon and the multi-flavor Crazy Cornetti. If that’s not enough to make your dentist nervous, you can opt for one of the specialty chocolate popcorn flavors, from the ever-popular Puppy Chow to Butterfinger, white chocolate peppermint or Heath toffee almond. Fashion Show mall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-685-9483 sugarfactory.com
With retail stores, restaurants and cafes around the globe, Sugar Factory boasts a long-list of celebrity customers and partners. A few have even collaborated on the chain’s signature item: blinged out refillable lollipops known as Couture Pops. This location also boasts the Wonka-esque indooroutdoor Chocolate Lounge on its roof.
Downtown Container Park; 702-324-2777 sweetspotcandylasvegas.com
Diminutive even by Container Park standards, Sweet Spot manages to pack in a lot of sugary goodness. Jars hold old-time favorites like Mary Janes, Crows and Atkinson’s Peanut Butter Bars and more current sweets like Jolly Ranchers, Good & Plenty and tins of Charms organic sour balls. And you’ll find lots of novelty items, such as popcorn-flavored Jelly Bellys packed into a popcorn box, 14-inch Pez Mickey and Minnie Mouse characters, all-day suckers, giant gummy bears and kits for making root beer.
9410 W. Sahara Ave. in Village Square; 702-889-4292
Rocket Fizz is known for its wide selection of retro and regional soft drinks but you can eat your sugar, too. The 82 flavors of taffy include sarsaparilla, hot pepper, carrot cake, maple bacon, guava, ginger ale, Belgian waffle and margarita, and there are about 30 hard candies in bulk (cinnamon disks, butterscotch drops, Lemonheads, jawbreakers) and hardto-find candy bars such as Idaho Spud, Mallo Cup, Zero and Twin Bing. This also is a source for those all-but-verboten candy cigarettes.
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