But I bet kids, who (let’s face it) have a huge sugar taste bud, would love every bite. It was almost too sweet, and I couldn’t finish it. I made a parfait when I stopped there with mini Reese’s pieces and butterscotch sauce. One even comes as a NASA treat with a parachute man toy. The kid’s menu has a couple other fun ice cream treats like an ice cream hot dog or a clown sundae. They even have the “spaghetti” ice cream that is so popular in Germany – vanilla ice cream, strawberry marinara sauce and shredded white chocolate cheese, but they also added chocolate meatballs to it. Some premium sundaes are made with Ghiradelli® chocolate. Lots of varieties of treats are available – including cones, sundaes, parfaits, “Syclones,” milkshakes, malts, soda pop floats, or signature sundaes. They have a self-serve station with vanilla, chocolate or twist custard, vanilla yogurt or a flavor of the week. Some of the toppings include Sweeties Signature Hot Fudge, Sweeties Signature Chocolate Syrup, Butterscotch, Peanut Butter, crushed pineapple, sugar-free chocolate syrup, caramel, marshmallow, Spanish peanuts, chopped nuts, Rainbow Sprinkles, Heath® Pieces, Butterfinger® Pieces, Reese’s Pieces®, crushed Oreo®, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups®, M&M’s® and Nerds®. The soda shop features over 200 soda flavors, 36 ice cream flavors and lots of different toppings. In addition to being an awesome candy store it also features Sweeties Soda Shop, where you can get ice cream and soda treats with just about every candy and soda flavor they sell.

I also grabbed a soda to quench my thirst on the drive home. I hit it after Easter to get some Easter bunnies at 50% off as well as some bulk Frooties and fruit discs. Once you know where everything is, it is easy to pop in and just grab what you need. There is a huge display of Haribo gummie candies and another area just lined with bulk Jelly Bellies. Lindt, Godiva, Dove, Hershey, Ritter Sport, Milka – they are all represented. All the Pop Rock flavors you can think of! Boxes of Hershey brand chocolate bars are against the far wall. The Pez dispensers are displayed on a huge wall, the electronic lollipops are grouped together, as is the bulk candies in bags as well as bins so you can buy as little or as much as you like. They do a pretty good job grouping like things together. You can spend hours just roving the aisles, looking at all the various candies. There is a cooler at the end with some chilled bottles for immediate gratification. You can mix and match or buy a case, a four-pack or single bottles. They have an entire aisle of soda cans and bottles, ranging from gross flavors like dirt, Buffalo wing, and Ranch dressing to Jolly Rancher soda and Squirt to fine soda like Italian cream soda, chocolate soda and gourmet root beers. You walk in and are greeted with whimsical candy statues. The entrance is tucked around to the right side of the building.

It also has a huge selection of novelty pop/sodas and sells Charles Chip potato chips in bags as well as the metal cans we used in Girl Scouts to make “sit-upons” forty years ago. The store itself is over 20,000 square foot stacked to the ceilings with over 400,000 pounds of candy. Sweetie is the largest candy store in the country. Cleveland’s candy superstore sells more than 4,500+ classic & contemporary items and has a soda and ice cream shop. It may not be a restaurant, but it hits all the right notes when it comes to food and nostalgia.

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