lil sweet treat

A New Generation of Candy Shops Arrives in New York With Lil Sweet Treat | Eater NY

"On the day after it opened in early September, I saw a few dozen customers already lined up for high-end gummies from Sweden, Spain, Germany, Belgium, and beyond. The shoebox-sized West Village pick-and-mix shop—a former convenience store that fits about five customers comfortably—operates like the viral BonBon: you grab a clean scoop from a bucket, duck around other customers as you survey clear containers lining the walls, and return the scoop before bringing a chic, tan-branded plastic bag to the counter to be weighed. Candies rotate frequently; I tried "Mushmallows" from Sweden (foamy and pillowy) and sour rainbow belt bites from Spain (chewy, firm, fruity). An employee seals the bag—one side reads “You deserve a…” and the other “lil sweet treat”—and I learned the shop, opened by Elly Ross, filled a void left by the closed Sockerbit. Candy sells for $19.40 a pound, demand was so high the store briefly closed to restock after a shipment melted, and Ross sources easily from Western Europe now with hopes to add sweets from Asia and South America and to introduce chocolate and hard candies in cooler weather." - Bettina Makalintal