candy store

NOUN

store selling candy

Synonyms

WEAK

confectioner's shop confectionery sweet-shop tuck shop

Example Sentences

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In urban neighborhoods, the local candy store often had a pay phone and acted as a message center for the surrounding area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

When Cossington, who described herself as feeling like "a kid in the candy store", was tasked with recruiting the "best in the world", Van Ginhoven was top of her list.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

Aron Wellman, managing partner of Journalism’s ownership group, was leaning against the frame of the building taking it all in, looking like a young boy about ready to go into an all-you-can eat candy store.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

Award show season is a candy store of glamour and star bursts for some.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025

We do homework, listen to records, experiment with Kay’s makeup, and then go to the candy store so I can get Shirley her Sugar Daddies like I promised.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson