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

SQ: Was that like being a kid in a candy store?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

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

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

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025

Then she had to go down to the candy store to get the Sunday paper; then to the cigar store to get Papa a nickel Corona.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith