Tips from a junior: Local sweets and candy shops to check out
It’s that time of the year to fill our mouths with lots and lots of candy! Whether you're looking to buy candy for local trick-o-treaters or want to splurge and indulge in a sweet treat, there are plenty of fantastic, local candy and sweets shops that you should check out. Here are some favorites.
RocketFizz
Located on Pearl Street, Rocket Fizz Soda Pop and Candy Shop is a one-stop shop for all of your soda pop and candy cravings. There are thousands of bottled soda pops and candies from all over America, including some from other galaxies! The gigantic selection will launch you back in time to when you were a kid—even if you are over a 100 light years old!
Piece, Love and Chocolate
Attention chocolate lovers: If you’re looking to indulge, then this is the place for you! Tempt your taste buds on Pearl Street’s all-things-chocolate boutique.
The shop's mission is to enchant and entertain, by creating and sourcing world-class chocolate products that enable people to explore and enjoy chocolate. They aim to bring those that create in chocolate and those who adore it a little closer together.
They couldn’t have said it better in their name—grab a friend, stop in and enjoy some peace, love and chocolate!
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
Clusters, caramels, creams, meltaways, truffles and molded chocolates—Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory has it all! You’ll see confections being made in-store, using traditional cooking utensils such as copper kettles on gas-fired stoves and marble slab cooling tables.
Kilwins
Located on the east end of Pearl Street, this fudge and ice cream shop may be just what you need! Come sample any of their 12 flavors of hand-paddled fudge or 32 flavors of their super premium ice cream, exclusive to Kilwins.
Crumbl Cookies
New to Boulder’s 29th Street Mall, Crumbl will fill your tummies with pure joy at the taste of their delicate, fresh-baked cookies. The menu is always changing to give you the satisfaction of choosing from a variety of different cookie assortments.
Le Pops
Enjoy a sweet treat in popsicle form at Le Pops on Pearl Street. Ranging from a salted caramel cream pop to a lemon ice pop, they provide you with a wide variety of different flavors. Not to mention, you can add a chocolate dip and candy coating to your pop!
Ripple
This local frozen yogurt shop is unique to Boulder because they are not a franchise, they’re a family-owned and run company who put lots of love into their frozen yogurt. And for all of you environmentally friendly Buffs out there, Ripple's spoons, cups and other materials are compostable!
So, stop by and create your perfect dessert with Ripple’s 16 flavors of wholesome, super-premium all natural frozen yogurt and their 60-plus toppings.