Since 1937, on the Lower East Side Economy Candy does exactly what it says on the tin, it sells candy and its cheap. This store is like winning a golden ticket and getting a tour of Mr.Wonka’s factory. It has every candy conceivable to the most fervent of sweet tooth’s. Even from the outside, the windows are plastered I different types of candy, almost as if the shop itself was built of lollipops and gumballs.
Economy Candy is an old-fashioned, family-owned candy store that sells hundreds of kinds of chocolates, candies, nuts, dried fruits; including halvah, sugar free candy and of course all the old time candy you had when you were a kid.
In the store you will find yourself transported down memory lane, discovering treats from your youth that you had forgotten about. The store also contains a large amount of novelty candies and one of my personal favorites are the giant Elvis Pez’s.
What makes Economy Candy so popular and what has maintained an astounding level of customer loyalty is that adapting hasn’t meant abandoning its essential quality as a neighborhood candy store. While trying many new items throughout the years Jerry Cohen who now runs the store with his wife Ilene and son Mitchell says “you need to have whatever it takes to get people in.” Teas, sugar-free and low calorie candies, gift baskets and hand-dipped chocolates are among the products that filtered in as the inventory changed to reflect the changing urban landscape.
