A confectionery store or confectionery shop (more commonly referred to as a sweet shop in the United Kingdom, a candy shop or candy store in North America, or a lolly shop[1] in Australia and New Zealand) is a store that sells confectionery, whose intended targeted marketing audiences are children and adolescents. Most confectionery stores are filled with an assortment of sweets far larger than a grocer or convenience store could accommodate. They frequently provide a variety of international sweets and retro delicacies. Very often unchanged in layout since their inception, confectioneries are known for their warming and nostalgic feel, specifically one that brings back childhood memories.[2][3][4][5]
History
"The Great Buddha Sweet Shop" from Akizato Rito's Miyako meisho zue (1787)
Akisato Ritō's Miyako meisho zue (An Illustrated Guide to the Capital) from 1787 describes a confectionery store in Kyoto, situated near the Great Buddha erected by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, then one of the town's most important tourist attractions.[6]
In 1917, there were 55 confectionery shops in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which had a population of 70,000 people.[7]
The Oldest Sweet Shop in England, in the village of Pateley Bridge
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Interior of Dylan's Candy Bar in Miami
Dedicated confectionery stores are popular in many countries, but their numbers per capita vary widely within the country and among the countries.[10] Confectionery stores contribute to higher candy and sugar consumption around the world. In Sweden, confectionery stores are the key reason the nation leads the world in candy consumption.[11][12]
Architectural Digest released a list of "beautifully designed" candy stores in 2015.[13] The list included: Dylan's Candy Bar in Miami, the Candy Room in Melbourne, Candylawa in Riyadh, SugarSin in London, and Méert in Lille.
The branch of M&M's World in London claims to be the world's largest candy store, measuring 35,000 square feet (3,300 m2) across four floors.[14]
^Berry, Mary Elizabeth (2006). Japan in Print Information and Nation in the Early Modern Period. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. pp. 182–184. ISBN9780520254176.
^"Svenskarna äter mest godis i världen" [Swedes eat the most candy in the world]. SVT (in Swedish). 2009-10-29. Archived from the original on 2025-05-30. Retrieved 2025-06-27. På tre decennier har vi fördubblat vår godiskonsumtion. Och det är införandet av plockgodis i mitten av 80-talet som drivit på konsumtionsökningen. [In three decades, we have doubled our candy consumption. And it is the introduction of bulk confectionery in the mid-1980s that has driven the increase in consumption.]
^"En ständig kamp mot sockret" [A constant battle with sugar]. Lund University (in Swedish). 2021-12-09. Archived from the original on 2025-06-27. Retrieved 2025-06-27. Sedan lösgodiset introducerades på 1980-talet har godiskonsumtionen i Sverige ökat från 10 till 15 kg per person och år. Idag äter svenskarna mest godis i hela världen. [Since the introduction of bulk confectionery in the 1980s, candy consumption in Sweden has increased from 10 to 15 kg per person per year. Today, Swedes eat the most candy in the world.]
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