Sweet destination: A NYC candy landmark

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2 жыл бұрын

At Economy Candy, a third-generation shop on Manhattan's Lower East Side, it's impossible not to feel like a kid in a candy store, faced with thousands of varieties of sweets. Correspondent Martha Teichner reports.
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@glnnchrstphr9717 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid in the late 70s, there was a real, old-fashioned, penny candy store around the corner from my house in Westerly, R.I. called Munsells. Old Mr. Munsell who had to have been close to 90, had run the store since he opened it back in the 1920s. It was just like you'd see in the movies, truly. Old-fashioned glass display cases were full of glass jars with every kind of candy you could imagine. Little paper bags, you could load up for a dollar or so. They had some regular groceries as well, but for me, it was heaven. I was so lucky to have been able to experience a place like that during a time when those kinds of places were a rarity. To be a kid again.

@Mat-fw1ky 2 жыл бұрын

A little paper bag loaded up at Economy Candy would probably set you back $40. You can’t go home again.

@towman2620 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for keeping your Grandfather’s dream alive

@patrick815 2 жыл бұрын

3rd generation business are super rare. I wish them sweet success!

@toddlevin 2 жыл бұрын

One of the happiest places in all of NYC. Been going there for thirty years. Always so cute to see little kiddos enter this place for the very first time!!

@ediebaxter6194 2 жыл бұрын

A treat for someone that has a sweet tooth. I can see the store can be like heaven with different kinds of candy.

@dbyd777 2 жыл бұрын

Martha asking the little girl if she likes coming to the Candy Shop everyday and the girl almost replying "what kind of question is that?!" 🤣 What a great segment this was for the inner child!

@richmoves 2 жыл бұрын

It was a great segment. I live in New York and I didn't know about this place I will definitely go check it out. It's great to see family-owned company last for so long, and be so loved by so many. 🍬

@erintahdahhhh 2 жыл бұрын

Going to the candy store brings out the inner child in all of us.

@michaelrispulo3377 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up near the candy store. So much fond memories.

@samhecker8322 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Ny and I come her all the time. It’s my favorite candy shop

@shirleyz7400 2 жыл бұрын

What a sweet store! Jane also looks sweet in her red dress.

@Michael-dy7zp 2 жыл бұрын

If I ever go to New York, I'm definitely going there.

@Arturo-sm1tb 2 жыл бұрын

I will be going to NYC in the next 2 years, and I am planning the same thing for my daughter. She will be in heaven.

@davmets86 2 жыл бұрын

Combine it with a trip to Katz's Deli and you will have a great day

@Sanpedranoazul 2 жыл бұрын

These are the stories to watch, filled with love and happiness, thank you 🤗😍

@robpratte9503 2 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing story thank you CBS Sunday Morning

@johannedillworth7413 2 жыл бұрын

What a little treasure! ❤️

@donnapinson2763 2 жыл бұрын

Gasp! My brother brings me Japanese Kit Kats when he comes home, and I had no idea some places have them here in the States! I want to get on a plane right now...

@ThePerksdeLeSarcasmeSiorai 2 жыл бұрын

You can now find Japanese Kit Kat chocolates in many Asian markets across America, not just this NYC candy shop. I can easily spot them at Korean markets (H-Mart is expanding everywhere now), Vietnamese markets, markets in Chinatowns, and other Japanese franchise stores across many US states like Daiso and Mitsuwa Marketplace. And I don’t even live in California or Hawaii where there are lots of Japanese. I even buy things like kamaboko and konnyaku on bi-weekly basis. Of course not every flavor of Japanese Kit Kat is available (hello, there are about 200 of them) but you’ll surely find matcha and strawberry flavors. You just need to venture more and know where to get them.

@shuffleaccount1985 2 жыл бұрын

HOW WONDERFUL, THIS TAKES ME BACK TO A MORE GRACEFUL TIME !

@JoseTwitterFan 2 жыл бұрын

Economy Candy is a Big Apple institution, so glad it's still going strong!

@adventureswithcarl123 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!. Definitely checking out this candy store when I visit NYC in November

@kimarajamison6951 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this, CBS.

@davmets86 2 жыл бұрын

They even have my childhood favorite : Blackjack gum! The licorice flavored gum that makes your tongue black. And they have just about every type of candy that I would buy as a kid in the 1950's from long gone Sid s Candy Store on Avenue P and east Third Street in Brooklyn.

@ideagirl 2 жыл бұрын

Loved that as a kid!!

@MegaSickcat 2 жыл бұрын

I spent $70.00 in Economy Candy! It's got all the OLD SCHOOL candies....

@joeybaseball7352 2 жыл бұрын

$70 well spent.

@peterwood5989 2 жыл бұрын

Magical!! Every visit.

@billhathaway2814 2 жыл бұрын

I gotta visit this place WOW!!!!

@Clintsessentials 2 жыл бұрын

I remember as a kid in San Diego, all of us children that went to the boys & girls club after school, would walk up to the ice cream truck to by all sorts of goodies. Amazing memories, and what a fantastic candy shop in NYC!

@paliaha706 2 жыл бұрын

You’re killing me, a diabetic 🍎🍊🍌🥬🫐🍆🍡🍧🍰🍦🍫🍯🍩

@blade196884 Жыл бұрын

I love that store 🏬, candy 🍭 heaven 👀💯😋🤤

@lucasgalvan9737 2 жыл бұрын

In Mexico I have seen candy stores like this. Not international but with many varieties of candy. In Dener I also seen and bought candy like this. Very nice.

@josephburnette379 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up on grand street, I love economy candy, I still go every time I’m back in the LES

@michelerocks167 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely story

@mitchlancaster566 2 жыл бұрын

Right on

@raymondsmith7693 2 жыл бұрын

Waw beautiful candy's. I didn't no this excuse in nyc definitely will check it out

@rhettjanes1056 2 жыл бұрын

I'm an adult and I would love to go there too LOL I always said if you don't like candy there is something wrong with you

@loadedfun4764 2 жыл бұрын

Need more feel good stories STAT!

@smoothiegreenburg6065 2 жыл бұрын

i tried to go last time i was in nyc, nye 2019 but they were closed for new years day! sad we will have to try again next new years!!

@jeffreyaltschul3380 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the best item Economy Candy used to have, Rocky Road Chocolate, is no more. There were two varieties, dark and milk chocolate. It was sold by the pound, and came in large blocks, which were cut to the customer's order. The story goes, that the candy was so irresistible, the staff got addicted and ate more than it sold. So, it was discontinued, sometime in the 70s, and is now a part of history and nostalgia for us old folks.

@franceswelch5834 2 жыл бұрын

Who don't love candy!

@sherriedentley600 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh, I will visit on my next visit to NYC. Curiously, they did not mention if they sell any sugar free candy.

@meccavaughn8072 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they do.

@chrisfinch8637 2 жыл бұрын

We have a store like that in Naperville, IL, and it looks quite similar to the one seen here. I’m always getting so much of those Willy Wonka vibes, whenever I’m in there.

@deliverancetwo 2 жыл бұрын

This candy store is amazing I wish I can have it I will need the sugar-free kind

@SandyWolf- 2 жыл бұрын

I remember penny candy! I use to go to the pharmacy next door to the deli get 3 pieces of candy for a penny!

@ideagirl 2 жыл бұрын

Grew up getting a special treat.. .being handed pennies to buy penny candy. I root beer barrels!

@AuthenticAna 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! 😋🍫🍬🍭

@edwardbright5894 2 жыл бұрын

Give Me, Give Me, Give Me. I want, I want that, Give me that. Lol😋🍬🍭

@ideagirl 2 жыл бұрын

What the name of those little rectangular peanut butter treats covered in a candy shell with brown stripes? Peanut butter logs? They were my favorite!

@Mariah0000 2 жыл бұрын

I wanna gooooo❤️

@BPB9973952 2 жыл бұрын

wonderful candy store in downtown Indianapolis, don't remember the name though

@everythingkaye 2 жыл бұрын

I've been looking for Slap Sticks! Help me find some, the company went out of business recently, and another company hasn't picked up making them. I come to NYC once a year!!!

@cindyann9571 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing❤

@christinacascadilla4473 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, I take back everything I said. This place has a wide selection of organic and gluten free candy. So I vote, “Place an order!”

@be6715 2 жыл бұрын

Hari-bo!

@mililaniman 2 жыл бұрын

I like to eat candy, but I can't eat candy that often because of high blood pressure.

@debbiecali5987 2 жыл бұрын

Love this 🍭🍬🍫❤️

@tobehonest7541 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from NYC - this is candy shop for Manhattan elite kids who live in LES area and tourists no normal new yorker goes to this

@marietarallo3403 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I can’t have the candy because I am diabetic.

@jojopuppyfish 2 жыл бұрын

Great story. Just want to personally add that I lost 90 pounds in 2017 by going on a No Sugar, No Flour diet. I haven't had any sugar 5 years. And I've never regretted it. Candy tastes great. But it isn't worth it for my healthy. Not even in moderation.