Sugar Rush

A one-stop shop for sweet salvation.

You need a kid-in-a-candy-store enthusiasm for everything from Zotter organic chocolates to L.C. Good carnival pops (pictured) in order to open a sweets shop that draws SF socialites and the under-seven set alike. But Diane Campbell, owner of the Candy Store—a side-street gem packed to the rafters with glass jars filled with a rainbow of sugary nostalgia—has exactly that. “I haven’t been able to sleep at night because I’m so excited!” she says with regards to all the candy she’s getting in for the holidays. While she’d be most thrilled to find a box of caramel pretzels in her stocking this year, we’d be happy with a supply of Pontefract black licorice, chocolate-covered gummy bears and sparkly fruit slices (in flavors ranging from blackberry to peach)—all of which make sugarplums seem overrated.

The Candy Store 1507 Vallejo St., 415-921-8000

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