Marisa Wu of Salty Road started making saltwater taffy after she took a job with Liddabit Sweets and went from being a "chocolate girl" to falling hard for "aerated candy: nougat, marshmallows, and eventually taffy." Wanting to start her own company, Wu realized that no one around New York was making small batch taffy so, she says, "I did and it turned out awesome and I really liked making it, so all of a sudden I had a company." More
The newest candy shop in town comes by the way of Sweden. It's called Socketbit, neatly tucked in the Village, a door down from Il Cantuccio on Christopher Street. More
[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] Three Tarts in Chelsea is best known for their excellent housemade marshmallows, so it should come as no surprise that they're churning out the most adorable Peeps for the Easter holiday. Peeps are sold by... More
See ya, donut flavors. The new soft serve menu at Momofuku Milk Bar includes: chocolate mint, red licorice, sour gummy, and spicy Fireball. Will these really translate well in creamy form? Skepticism.... More
Bouchon Bakery really has the holiday-themed dessert thing down. We weren't surprised when they pulled out a homemade Peeps lollipop ($3.50), available daily through Easter Sunday. Peeps haters, you might actually be cool with this one. It's a soft... More
Perfect for Passover, they're chocolate Space Duck Pops dressed as Easter ducks! ...Wait, huh? More
Wedged between the tourist-laden Italian restaurants and hole-in-the-wall Chinese eateries dotting Broome Street, Papabubble is an quiet and unassuming candy shop, making it easy to miss. It's unconventional appearance makes it even harder to distinguish: it is not your... More
From The Urban Daddy: That's right, your favorite recently legalized, possibly hallucinogenic liquor has finally made it into ursine gummi form, fresh from Tailor's in-house candy shop (aka, mad scientists Sam Mason and Eben Freeman). You'll mostly taste licorice—it's really... More
Editor's note: Please welcome Serious Eats community member BaHa, aka Barbara Hanson, who will be checking in now and again with dispatches about the various little one-of-a-kind food stores and markets in New York. She makes her debut with a... More
