Handsome Dan’s Snocone & Candy Stand
“The flavor is perfectly understated, as in you can definitely taste the earl grey, but you aren't overwhelmed by it.”
“It's small and personal with rows and rows of loose candies you can shove into a bag or mason jar to buy by weight or individual items.”
“Pop rocks, six pound gummy bears, Pez dispensers, atomic fireballs, Fruit Stripe gum, Chik-a-sticks, gumballs, cow tails, and many other treats.”
Handsome Dan’s Snocone & Candy Stand
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
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$ Price range Inexpensive
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This place is so great! They're a teeny tiny shop inside the mall with every candy you can think of from your childhood. It's super kitschy with a done of old school candies/flavors. My boyfriend was so excited to find big league chew. We didn't try the cotton candy but I hear it's great. Only negative is that they're a bit pricey
Such a cute little spot with a large selection of candy! Brings me back to childhood and definitely adds to the nostalgia factor. My friends and I shared a guava snocone. The flavoring was evenly distributed throughout the snocone.
We also took the option of purchasing pop rocks (fruit punch flavored) as a snocone topping and it just made it that much better!
A tiny, cute candy shop with a nice selection of candy. I only bought candy and didn't actually try a snocone. I came on the Brooklyn food tour, so we got to sample some salted caramel chocolates. Delicious! The store was charming enough that I returned afterwards to buy some candy. I'm quite for the sucker for fill-up-a-bag approach to buying candy (I like me some variety). I went with a plastic bag, but they also have the adorable (but slightly pricey) option of filling up mason jars.
As far as candy goes, they cover all the bases: gummies, jelly beans, licorice, chocolate.. I was quite satisfied. They also carry some pretty unusual candies, most notably Japanese candy "kits". The kits guide you (in Japanese, unfortunately) to make a little candy "meal" through a surprisingly involved process. I'd really like to try it, but I'm not sure I could without knowing Japanese..
The mini-mall location is nice as well. Grab a bag of candy and explore the shops!
I do think this place is grossly overrated, that being said they don't deserve a bad rating as I can certainly appreciate what they have going on here. Handsome Dan's is a tiny booth inside of a tiny shopping center in the heart of Williamsburg's Bedford Ave. They have a wall of candy, both by weight and by package, a selection of gourmet chocolates, and they also do snocones (and ocassionally cotton candy from my understanding). I believe the candy by weight are $6/lb and they had some awesome selections of those. Snocones were $3 but sadly they only have 4-5 flavors to choose from, the flavors were a bit unique and seemed home made so that's definitely a plus. In addition to the rotating flavors on the board they also have an option of adding condensed milk and/or chocolat sauce. The girl working there didn't recommend that addition to my lemon snocone so I don't know what that's like but will definitely stop back this summer to give it a try.
Tiny little candy shoppe in the Williamsburg Mall is great to come and stock up on all sorts of vintage candies. They also have gummies, jelly beans, chocolates etc. if it's a hot day, they make a wonderful shaved ice sno cone. I especially love the fact they have strawberry Charleston Chews and, my favorite, Whatchamacallit. It's a tiny little place so be prepared to squeeze your way in. The staff are great too.
This place is a kids wonderland! So many candies and chocolates! I went into the store and the lady that works there came in 5 mins later. Lol idk what was up with that… But a chocolate bar is about $9.00, so if you love chocolate it's worth it! They also have a lot of candy that I haven't seen in years, cool spot. It's also attached to the other stores so you don't have to go outside !
Cute little shop in a strip mall that sells candy in little mason jars, as well as cotton candy. Didn't see any snocones but I'm sure they have them in the summer. Good for gifts, a sweet craving, or a treat. They have blue raspberry cotton candy and cherry, with novelty candies as well.
What's not to love about this bountiful candy stand?
Gum cigarettes? Check.
Old school chocolate bars? Check.
Candy that fizzes in your mouth? Very much check.
Friendly neighborhood man behind the counter? You got it.
Not to mention the snocones (not in season), hot apple cider, hot chocolate, and various nick knacks. Uncrowded on an early Saturday afternoon, so don't let the small size deter you. A must-stop in the area.