Is soooo glad I have found somewhere to buy sweets from jars. But the proper old sweets that are…read morethe best when sold per 100g in little paper bags!! I was so excited when I finally found this little shop after wandering around the time zone that is Afflecks Palace. This place sells all the favs from dip daps, nerds and wham bars to 10 flavours of bon bons, midget gems, pineapple cubes, lager tops and so on and on and on and on..... all priced at 75p per 100g! They should change the saying from "cheap as chips" to "chip as the sweets in Retro Sweets in Afflecks Palace". A big surprise was the selection of Wonka sweets available. I have only ever seen a few varieties in Selfridges but this was just simply amazing! I can't even remember the names of them there were so many! We came away with a bag full of sweets for only £4 and were well happy! :) Shall be my new fav sugar haven.

Sweet Sensations brings up that nostalgia in me that makes me long for the days when I would buy a…read more20p bag of sweets in a small paper bag on my way home from school. Honestly, those days did once exist. And they were brilliant, let me tell you. We're talking bon bons, liquorice, chocolate buttons and far more besides. I love all of those things. They also sell a range of drinks, crisps and chocolates that are more like the regular confectionary you find nowadays. Sweet Sensations is located in the bustling food hall in the Arndale Centre.

I lurrveee sweets. Remember in Keenan and Kel where Kel luurrvveedd Orange Soda? Well picture me…read moredoing that with sweets! I think everyone loves sweets and who wouldn't. So when I stumbled across this little bad boy, I could not help but invite myself in. And o my word! Sweet heaven. The shop looks so small from the outset but inside there is sweets everywhere and they are all in the little tubs and proper old fashioned. They have measuring scales and everything and paper bags! I love it. Of course they have chocolate too and a wide selection, I think I got a Wonka bar from here and you can probably imagined I was in my element. Sadly there was no golden ticket for me! :( But still, a great shop and an old fashioned shop/

Calling all chocolate fans. SO basically the whole world. Here is a store for you that is not only…read morefull of chocolate, it is Crammed full of chocolate. I literally got dragged out of this shop when I walked in as I was in awe and all that was around me. They have box like shelves and in each one is a special surprise......Yes choccie! Everything is different you have different shape chocolate, boxes of chocolate and white chocolate. It is wild!!!!!!!! haha Yes, I left with a bag of goodies and I have demolished them and did not share. I am selfish

The Choc Box is the cutest and best sweet and chocolate shop i have ever been in…read more Traditional sweets in cute candy coloured cubbies, everything from Yorkshire Mix, Choc Lick, Sports mixture. cute pick and mix (vampire Teeth Rock) to really posh choclates. Try the Montezuma (sp) Lime and Chilli Milk Chocolate Bar, its dearer than a regular bar but sooooooo worth it!!! every time i go i have to have a sweetcone £2 for a delish mix of pick and mix, lollies, space dust. The shop also makes the most amazing sweet trees, hampers and always has the best window display in the whole of Lees. i'm sure i have have missed out lots of things that is great about this little shop. get down to Lees and visit the shop to find out for yourself. xxx

Ever get that recurring dream of being locked inside a department store after that film? Well, I…read morecertainly wouldn't mind being locked inside Sallie Moonbeam which I discovered and fell in love with the other day. It reminded me of a shop on the same street as my primary school (the opposite way to my house but who cared) that had jars and jars of old school sweets. And I wish more of these shops existed. Both the window display and the inside are imaginative and wonderful. Pop in to this traditional sweet shop, with added gift section, if you still think you'll end up in Never Never Land (or Diagon Alley for that matter) There's another one in Buxton but don't let the expansion of a great company spoil your fun.

After a disappointing trip to the Sweet Emporium I was further let down by Cadburys! Like Michael…read moreB, I also left without buying anything even though I actually got as far as the till, but as in Sweet Emporium they don't take cards for transactions under £5. What is this? 1995? Unacceptable. Ok so the main problems are: unexciting range, totally unbargainous prices. You can DEFINITELY do better in Tesco Express on chocolate deals. I know, because I buy chocolate in Tesco Express almost every day owing to Some Problems I Have With Sugar. Tesco Express isn't even a supermarket! Bear in mind also this is not a price for gifts, as Michael B also found - it is factory style so things are in very boring plastic bags. Lowry Outlet Mall betrayed me twice in one day. Never again shall I darken its doors.

Cadbury's is one of the biggest chocolatiers in the UK, hence I had big expectations for this…read morestore. It is located in the Manchester Lowry, a "shopping centre", I find simply a waste, and something bad in a really nice, modern area, this store is no different. Cadbury's shop, actually sells products, from companies other than Cadbury and most of the items here, including their own are far too overpriced. They do sell chocolate machines, and sort of toys for kids, but they don't seem sturdy enough to last long, and they are just a token, rather than a long lasting gift, and as far as I remember, they are pretty pricey too. " Cadbury Factory Shop " makes me think it would be a chocolate heaven, with chocolate, fresh, directly shipped from the factory, (which is a fantastic gift and can be bought online), although a little pricier, but this store isn't that, it just sells items from other companies (sweets etc) and overpriced Cadbury's souvenirs, whether it be chocolate or stupid, poor quality machines. Even though I'm not a chocolate lover, I do like Cadbury's as a company (some of their products anyway), I think they need to just stick to that, what they are good at, rather than ruin their profits and reputation by opening a poor store like this. Cadbury's need to leave sweet / chocolate stores to Mr Simms and selling their products to the supermarket giants and local newsagents, so I do feel this store deserves one star.