After seeing San Diego's own Larry Himmel do a segment at Four Seasons Candy the other day, I had…read moreto further investigate what I saw on TV. Well, I have some good news... I have just confirmed that Four Seasons Candy is the greatest candy store on the planet!
Here is the link to the segment...
http://www.cbs8.com/story/18296605/four-seasons-candy-i-want-candy
So, since the 1980's, my older brother has always had a thing for SKOR bars. They are milk chocolate draped over a thin crunchy butter toffee center. He used to get them at the liquor store after school, then rush home to hide them in his drawer, for safe keeping. I hated him for this. He would wait until my candy bar had been eaten and was long gone. He would then conspicuously eat his crisp SKOR bar on the top bunk as I tried to get to sleep. Freaking annoying.
Anywhoo, it was his birthday last week, and I wanted to see if I could find him a box of those elusive SKOR bars. I almost never see them around nowadays. They seem to be hard to find items that are available in limited quantities, if available at all. Well, my quest to find them ended at Four Seasons Candy! Not only did they have a case of fresh SKOR bars for me to pick up, but they had every other boyhood candy that I could remember, represented on their shelves. And I mean EVERY type of candy. With God as my witness, I almost started crying in their warehouse.
Four Seasons Candy Roll Call...
Abba Zabba, Rolos, Bit-O-Honey, Now & Laters, Big Hunk, Whachamacalit, Cherry Clan(now Cherry Heads), Lemon Heads, Clark's Bar, Sky Bars, Zots, Flicks, Big Cherry, Blow Pops, Candy Buttons, Charleston Chews, Peanut Butter Twix, Pop Rocks, Fun Dip, Wax Bottles(kool aid like center), Everlasting Gobstoppers, Candy Cigarrettes, Big League Chew, Heath, Chunky, Cup O Gold, Sugar Daddy, Mr. Goodbar, Rocky Road, 5th Avenue, Mike & Ike's, Zero Bars, Necco Wafers, Bottle Caps, Nutrageous, Milk Duds, Good N Plenty(Good N Nasty), Gummy Bears, Gummy Worms, Laffy Taffy, Nerds, Smarties, Boston Baked Beans, Atomic Fire Balls...and much more than I can even list.
With every one of these items being emotionally attached to some great memory of my life, Four Seasons Candy is my new favorite local business. I had a chance to meet the owners, Mike and Linda, as well as the rest of their staff during our last visit. They are a proud family owned business, and it shows. In spite of being busy, they are very gracious and make you feel quite welcome. Especially your kids. My daughter was asked about her favorite candies, treated to a little tour of the warehouse and even given a cool lollipop for the road, as we were checking out. Try getting that level of service at your local Costco or WalMart.
Whether you are looking to plan a special themed party, fill a piñata, or just want to take a trip down memory lane, go see the experts at Four Seasons Candy. You will be treated like family, and you can start building new memories that are connected to the awesome candy selection that lines their shelves! I will be throwing a big 1980's Christmas Party this year, with their help!