Off-season candy corn in Los Angeles
November 12, 2011 12:43 AM   Subscribe

Where can I buy candy corn in Los Angeles, this weekend? Preferably convenient to Pasadena/Burbank? Difficulty: don't want to experiment by making my own, and buying it online will be too slow.
posted by Xere to Food & Drink (13 answers total)
 
Try the Candy Chef in Alhambra. I don't know for sure, but I'd be surprised if they didn't have candy corn on hand, particularly this close to Thanksgiving.
posted by Diagonalize at 12:55 AM on November 12, 2011


I live in LA and every drug store I've been in this past week has had a big bin of clearance Halloween candy. I don't know about the candy corn specifically, because I didn't look through it, but it seems worth hitting up any local Rite Aids or CVS's.
posted by crabintheocean at 1:02 AM on November 12, 2011


The Sweet Factory in the Glendale Galleria should have it.
posted by brujita at 3:18 AM on November 12, 2011


Do you have a Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid or other large chain drug stores? Also, supermarkets! They should still have lots of leftovers.
posted by Yellow at 5:15 AM on November 12, 2011


Try a dollar store type of place.
posted by SillyShepherd at 5:54 AM on November 12, 2011


Or a candy store. Is that the kind of thing they have year-round?
posted by SillyShepherd at 5:54 AM on November 12, 2011


I'm not in LA, but my local craft stores (Jo-Ann, Michaels) and Target have them on clearance right now.
posted by ellenaim at 6:50 AM on November 12, 2011


It's slightly out of your area, but Sweetharts in Sherman Oaks.
posted by BlahLaLa at 8:04 AM on November 12, 2011


Best answer: Try Rocket Fizz, which if you go to their home page, they mention Halloween candy.
posted by 6:1 at 8:05 AM on November 12, 2011


Walgreens near me had a whole display, as did my grocer - candy corn isn't really out of season until Thanksgiving.
posted by restless_nomad at 9:54 AM on November 12, 2011


Best answer: Even among places that only do this seasonally, drug stores like CVS or Walgreens typically have them in stock the longest (because candy is an after-thought for people there, who are usually visiting the pharmacy for Rx's or over-the-counter meds, or because they forgot to pack a toothbrush or buy extra batteries).

Here are some CVS locations in Burbank.
posted by misha at 11:06 AM on November 12, 2011


even out of season, many grocery stores carry candy corn along with their other inexpensive candies (jelly beans, gum drops, etc), in my experience. my local ralph's (in downtown los angeles) had both clearance halloween candy corn and their regular generic candy corn when i was there just the other day.
posted by jimw at 12:10 PM on November 12, 2011


Response by poster: I had luck at Rocket Fizz, though unfortunately they only had the artificially flavored ones by Jelly Belly. Nothing at Target, and the CVS brand bags looked sketchy. Couldn't find Brach's, which is the only brand I know of that makes it with real honey.
posted by Xere at 11:07 PM on November 12, 2011


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