Candy lines the walls in

All different containers,

One for each type!

The most frequent thing you’ll see

Would surely be

Sour candy!

Sweet and sour,

The candies,

I could list them for hours!

Scrumptious, tasty,

Delicious, delectable,

The words could go on forever!

The delightful taste

Of a Sour Patch Kid,

My taste buds have a party!

First sour,

Then sweet?

What a tasteful treasure!

These can...

Yellow, blue, red, green, purple, and all the colours anyone could ever imagine. They were all there, and I couldn’t ask for more!

The excitement to try even one was very much visible on my face. I was sure no matter how old I’d get, I’d always love eating these sweet candy bites!

Just by opening the door, and entering the shop, the sweet and delicious smell of the candy could be smelled flowing...

My candy store would be made out of real candy. It would be the real life Willy Wonka

And The Chocolate Factory. Don't believe me come and see for yourself next month. And all celebrities are always welcome. Plus everthing is free! ...

Wrapped in bright candy colors

wrapped in serious browns

Bins of delight

Trail my hungry fingers

Over heavy laden shelves

My arms cradling yet to be savored treats

Like bursting with jelly beans,

red licorice rolls, candied orange peels and ginger shards

dipped in bittersweet chocolate

The smell of books

warm earth and stories

Old and new Tantalize

Battered with yellow highlights and spid...

Keys?

Check.

Handbag?

Check.

A satisfied smile forms as I step out of my apartment, headphones in. The breeze from the cars passing by blows on my bare skin. I can hear the birds chirping in the background of my music.

Goosebumps trails my jaw to my heart when pink walls appears from the corner of the side walk. Twisting the doorknob, the ringing bell indicates my presence which is greet...

You eat with your eyes before you eat with your mouth and stomach.

As I walked into the shop I was engulfed by the shine of the thousands of hues in the wooden boxes, shelves and even barrels. It was like walking into a child’s dream.

A warm, sugary scent mixed with the wooden fragrance caressed my nostrils and I took a deep breath as I closed my eyes and savoured the moment. A child’s dream, t...

For years, whenever my parents drove by Hero’s Chocolate Shoppe, I asked if we could stop but they refused. My father offered lame excuses with promises to one day take me but that day never seemed to come. The more he resisted, the greater my desire grew. He couldn’t keep us apart forever.

Living in the rural outskirts of town, I was unable to ride my bicycle to the store. It was located in...

Walls filled with pink cotton candy and chocolate

The floor made with crunchy chocolate

Some bits of peppermint chocolate

Some bits of orange chocolate

Or even some dark chocolate

Will be so nice to eat a large variety of chocolate

Unfortunately as an adult is not good for me or my teeth!...

All the candy in the world

Every flavor

Free...

Secret, paper taped, covered windows, hiding the sweet, longing sugar dreams, that children hold, inside. Closed for the

Cold winter season, as the folks, of the small town, plan the grand opening. Lists were created, and items were ordered,

For the special, sweet day. Buildings, were scrubbed, as past dusty, memories, were put away.

This year, the new owner, of the choc oh shop, decided to s...