Schwietert's Cones Candy - Seaside

Excellent fresh taffy. Many items do not have prices clearly marked...A bit pricey

Have been here twice this weekend and the staff is absolutely amazing. I'd probably come everyday if I lived in this town. They h e amazing customer service

So much candy! The kids love the variety and that they can create their own mixed bags of candy.

I look forward to a few bites of a treat when I visit the beach. Most candy stores offer wide varieties, fresh product and great customer service. Schwietert 's offered none of those. As I walked through the store I immediately noticed the layout of shelving and merchandising was set up in an almost 'we 're closing ' display. Gone are the cute shelves boasting great varieties with baskets filled to the brim with vintage varieties of retro candies. Yes, the salt water taffy had bask-esque displays, but the labels were next to invisible to read and offered what I later discovered was stale taffy that broke into pieces as it was unwrapped. With close to no discernible flavors that used to stand out with the fun patterns. Not any more. It is now tiny labeled stale, flavorless taffy. With some selections just inches from the dirty floor. No paper bags were available and only LARGE plastic produce bags were offered. My next area I perused was the hand made chocolate cases. It was the first day of Spring Break and most milk chocolate choices were sold out. On the first day of the busiest week in retail on the coast. So I decided to look on the very plain shelves with half empty chocolate bars. Finally I found a milk chocolate almond bar. But the sell date was October of 2022. I am not sure if they are aware that the nuts in expired candy bars can hatch bugs. (YouTube it if you can stomach it). The candy bar was taken to the front counter to let them know there were BOXES of expired chocolates being sold. When I let the woman at the cash register know about the expired candy she snapped back, 'That 's why they are on sale! ' I told her there was no signage indicated ANY prices (sale or not) and no signs letting customers know the product expired 5 months ago. She said THEY know it is on sale when they scan it. Which makes absolutely no sense for the customer. Most stores feature reduced prices on stock BEFORE it expires. The woman scanned the bar for me to purchase. I quickly let her know I did not want to buy old candy but was bringing it to her attention. She took off the purchase while rolling her eyes at me and threw the bar to a coworker and announced 'SHE DOES 'NT WANT IT! ' Then she walked away and said nothing. The nicer clerk who caught the candy stepped up and continued to ring up my sale. I pulled my wallet out to pay and noticed my purse flap was on the scale. I said, 'Ooops, can you weigh this again? ' Once again the eye rolling was given as though I was questioning the sale or that I was checking up on the total. Which was not the case at all. I just didn 't want to pay extra for my purse flap error. Again, plastic bags were used for my sale and no paper bags offered. I left and was very dissatisfied with the new layout, lack of selection, sparsely stocked shelves, limited retro selections, poor signage, stale taffy, expired product and disrespectful staff. What was once a delightful, fun experience is no more. My grandkids will visit Canon Beach and I will be treated as a valued customer at Bruce 's Candy Kitchen. The staff wear gloves, masks and are kind respectful, use paper bags and don 't sell expired chocolate.

Walked on by almost until I saw a grip load of my childhood Candie's.. POP ROCKS..??.. I even got me a lil souvenir surfboard with my name on it ,I wish it was the bigfoot guy but I like mine.. ??.. the cones smell so delicious too.. next time!! I'll be back here again!!..