Sweet Factory

$ 13 a pound. Wow, that is expensive.
The store is not very big, so neither was the selection. I didn’t find anything special in there, just way-​over-​priced ordinary candy.

I love my candy and this is the closest Sweet Factory around. This is always a treat for me when I’m walking around Great Mall and only get it if I start from Marshalls and make sure I walk all the way around to deserve my sweet treat!
It gets kind of expensive so be careful about how much you shovel as you have to pay by weight. The great thing about it is that there’s a lot of variety! I love the sweet/​sour peaches, raspberry marshmallows, sour cherries, cola jellies… okay I lie, I love them all. You can also get white chocolate covered gummy bears here lovingly called polar bears!
Credit Card minimum is $ 2, so you now have an excuse to at least get $ 2 worth!

When I want me some candy this is where I go. The sugar eyeballs are the best. Especially the blue eyes. True eye candy as far as I’m concerned.

Went today and paid a visit at the sweet factory and very impressed of the nice warm customer service we experienced. My wife came across an item that she liked and i asked the employee if there were any left so she looked in the cabinet and couldnt find the product so she took the time to call her boss to check stock. I was really impressed by her determination and it goes to show that owners are training employees to get the job done that leads customers to make a return visit! I will defintely come back. Good candy selection!

Chocolate covered espresso beans! Best snack to stay awake in class! Their gummies are always chewy and the staff is sweet as the candy they sell.

Eh… I liked the old location of the candy store better– right next to the food court. But upon entering, I was bombarded with questions from the employees. The usual, «how are you doing?» «do you need help finding anything?» etc. Besides that, the more heavy set female Asian employee was shoving empty candy bags into my hands and I felt like I was being pressured to buy something. That was not a pleasurable experience, to say the least!

This is the biggest sweet factory I know around San Jose! Eastride is way too small and the employees there are okay. Eastridge gives out discounts for military people, students, mall employees there but if you accidentally forget your school Id they would gladly tell you they can’t give you the discount
This sweet factory may not give you all these that discount but they have a large selection of candies. They even have some hard cord old school candy like big hunks, bottlecaps, ultra violet, charms and much more. The employees there are friendly and really make Sure you find all the candy you want. They even greet you at times. This place is a few cents cheaper than the one at eastridge
White chocolate gummi bears are my favorite with sour patch water melons and sour cherry cola!
I go there at least once a week to get a few snacks. They may be a little pricey about people touching and eating the candy (or at least when people eat the candy and leave) but these people are just trying to kelp the candies germ free from hands :)

I don’t know what got into me, for like only two days. I was craving sour candy so much, that I had to have it NOW. When I was watching soap operas I would want sour candy, when I was going to the bathroom I would want sour candy. Sorry to much information. As you can see, I really wanted sour candy!
Since I work in the mall, a chocolate store I may add, I guess I was tired of chocolate for two days, and wanted something different, sour candy! Before coming into work I stopped by Sweet Factory. Walked in, all my childhood memories in this store came back to me, but this time it was different. No parent to tell me I can’t get to much candy, no one to tell me I can’t get this, I can’t get that, I can’t get to much. I was paying for my own candy, so I decided to get everything I wanted with no hesitation!
I scooped sour cherries, sour watermelons, coca cola bottles, strawberry belts, and white chocolate covered gummy bears! YUM, my totally came up to $ 10.03. YAY CANDY!
The only disappointment about this store, was that they do not put the white chocolate covered gummy bears out, so if you want some you have to ask. WHAT IF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THAT, AND THINK YOU GUYS DON’T HAVE SOME. Good thing I asked, if not I would have missed out on some good gummy bears.
My craving for sour candy went away two days after this.

I don’t come in here.
Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely LOVE candies.
Last Thursday I had a play date over for my Daughter and the kids chose to have lunch at the food court here so we walked around after our fattening meal to compensate the calories consumed.
I had a total of 3 kids on my hands including the other 2’s Mom whom I get along quite well so it was her treat. 3 kids then ran off w/​their little transparent bags to satisfy their sweet tooth’s desires.
I see lots of those fruit/​gummy type candies. taffy. and of course what I would get if I did were the chocolates. not many chocolate selections but I did see peanut butter cups. and different/​cool shades of chocolate M&Ms. lavender, baby blue, silver, etc.
At the time of the transaction, they will weigh your bag and will charge per the weight. Since I didn’t buy the candies for the kiddos, I have no clue what’s the charge chart.
The lady in the store was very friendly and had a welcoming smile.

While we were waiting for our table at Olive Garden we ventured out to the mall to kill some time. My husband wanted to buy some candy for the kids to share. It brought back memories when we walked into the store. Lots of candy plus beanie babies, Hello Kitty, lunch boxes and lollipops.

What happened to all the real Sweet Factories?
This location and all the other Sweet Factories I’ve been to so far no longer carry any Jelly Belly brand jelly beans. Juicy Pear is my favorite jelly belly flavor, but these pear-​flavored jelly beans here are not as good.
Here’s what I like at this location:
— Chocolate covered cherry gummy bears (I don’t like the other gummy bear flavors covered in chocolate)
— Chocolate covered almonds, peanuts, and etc. All the chocolate covered nuts/​nut clusters are good.
— Sour rainbow belt
— Swedish Fish
— Sour Patch Kids
— Sour cherries
— Peach rings
The prices are a bit extravagant for artificially flavored mass-​manufactured candy, so don’t go overboard. If you really, really like something, go to Wal-​Mart and buy a big bag!

I normally don’t like chocolate covered gummy bears, but the ones here were great!
I think all the gummy bears were white colored (my fav!), and the chocolate wasn’t hard=) It was really fresh!
I also got some milk chocolate covered almonds, and they were delicious as well – up to par with Godiva =)
Come give it a try!