Handsome Dan’s

I went to this really cute candy store tonight and was lucky enough to meet Dana who was working there tonight! She was the so much fun to talk to and was so friendly and warm. Her kindness made my night and the candy was amazing too! She is a candy store angel and I definitely want to go back to this candy store again

I love this place! Every time I come to the neighborhood I stop by. The first time I came Dan was there. He was so friendly and personable. Dana is usually there when I come and she’s also so sweet. I grew up in North Carolina and I grew up eating these delicious snow cones with the thin ice. I love all of the flavors. They even have butter beer and old fashion rock candy. Reminds me of childhood. I definitely recommend coming here for your sweet tooth needs! Every experience has been great.

The owner is sooooooo sweet to give us two free cotton candies! And it tastes soooo good!

One of the best random walk in experiences ever. We passed by and I was curious because even though I love «It’s Sugar», it’s just too touristy for me and the teenage guys who work there always harass me while I’m there, so I was hoping I would love this place.
And I did! The woman who works there was so pleasant and chatting with us the whole time. Kept telling us about different candy we looked at, and then we got snocones — I got root beer and my friend got tamarind. She even let us taste the flavor before we decided. Both good but I preferred the sweet rb, the tamarind was a little tart. Then she told us about the other location and history of the store, etc. Ended up buying a ton of stuff and I’ll definitely be going back, if only just to say hi to her!

This is my favorite candy store in New York! The shop has a wonderful mom and pop style and makes me feel nostalgic for the days when I was literally a kid in a candy shop. The shop stocks a wide variety of candies including candies I haven’t seen in years! Every time I go in it’s such a pleasure, the employees are all awesome. Dana helped me last time I went in and she was incredibly nice. She actually talked to me as I was browsing unlike so many other sales people in bigger chain stores. Dan’s is the absolute best! It’s my go to place for a delicious sugar fix!

Got my sugar high with a tasty hand made SnowCone and bag of old timey candy.
Unlike it’s smaller counterpart over in Brooklyn this location is a bit more spacious and roomy with a ton of shelves loaded up with candies, sweets, sodas, and chocolates of all kinds. From the newest confectioners such as local Mast Chocolates to the old time favorites such as Oh Henry bars, Pop Rocks, and rock candy on a stick among other vintage companies represented here too.
If you have a serious sweet tooth this place has something for everyone.
Grab a plastic bag and fill up on all types of sweets to bring home that are in the labeled jars. Or, partake in some of the more speclalty chocolates up in the counter by the register. Sundaes, SnoCones, Cotton Candy, and more. Decent prices overall too,
Coming here is like walking through a nostalgic trip through childhood. The beetus is strong here!

This place really brings back all the feels from when I was a fat kid prancing around a candy store.
I’ve moved on from those days, but I still found myself enticed by all of the candy that this place has, new and vintage. For me, I came wanting to try the snocone. I decided on the mango with vanilla ice cream on the bottom, and I was excited seeing the machine in action creating the soft snow. With the ice cream on the bottom, then the ice, then the mango flavoring, it was a beauty in a cup.
My biggest issue, however, was with the ice. Even before taking a bite and getting out of the shop, it seemed like it was already melting, despite the ice cream on the bottom keeping it chilled. While it did provide a great mango flavor scooped up in each bite with the ice cream, I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t really enjoy the snow alone.
The ice cream was your typical vanilla ice cream. It was creamy and paired well with the mango ice, but you can’t really mess up on vanilla. For $ 4.50, you get more than a lot of those artisan ice cream shops in the neighborhood, but I just wish that the overall dessert turned out better.

Best place EVER! All types of candy, and sometimes they’ll rotate the selection. Super friendly store staff too.
They have chocolate up near the cash register, but definitely grab a plastic bag and go for the jars of candy on the walls. I love gummies, so my favorites are the Crazy Blobs! They have this odd taste, but since they go by weight, you can just try one to see if you like it!
$ 4 minimum for credit card, but NBD.

I went to try out the Passion fruit snow cone and it was good. The friendly worker Ms. Danielle was very nice and needs a raise. She was very helpful by recommend different candies and a warm feeling to be very friendly. I would come back to see her and the candies there. The store has all different kinds of candies from old times until now. If you have a sugar rust, I recommend to come to this place.

This place is so cute it has different flavored candies and different sodas from other countries from other soda companies. The money maker is the home made snow cones! I will definitely return back for some more different flavor snow cones.

WARNING: DO NOT TRY THE SALTY FISH!!! They feel and look like concrete, and though I have never tasted concrete, I feel like I have after eating one of these. Yuck!
My friend and I did try some other things and had mixed feelings. The fruity, gummy ribbons were okay. The foam bananas were not «foam-​like,» The rhubarb lemon candy was very chewy and lacked flavor. The only thing we really liked were the salted chocolate covered almonds. I would say those and other chocolate items are safer bets.
To be fair, if you are into all kinds of candy, they do have a good selection and I did have my eye on some of the candy popcorn mixes. I just am not a fan of their jarred candy selection.

I love this little neighborhood candy store. It’s so amazing its there. I’d take it over a Dylan’s ANY day :) A decent selection of candy, chocolate, gum and bizarre kind of candies like the HotLix pops with scorpions, bugs and other ridiculous things inside. I obviously bought it! :)
Love the friendly store clerks AND they have a giant cotton candy machine! This store is awesome! :)

This place has the craziest selection of candy from all over the world.
You can either get a bag of candy by the pound or pay by the jar. Which is the better value?
The girl working the counter told us, «well if you get lots of gummies, it will weigh a ton and be expensive. So, get a jar and just jam pack it. If you’re getting chocolates, go by the pound.»
Very helpful.

Handsome Dan’s is a gem I stumbled upon in the east village. They have fresh candy which includes cotton candy that can be made on the spot! If you have a sweet tooth or know someone who does stop by and fill up a bag because it is well worth it. I will definitely revisit when I’m in the area.

Great little space and a friendly staff. Originally didn’t have snocones yet when I stopped in just after they opened, but they’ve since been added and are quite good. Wouldn’t recommend the candy prices, or the selection, really…
Not sure why Unilocal doesn’t include the full name, but this is Handsome Dan’s Snocone & Candy Stand, a la the Williamsburg original

Very cute candy store. I came here specifically for their nostalgia boxes. I was looking for 1990’s candy everywhere for a gift and ended up having no luck except for things online, but their shipping costs are ridiculous. Then of course I found this little place on Unilocal,called to ask what they have and VIOLA, a nostalgia box just for me. they have almost every decade, I went for the 70’s one though because the selection of candy in the 90’s one could’ve been found at walmart.
They had everything you could think of, definitely brought back many memories from my childhood. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because it was kinda overpriced. They had pez for almost $ 4 but at walmart, they sell for $ 2.

Took the gummy candy making class which was fun and instructional. Trying to maintain my compusure while being surrounded by nostalgia of all the old school candy around me was hard. Dan is great and nice! can’t wait for the summer to try their sno cones!

An adorable place to indulge your inner child. The shop isn’t very big, but there’s a lot to discover! I stopped by with a hankering for British chocolate bars (Crunchies to be exact); I picked up a couple of those along with a roll of Chewy Sprees, which I remember buying from the vending machine with quarters back in middle school. Sigh! The nostalgia!
Hope this place sticks around. I’ll be back for more…

Cute candy shop storefront, snow cones in the back.
This place has a great variety of candy from all over the world.
The snow cones are pretty good, but not worth $ 5. I got the Thai Iced Tea flavor and it wasn’t bad, but wish it packed more flavor. The condensed milk makes it too sweet on the top, and the bottom is left watery.

Popped into this candy shop to do some eclectic gift shopping for a sugar-​crazed friend’s birthday.
The space is clean, well lit, and super organized.
Though this space is pretty small — it is crammed with new candy as well as that candy from your days as a kid. Nostalgia (childhood, travel-​wise, or from the 1950s) wafts through this place from the different candy selections: organic chocolates, Nerds candy, Pop Rocks, Big League Chew, Japanese Kit, vintage-​esque glass jar displays of classic sugary treats, etc. Candy displays go from floor to ceiling. They even have those GI-​NORMOUS GUMMI BEARS and a variety of Japanese Candy Kits!
Lots of cool stuff to gift to sweet-​tooth pals, reward oneself, etc. Definitely will be my go-​to for last-​minute kitschy gifts bc they are open late and i am gift procrastinator.
they do serve a variety of flavors of snow-​like snocones as well as cotton candy. i didn’t partake of either but will likely in the future when i need air-​conditioned cooldown spot to rest on a humid summer day.
looks like they have chocolatier making a variety of giant-​sized truffles and other chocolate eats.
service is solid. candy prices are at a premium but what do you expect? it’s in a prime part of alphabet city aaaaand it’s a niche business. if you want cheap candy go to Duane Reade, etc.
some suggestions for the business: sell small gift bags that come with tissue paper. have monthly east village events. and lastly, claim your Unilocal business… it’s crazy not to… since most of your customers are probably on Unilocal and digitally savvy!
p. s.–this is a good in-​between dinner to drinks date place to walk to, peruse candy, load your datee with a sugar high, and then head some place for spirits. plus you’ll get bonus points from she or he for originality as opposed to staring across the table and eating a sitdown dessert!