The Sweet Shop NYC

Everything I could ask for in a sweets shop. Loved the ice cream and gelato favors. Tried the coffee crunch and black pepper fig Oddfellow’s ice cream — both delicious, flavorful, and decadent without being too sugary.
The service was first-​class: attentive and fast. The shop is teeny tiny — so you could be waiting in line to enter — but loaded with candies, chocolates, brittles, … and a handmade «candilier»! Definitely worth a wait .and a stop (or two). Check ‘em out!

Peanut Butter and Jelly Ice cream on a pretzel cone– enough said!
Great sweets, from donuts to chocolates to ice cream to gelato.
You will end up spending way more than you thought on candy, but it’s worth it! SO good!

This candy shop is absolutely adorable. It’s a tiny, classic candy shop tucked away on the UES. They have a limit on how many guests can be in the shop at once so we had to wait a few minutes outside. There’s so much to look at — gummies, classic candies, chocolate, homemade marshmallows covered in chocolate, gum, chocolate bars, ice cream, and more! The staff is extremely friendly and quick. I had a scoop of Oddfellow’s Coffee Crunch ice cream and it comes with chocolate whipped cream in a little chinese carton. The ice cream was amazing and full of flavor. I also got some homemade dark chocolate s’mores marshmallows.
You have to try the silkies — I got the caramel flavor. It’s so soft and fresh and I’m pretty sure there was a marshmallow in the middle.
The owner was standing outside and interacting with customers walking by which was really nice to see.
Such a great store to get fun gifts and treats. I will definitely go back.

If you’re a retro candy lover, The Sweet Shop will be your new go-​to!
It’s a tiny shop filled to the brim with old fashioned candies, homemade premium chocolates and gourmet sundaes. As a bonus they also sell donuts — we tried the brown sugar almond which was a surprising balance of sweet and savory.
The staff is also extremely friendly, accomodating and knowledgable off all their offerings — especially the different types of homemade marshmallows :)
Expect to shovel out your standard NYC candy bar fare, but hidden gems like these are worth it!

Best ice-​cream I’ve ever had. I consider myself to be pretty experienced for an ice-​cream eater. My boyfriend and I came here a couple days ago only for it to be closed; however this place had such great reviews that we decided to come back. I had the coffee crunch which was amazing and my bf had their famous salted caramel gelato. The owner and his son gave us such great customer service that I almost wish we didn’t have to go back to LA tomorrow morning just do that I can go back. Best ice-​cream hands down. If you’re in the upper east side, don’t bother going to serendipity 3 or the milk bar, go here!

Very friendly staff.
Best sweet shop with variety of Icecream.
Highly recommended :)

An amazing little shop of the Upper East. The owner, Matt, was very patient and nice. I tried the mascarpone ice cream which is absolutely amazing. At first I was a bit suspicious about the flavor but it turned out that I loved it and had it with hot fudge on top.
I tried the salted caramel flavor which is really really good especially for salted caramel lovers– you have to come in to try this one!

This is a fun place to poke around and get a scoop of ice cream if you’re in the UES. The man who served us (son of the owner) was quite a character. He was obviously passionate about the ice cream and gelatos they stocked, w/​good reason. I split 2 scoops with my boyfriend — vanilla bean and coffee crunch. We were told that the ice cream (oddfellows) was made with milk from very good cows — made in a Brooklyn ice creamery. It was really creamy and delicious, and i especially enjoyed seeing actual specks of vanilla bean. The coffee flavor in the coffee crunch was quite strong, but I still liked it.
My friend has the vegan salted caramel gelato and was very happy with it. I tried it too and it didn’t taste like it was vegan.
Note: there’s nowhere to sit inside but there are two benches outside.

The ice cream is solid. We had tried the pistachio and it’s the best pistachio I’ve ever had in my life, anywhere in the world. This place is worth a visit :)

Came to meet a friend for ice cream and ended up being early so I chilled in the shop for a bit. What impressed me more than the candy/​ice cream selection was the service as I was waiting! Both people working were extremely cordial even though I was just waiting around, offered insight into their latest flavors, and the main guy even offered me a sample to try! When my friend finally arrived and we ordered the ice cream, the same guy was extremely helpful in picking out flavors and recommended certain combinations that were delicious. He was really knowledgeable and passionate about the ice cream and it made the entire experience extremely pleasant!
(p.s. Try the blackberry, yellow plum, or chocolate. So good! I wasn’t a huge fan of the peach though… It was definitely mixed with something else so a bit too decadent)
(p.p.s. Checking in on Unilocal right now will get you a double scoop for $ 4.50, the price of just a single scoop!)

I’ve been on this ice cream craze lately (and by lately I mean the last 12 months…), and when I found out the Sweet Shop carries il laboratorio gelato, I had to go! We were already planning to visit the Met that afternoon, so it was perfect placement.
It is a fairly small shop with walls lined with all different kinds of candy. They carry 4 different ice creams as well as donuts! If I had room in my stomach for both, I would’ve totally gotten the donuts because they looked so fresh and delicious.
Unilocal CHECK IN gets you TWO scoops for $ 4.50! aka one free scoop: O hell yaaaa. The guy at the counter is super sweet and gives you suggestions for what goes good together. I love marscapone, so I tried that first. He recommended it with brown sugar, and wow. He knows what he’s talking about. So rich and CREAMY. Their scoops are pretty generous in size too! Very worth it.
I also love that they serve their ice cream in little chinese take out boxes

Absolutely amazing ice cream, between the three of us we sampled the salted caramel, cookies and cream, coffee flavored ice cream and a root beer float– nobody had any complaints whatsoever. It’s a quaint little dessert shop off of a side street in the upper Eastside, easy to find, lines can be insanely long at times I imagine. The doughnut ice cream sandwich was 4stars, the doughnut (dark chocolate) was a bit dry but the cookies and cream ice cream in it, more than made up for it! The salted caramel with bits of sea salt on it was really good and my wife loved the coffee ice cream as well. They serve good quality ice cream with great portions and wonderfully developed flavors, will definitely be back to sample the rest before it closes for the season after Labor Day!

Such a sweet treat!
Everything about the shop is cute! The little red carpet area you wait in before you enter, the customer service is great and the ice cream delicious! They also have so many other options for sweets, a variety of candy, Rice Krispies, milkshakes and doughnuts.
The salted caramel ice cream was delicious! It really was salty! I loved it!
The mascarpone was much more mild and the same with the PB& J (although the Jelly was nonexistent in the combination) after the salted caramel I could barely taste anything else Bc the sauce goes everywhere… so eat the less flavorful ice creams first!
The recruit loops Rice Krispy was very soft and gooey and sweet as anticipated but the fruit loops were stale. Don’t be fooled by the pretty colors!

Very cute shop near where we live. The store is definitely very interesting, teeming with all sorts of candy. Seems to be a mom-​and-​pop joint, so that’s a plus. The ice cream flavors are unique — grapefruit jalapeño sorbet (need to try that next time). We tried the marscapone, salted caramel, dark chocolate chunk ice cream. They were pretty good, light in flavor. Wish the salted caramel was more salty. Will come back again to try the other flavors!
Edit…
On coming back here, I just had to drop a star. Realized that they don’t make their own ice cream! Why pay premium for ice cream that they don’t even make in their shop, but made by other random companies? Also, the person at the cash register rushes customers way too much. The menu isn’t so self-​explanatory…

Sweet Shop NYC you’ve made my day again!
I still don’t know what can be better than ice-​cream in Summer day and still don’t know who else can make such delicious desserts!

Came in here for the first time this weekend, the place was busy and the guys behind the counter were so great about welcoming people and managing the wait (which was short).
Super helpful about explaining the menu, and giving tastes.
Amazing selection, cheaper then Emack and Bolios, which is the only place comparable in the area and they have a whole candy selection.

This place is like stepping back into childhood! It’s a small place, but the amount and variety of candies they have is incredible. My boyfriend was able to find candy from his youth that no one sells while I was able to find an assortment of gummy candies that weren’t too sweet and didn’t have a plastic/​fake taste.
Compared to Dylan’s candy bar, this place is much more eclectic and unique. It’s family owned and therefore doesn’t have the «corporate feel». Will be frequenting here often! Highly recommend!

This is a very adorable, small, family-​owned candy shop in the UES, with prices that are more affordable than Dylan’s with a selection that is as diverse as Economy’s, but with more organization. Labeled jars neatly line the shelves and drawers, baskets, and boxes are kept tidy. They also have really nice candy-​related touches like a candy chandelier and decorations on the shelves.
In addition to a wide array of candies and chocolates, you’ll find:
— ice cream and gelato!
They sell about 6 – 10 flavors each of Il Laboratorio Del Gelato gelato and OddFellows ice cream. A scoop runs for $ 4, but double ($ 5) and triple ($ 6) scoops are better deals. They offer pretzel cones, but if you’re carrying it out to consume later, the scoops will be smushed into tiny Chinese take-​out containers. It’s a bit kitsch-​y, but cute. They also sell Melt ice cream sandwiches, and at least two vegan, gluten-​free flavors from Alchemy Creamery here. It’s smart marketing to create such a one-​stop gelato/​ice cream place here.
— doughnuts!
Dough Loco doughnuts, to be exact!
— attentive service!
I was greeted and thanked so kindly and genuinely. Attention was distributed to all customers evenly, and the homey feeling I received was pretty refreshing. As refreshing as my ice cream.
Extra notes:
$ 5 credit card minimum
look for the flavor-​of-​the-​day to get a better deal
«Messy Kid — We Have Bibs» is written on their menu board
Likelihood of another visit:
Very likely! It’s nice to have a neighborhood candy/​doughnut/​ice cream shop! I’m also interested in their custom gift baskets. Judging from customer pictures, they seem to be very well-​thought-​out!

Accidentally found this place while out for a run. Needless to say I took an ice cream and candy break! What a terrific little store. Oh well — there went my run!
Shelves lined along each wall showcasing all kinds of candies from the old-​timey style to the newest sugary treats on the market. Family owned and run they are very friendly and knowledgeable. Even handed me some samples to try just for walking in and saying hello.
They do offer some ice creams of about ten different flavors. None made on site but they are pretty tasty as they have partnered with some of the better makers in the city such as Laboratorio Del Gelato, Melt, OddFellows, and others. I sampled a few and thought they were great. Of course I walked out with a large serving that was placed in a Chinese take out carton. Really fun touch and very reasonable prices here. Peanut Butter & Jelly, Blueberry, Cookie Dough, Salted Caramel — Ooooh Myyyyy! (I’ll admit Mike C and his creepy baby pics are right about this place!)
If you have a weakness for hand crafted chocolate, licorice, gummies, British candy bars, handmade marshmallows, gum, sours, and even sugar free and gluten free products this tiny candy emporium packs it in! Oh, and now they are featuring terrific donuts from Dough Loco in Harlem? My diabetes level just spiked up even more!
I just wish they had opened up a little more north where I reside. Can’t give it a fifth star just for this fact. They took a spot in the 70’s on a side street in the froo froo older UES, and did not take a better chance and open in the upper 80’s — 90’s Yorkville area where the real neighborhood resides along 1^st and 2^nd Ave. There is a much more younger mix of residents here mixed in with couples, and plenty of families with kids. With the 2^nd Ave subway construction still going on there are an abundance of deals for biz property up here. What a missed opportunity as it seems this part of the UES is booming now with new businesses and we need a real sweet shop like this up here!
It’s a small shop but is packed with all types of candies and goodies to satisfy the sweet tooth cravings. Love the old school memorabilia and signage too as it offers some great atmosphere and represents what a candy shop used to be like back in the day. Very vintage. Very retro. Very cool.

Not only is this an awesome, unique ice cream shop that would be great anywhere in NYC, but it happens to be even more important and valuable in that it is located in the ice cream wasteland that is the Upper East Side (Emack & Bolio’s is super weak guys).
They don’t actually make any of their own ice cream here. Nor do they make any of the great stuff they’re selling (except maybe the awesome Butter Crunch chocolate candyI believe). Instead, they are genius enough to be partnered with some of the finest ice cream makers in town.
Sure, if you are in the ice cream mecca that is the East Village you can get so many different amazing varieties of ice cream, but only here can you get so many of them together in one place and in a single cup or cone (they have some unique pretzel cones too, which are also excellent).
You can choose from 10 or so flavors each from Il Laboratorio Del Gelato or OddFellows, as well as a few flavors from Alchemy Cremery, and finally ice cream sandwiches from Melt Bakery. The real move here is some of the goodness from OddFellows and/​or Il Laboratorio Del Gelato in a pretzel cone. This is a savior if you happen to be eating on the Upper East Side for some reason and need a satisfying dessert.
One of the best things here though is the most recent development: collaboration with the awesome Dough Loco, bringing several varieties of their amazing yeast and cake doughnuts here from Harlem. These are on par with Dough and Doughnut Plant, so it’s a major bonus to be able to get these without having to go even further uptown (to where the ice cream game gets even worse).
Aside from the great sourcing of ice cream and doughnuts, the walls here are also lined with classic candies and fun memorabilia and posters that give the store its name. The owners are super friendly and welcoming too, which makes for a very pleasant and inviting experience. On my first visit, since the shop is very small, there happened to be a line of 10 – 12 people waiting to get in, and they were giving out free cotton candy. That’s the type of service along with top of the line products that make this a definite gem that deserves repeat visits.