Cousin’s Candy Shop

Bring a Brinks truck when purchasing. Six SMALL cookies, and some 9 candies were $ 19. Cookies were to be spicy rum in flavour, but not much evidence. Salted caramels were tasty.

Went a little crazy tonight. So happy they had the salted caramels… We left with close to 2lbs of bulk candy ($ 2.99/ ¼ lb). No extra Halloween candy for us!
Prices can be a little steeper than other stores, but they have a great selection of bulk, individually wrapped, homemade, brand name, new, and old fashioned candies. A convenient one-​stop-​candy-​shop! Be like a kid in a candy shop… Live young. (They accept credit cards now, too!)

Fun candy store in old town San Diego. When I went in, it was packed! This would usually deter me from entering but the fresh taffy caught my eye. They have about a dozen flavors that they make and package inside. It’s quite soft, gooey, and yummy. However, the only bummer is that the flavors aren’t as pronounced as I would want them to be like the banana or blueberry. You buy the taffy and the other candy by weight.
There is also old school candy in here like now and laters which brought a smile to my face.
They also have fudge in their glass case. Looks interesting but I would pass on it.
Employees seemed a bit disgruntled and lackadaisical…

I feel like this place is not all it’s cracked up to be. In my opinion they didn’t have that big of a selection and the prices were really high! I got some jelly beans here and noticed once I went to try some that the beans had a bunch of animal hair mixed into them… Um gross! Yeah those stupid $ 6 things got thrown away. They were from the scoop your own jelly beans and pay per pound thing.
As for the chocolates is got, I got the milk chocolate creams. They were just average. They tasted good but not worth the $ 5 for like 5 pieces.
This place was super crowded! I would say skip it unless you wanna get really expensive fudge… I didn’t get any cause it was so pricey but I hear it’s yummy.

I guess I picked up the wrong thing. Looks like maybe this place gets all the stars for its taffy. I would say skip the chocolate and fudge. Both items I picked up were fairly flavorless. I love buttercreams and I was so excited to try some. What a disappointment.
Saving grace was that they sell licorice rope. My favorite. I would actually rate this place lower if it wasn’t in the tourist trap that is Old Town. And they have a mongo selection of candy. Though it is weird that they sell actual M&Ms for triple the cost of buying them in a store. Why would anyone buy them here? My son for one. He couldn’t make up his mind.
So to total up my experience… my four pieces of buttercream, and one piece of fudge, two licorice ropes and a small little but of peanut M&Ms was $ 16.00. YIKES.
But I can’t rate them lower because of price because EVERYTHING in Old Town has jacked up prices. Apparently tourists are rich.

Sure. It’s a little expensive. It’s situated in the heart of Old Town. What else would you expect? But if you’re visiting Old Town with children, no visit would be complete without dropping into Cousin’s Candy Shop. It need not be expensive. Just watch the candy makers stretch salt water taffy in the window, pop in for a sample and bag a couple of pieces for later. Or, as I am predisposed to do, spend a little more and opt for some fresh fudge. Then again, just let the kids start bagging their selections from the huge assortment of novelty candies. Pretty much everything in the store is sold by the pound, so the cost at checkout is always a bit of a surprise, but that’s half the fun. Reward the kids for cleaning their plate (of classic Old Town Mexican food) and stop by Cousin’s Candy.

Whenever I’m in Old Town, I make a stop at the candy shop to pick up a few of the dark chocolate raspberry candies. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth but the chocolates satisfy my need for something sweet on the rare occasion that it strikes. Plus, I love anything that combines dark chocolate with raspberry! The insides are perfectly fluffy and sweet while the bitterness of the dark chocolate helps to balance out the sweetness.
There’s a great selection of candies, from sweet to sour. My friend was very excited to find out that they have gummy blue sharks, which is her favorite.
I’ve been tempted to try some of their fudge but haven’t caved yet. The chocolate mint and smores both look delicious though!

I don’t go out of my way to buy candy here, but having said that, if I’m ever in Old Town for other reasons, I try to make a stop to pick up some yummy saltwater taffy!
The variety of candy here is astounding for so small of a store. They make sure to jam pack every nook and cranny with delicious diabetes! I usually get a few of the sugar daddies or other little pieces from the huge selection that they have, but as I mentioned, the star [for me, at least] is the saltwater taffy. You can even see them make it behind the counter! They have lots of flavors to choose from, and I usually buy a pound or so to bring back to the office to share :)
It’s a fun place if you love sweets and have a moment to spare during your Old Town visit, and I highly highly recommend trying a few of the taffy flavors!

Candy. candy, and more candy! What could go wrong when there is candy all around you? This place immediately caught my attention because of the various colors of candy and they were placed in barrels, which I personally think is a great idea. There are plenty of flavors of taffy. This place makes me feel cheerful and in candy paradise!

Cool little candy shop in Old Town San Diego. They were making taffy behind the counter and putting samples up for guests who walk in. The place is small and crowded and a little hard to move around in, but has some nice candy. There are commercial products as well as fudge, chocolates, and taffy that appear to be made in house or locally. The employees I met were all nice, with upbeat attitudes. The store is clean and cheerful, with lots of bright colors everywhere!
Perfect for your sweet tooth!

I will always love this place. Since I visited as a kid and now that I take my kids there, it is so fun watching them make the saltwater taffy, getting the free sample and letting my kids pic a few types of candy that they cant normally get elswhere. Always busy in there yet worth the hustle and bustle.

Great stop while getting candy at old town spring! We got English toffee long with some other treats. Very friendly staff! Very good candy !

Sadly for me (smile), this is one of the kids faves in visiting San Diego. Watching the taffy being made is indeed nice. I can’t say it’s cheap but great variety of goodies

SHORT AND SWEET REVIEW!
Strolling through Historic Old Town San Diego, this sweet-​toothed Climbing Foodie finds herself in this quaint little candy shop. Wow!!! Surrounded by all kinds of sweet, and sour goodies, from the classics such as Horehound Candy, to the sourness of today of all things yummy. Salt Water Taffy and all kinds of flavors of licorice. Not to mention the fudge, chocolate, Jelly Belly’s, and if you want to keep your Dentist at bay, they also offer sugar free candy. What’s a sugar addict to do? Take lots of pictures to drool over. After all, flavors on the palate fade, pics last forever.
After some time of pondering over what I really really wanted, aside from everything in the store, I decided It’s best I move on and have lunch first. I will be back. Cousin’s Candy Shop is clean, well organized and the staff is just as sweet as their candy.
If you ever have a hankering for something sweet, Cousins Candy Shop is the place to go. So much better than any candy store I’ve ever been. So many options and I didn’t see one person stick their hand in the candy jar, something I’ve seen in other candy stores. This is a candy store for civilized people.
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This candy shop has the most amazing salt water taffy, truly delicious, a decent sized piece and it comes out of the paper easily. I had it at a friends the other week and asked her today where she had purchased it from and mentioned it was from here or it can be found at sprouts also, I believe it’s locally made. You can mix and match it with other candy or you can buy a premixed bag for $ 12 I believe it was.
In addition to taffy they also have a ton of your favorite sweets to add to a mix and match, sour things, chocolates and jelly beans. They also sell fudge and other chocolate things like molasses chips, salted Caramels, chocolate covered snores etc.
I’ve been buying candy from the store in seaport village and always feel like the taffy sticks to the wrapper and their chocolate tastes quite stale so I’m glad to have discovered this spot!
The guy working today was very friendly along with the other staff. The only negative would be that you have to physically go into old town, find parking, etc so it’s not the easiest spot to get to if you’re just looking to quickly grab some candy but you can always make the most of it and go for Mexican food and margaritas while you’re down there!

Cousin’s Candy Shop is located in Old Town and sell nothing but candy. You can purchase novelty candy, fudge, chocolate, sugar free candies, nostalgic candy, honey sticks, taffy, peppermint sticks and so forth. They also do see jam and honey as well.
Anyways, every time that I have been here, I have never purchased anything. The prices seem fair for some of their products and expensive for others. No one has ever greeted me upon entering and I don’t see other customers usually being greeted either. There was a time that I had considered purchasing some chocolate pieces, some are prepackaged at the counter and you can also purchase the loose chocolate pieces from the display case. When I waited at the counter, the female employee (she must have been working at this place for a few years now because I always see her when I Come here) seemed to ignore me because she kept talking to this employee behind me about her weekend as she packaged chocolate to sell. As I patiently waited a few minutes, I got annoyed and decided to walk away.
I don’t get what is up with the lack of customer service in here or a few of the other stores here in Old Town. I suppose the mentality is that tourists come here… so if you aren’t that nice to them, it won’t matter since they won’t see you again.

I was walking around Old Town San Diego with my boyfriend and we stumbled into this place because I’m attracted to sweets! Right as we got in, there was a taffy machine running on the right and they had samples on the counter as well. The taffy was delicious! It made me want to buy some, but I resisted. However, I did get a block of almond fudge, and that was delicious. I might come back for the taffy next time!

Even if you aren’t jonesing for some candy you should stop in just to look.
PROS:
— Prime touristy location in Old Town.
— You can watch the taffy being made.
— FREE taffy samples. Good stuff.
— Tons of old, candies that will remind you of your youth (or perhaps of your parents or grandparents).
CONS:
— The store is relatively small and can get amazingly crowded. If you know you are going to buy something have someone in your party wait in line while the others browse.
— Pricey. Then again, what do you expect from a candy place in Old Town.

We stumbled across this cute candy store on our last visit to Old Town.
We were warned right before we walked in by someone walking out of the store. «It’s hot and crowded in there», a friendly woman said and then smiled. She wasn’t kidding. This was a very popular place. The saltwater taffy is a big draw here, and we’ve been told that it’s really good. We’ve also heard that they give samples of this delicious candy, but my son waited and still wasn’t offered a piece.
We decided to check out all the other candy instead. This place is full of the old-​fashioned candy. Tons of the candy we had as a kid. Barrels of vintage candy throughout the store, filled with fun items like Red Hots, Pez, and even Pop Rocks. It really brings up memories for us older folks. Lol! And the selection of chocolate looked great too!
We will definitely come back when it’s not so crowded and watch them make their famous taffy. We’ve heard their fudge is very delicious too, and we can’t wait to buy some of that wonderful chocolate for family and friends.

There is nothing like satisfying your sweet tooth with sweets for the palate that are popular today, trendy & satisfying for your sweet tooth with old time candies like, hand made, right in front of you salt water taffy, Neccos, Red Hots, Pixie Stix, assorted flavored sugar water inside wax that you bit the top off, drank and then chewed for a while.
Also, Boston baked Beans, you get the idea; if you remember these, Beamen’s Gum and Zin-​Zins and, even Good & Plenty, let’s just say you will find them ALL here and then some.
Nestled off the beaten path in San Diego’s Old Town is a candy shop reminiscent of those old candy stores of yore, and this one makes the fakes at Knott’s Berry Farm look like cheap rundown liquor stores.
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The assortment of so many fudges, cookies, cup cakes, candies and Pez Dispensers were Bugs Bunny AH-​OOO-​GA!
YES, even this old man from the ‘60s who had never heard of or, seen some of these items was truly amazed and, the specialty items are mouth watering.
The staff here are very patient as this place gets crowded, packed and you circle at your own risk as everyone gets into the spirit of this store’s offerings and, the nostalgic presence of so many items appealing to the young, old and in between.
Free samples (generous in size) are abundantly offered up (as many as you wish), we opted for the Red Velvet Cake Fudge and this soft, not sickly sweet, appealing delight did not disappoint, as did many other items that we sampled and purchased.
Very simply this is a must go to store for candy and its kissing cousins of pure comforting sweet pleasures to bring a grin & smiles to the kid in all of us!
Of course, I’ll be back and to my BOO Marty and to ALL of you my fellow Unilocalers, I sing this song as you will too as you listen to the words, because after all this is what you say to the one you love and the sweetness of confections that for centuries that are what your sugar is, this is what I call my sugar:

Upon entering you feel the diabetes coming.
Candy beyond your wildest dreams awaits you here.
You want fudge? Theres so many flavors to choose from?
Salt water taffy? Homemade in front you with samples ready to go.
Want something spicy? Jalapeño taffy and covered pretzels await you.
Retro candy? You will find it here.
It so nice and refreshing to find a spot not commercialized like Sweet Factory and does not lack spunk. I bought KettleCorn, taffy, retro packets of Pop Rocks, chocolate covered cashews, and a butterfinger type candy minus the chocolate. I left satisfied and happy.
If you want some pep in your life, stop here.