From north to south, the OC boasts an amazing assortment of candy stores specializing in chocolates, hard-to-find candies, freshly made fudges, candied apples, taffies, and old fashioned lollipops.

Mitchell Owens recently discovered that mysterious entities were selling bulk orders of Dum Dums lollipops on Amazon for a couple of bucks less than the price charged by his company. Owens, who ...

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Only two other states, Tennessee and Washington, joined New Jersey in preferring the lollipops over all other candy, while it was the second-most popular in Minnesota, Utah and Washington, D.C.

As in Costco, the bulk offerings lower the per-item cost: Fifty Giant Pixy Stix are $13, for example, and a 30-count bag of Rockaleta lollipops (four layers of chili with a gumball center) costs $6.

Spangler, a 115-year-old family business that also makes candy canes and Sweethearts at its factory in Bryan, Ohio, says the Dum Dums racket has cost it millions of dollars in lost business and ...

Monterey >> Bulk confectionery store Candy Land is taking its barrels of salt water taffy and bins of lollipops to Fisherman’s Wharf. The candy shop has signed a lease with the city of Monterey ...