Dylan's Candy Bar

Okay, so let me get started by saying this blog will feature some of the most amazing places I have discovered while living here, but also talk about the nightmares of city life in this overpopulated, lack of parking, ridiculously priced, nastiest people I've ever met, cut-throat career-driven jungle of the world. But, let's start off on the sweet side, no pun intended, and talk about my most treasured place here of all--Dylan's Candy Bar. Bought by Ralph Lauren and given to his daughter, Dylan, hence the name, this has to be the world's best and most unique candy store. It's a one-of-a-kind child's fantasy land. And it's pretty amazing for every one of us who's a kid at heart. It's Candyland meets Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. There is a chocolate fountain when you walk in the door where employees can whip up your gooiest chocolate dream to eat while you shop. The entire store is decorated with brightly colored oversize lollipops, gummibears, gumdrops, chocolate bars, and every other sugary confection you can imagine. It's three floors of heavenly bliss. The third floor is the most tantalizing. It's a chocolate dessert and ice cream cafe. You can dream up your most vivid chocolaty sweet desire and have it here. The tables are clear, filled with a kaleidoscope of candy confections from top to bottom, while you sit on stools of red and white peppermints and look out the surrounding windows at one of New York's finest shopping destinations, right next to Bloomingdale's.
Must have while you're there: the chocolate bars. They have the most unusual and unique seasonal flavors. My favorite: peanut butter and jelly! That's right, peanut butter and jelly in the midst of a scrumptious chocolate bar--YUM!!! Once they even had a bacon-flavored chocolate bar. Sorry to say, I did not give this one a try due to my genuine disgust of bacon. But another great one to try is the s'mores one. Who doesn't love s'mores!!!