Mount Dora Confectionary

Nice shop, conveniently located while visiting the downtown area with our adult son & his family. The grandkids definitely enjoyed the experience. The store does have a decent selection for its size, as well as a couple tables with chairs & shade out front for the kids to explore their treasures for a few minutes before we continued on. We would visit again. I only rated the store as 4 instead of 5 because of a couple disappointments we encountered. We asked a store clerk about some items we were specifically looking for after viewing the photos of the "specials" on their website and learned that those items were not actually offered in the store, and had not been for quite some time. We also could not dispense reasonable amounts of jelly beans to make the specific flavor combinations or the mixes we wanted because, the instant we opened the dispenser, a huge amount of beans dumped/poured out so fast the quart-sized bag was 1/2 full of that 1 flavor before we could even get the dispenser closed, and you're not allowed to put any beans back once they are dispensed. We ended up having to pretty much skip the jelly bean idea that had been a particular draw for us. I would offer that a smaller dispenser opening or changing the jelly beans to a bin & scoop system as they use for all of their other candies priced by the pound would be more user-friendly.

Moved to the area about 4 months been coming here for about 3 months. I try to bring my 2 kids here every tuesday, it has great fresh chocolates along with all kinds of amazing gelatis, the place gives off a 1980’s candy shop. The worker, Mariah, is and was an absolute joy, im originally not from here, and moved here from São Paulo, therefore my english was not very good. to my surprise Mariah spoke portuguese! ever since then me try to come in whenever she has working, she always made a point to compliment my clothe, ask my day, and talk to me as a friend. today i found out she will be leaving soon to college. So, i decided to write a nice review not only to thank the candy shop for bringing a taste of sweetness to my family’s world, but to also making Mount Dora feel like home.

If i could give a higher rating i would, amazing ice cream and gelato. Many chocolate and candy options. The worker, Maria, which i believe the name was. Was extremely sweet with our children gave each of our kids .25c out of her tip jar so our kids could try out the gumball machine! not to mention worker wasn’t mad or grudgy about giving out samples. excellent service and products.

We had gone into another ice cream shop across the street from this one first. I won’t mention their name in this review but due to the lack of flavors I ended up going here instead. I’m so glad I did! They have a terrific variety of ice cream and gelato flavors. Although I only bought one scoop, they also have a selection of “throw back” candies as well as fudge and chocolates. I had their Banana Cake ice cream and it tasted fresh and very banana”ie”! I was so excited about the flavor, and how good it was that I forgot to take a picture to share!