Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop

I used to LOVE this place and was there every month for my taffy fix.
However they recently decided to switch from
Taffy Town taffy to making their own.
Good luck to them, seriously, because it’s awful.
Sadly I have no reason to go back now
The staff is friendly and the place is adorable! If there was a way to contact the owner directly I would because I think Unilocal is a disgusting medium. But I seriously was heartbroken that the taffy I LOVE and gave as Christmas gifts every year was changed. Especially sense this place is one block from my house

The best place for soda and candy. Went there and found some pretty crazy foodstuffs. They even have sprechers soda (only brewed in Wisconsin). With the coupon I was able to spend only 10 dollars! Love this place and it will love you back.

One of my Favorite places on Del Mar! Cute little shop with friendly employees! It’s a step back into time! Love ice cubes and birch beer! Lots of favorites and fun gifts! ***Oh and the import chocolates are amazing too!

My son always makes me take him here when we’re in San Clemente. So, it ends up being an eye appointment then Rocket Fizz. I guess it’s a trade off, good eyes for bad teeth. Ha!
They have some fun old-​fashioned candies and weird sodas. Bacon soda, anyone? Eww
The prices are touristy and over-​priced. Oh well, when you’re a local you get to know which places overcharge the tourists. I can handle a trip once a year.
My only issue is that the taffy is not labeled well. Some have a scribbled label on a ripped piece of cardboard but most don’t have a label at all. Since it’s their biggest ticket item, $ 8.99 to pack a bag as much as you can, they should label the options better. It’s lazy, just get that fixed!

Aw, not very nice advertising a deal and then not honoring it! That took some of the love out of this store when leaving… I mean, it would have been pennies but, it’s the point.
The store is indeed fun! I wanted a watermelon ring-​pop, and a ‘this and a that’… But I didn’t. It was so much fun to browse through though. Very clean and neat too. And I guess they’re doing well enough because evidently there’s another that just opened up. So, shouldn’t they renew that four year old deal they’re advertising? Or get rid of it! This is actually the first time I’ve seen this happen. Salesgirl was nice but definitely over telling customers *no* to the 10% check-​in discount.
FINALLY decided on a grass soda. I know… I know… I’m weird.
It was SOO good. Of course the sodas have olé’ school real-​deal sugarcane. The“grass” was real grass and, I’m telling you, refreshing and delicious! Glad I chose it and glad I chose to come on in! Fun!

The place is nice but they would not honor the 10% coupon they are currently advertising here on Unilocal because it says it expires in 2012. Yet they continue to advertise it as if they would honor it since I just got it today in 2016.

This place instantly takes me back to my childhood! They have everything! Yum yum yum! My husband is suuuuper indecisive sometimes. and every time we go in there the staff is super patient and really helpful. They have lots of fun suggestions of things to try and reviews on everything. Just thinking about this place makes me happy. like a kid in a candy store :)

Brian from Rocket Fizz was very helpful. I asked for Reed’s ginger beer Premium and he immediately knew what I was talking about and got me one. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ this guy is the best.

What a cute little candy and soda store! Lots of different soda options starting at $ 2.19 or a 4 pk at $ 7.99.
It’s typical with places like this to have higher prices. Like pop rocks $ 1.79 and Astro pop $ 2.99. But some just seemed really inflated. But they have your fun throw back candy options here and plenty of sodas to choose from.
They also have old school signs and lunch boxes too.
A fun little stop if you are in downtown San Clemente.

Nice little shop with a HUGE assortment of novelty candy and gifts. Clean organized and the cashier was very friendly and helpful.

This place is amazing. So many wonderful choices of candy. The taffy is incredible. But the greatest moment of my shopping experience was finding the Coffee Crisps. The best Canadian candy bar! Thank you so much Rocket Fizz. You made my year with those Coffee Crisps! I will definitely be back :)

This candy shop sells many little sweets from all over the world. I found few of them that i once had when i was a kid.
And the best thing i found here?
Chocolate-​Dipped Insects! Sounds like a very delish snacks with high nutrition content…

Cute, kitschy soda and candy shop that is reminiscent of the ol’ mom-​and-​pop stores of the day (or so I would assume as I have no idea if this is true or not).
It’s got a lot of signage and sugar paraphernalia throughout the store and you could easily spend an hour or so going through everything. All of it is pretty decently priced, too, and has some candies that I remember from my childhood that isn’t stocked in the grocery stores anymore.
As a gag, I bought Bacon soda, Ranch Dressing soda and Buffalo Wings soda at about $ 2/​bottle. They had a few other weird ones laying around too, for the adventurous!
Overall, a super cute store with friendly associates ready and willing to go above and beyond to help you. Worth a visit if you’re in the area!
(As an aside that has nothing to do with the shop, be warned that the sodas taste NOTHING like they advertise. The bacon soda did sorta-​kinda taste like bacon bits on the aftertaste, but the ranch dressing and buffalo wings soda almost made my friend throw up. Not for the faint-​hearted.)

Such a cute little store with so much fun nostalgic candy. It feels so mom and pop that I didn’t realize this was a chain until I saw another one in the Irvine Spectrum.
Regardless…
They have a AMAZING selection of Haribo gummis which blew my mind since I’m quite partial to Haribos. I love their offering of whimsically flavored soda pop such as bacon, pickles and regular run of the mill flavors as well. Although I am not a fan of salt water taffy, I did end up buying a bag of them because they have such a great selection. My favorites on the salt water taffy were the toasted coconut, cherry cola & blueberry. I tried to get a few of each but then forgot what colors went with which flavors. Since the bag is a pre-​set price, my hubs and I got to play around with the logistics and try to get as many in as possible. :D It is a little bit of a bummer that you cannot purchase just a few pieces… I guess that’s how they get it to move when you’re required to get a bags’ worth.

Coming here is like stepping into a time capsule. You are immediately transported back to your childhood. Every candy you’ve ever seen in your lifetime is here! Every soda flavor you can imagine, exists! It’s a little mind blowing. You just want to gobble up everything in sight because you’re so enamored that you’ve been reunited with your long lost childhood candies and you’re worried that Rocket Fizz will close down and you’ll never be able to find them again. But fear not! I recently discovered that Rocket Fizz must be doing very well for themselves because they opened up another store at the Irvine Spectrum. The Spectrum store still has that old school feel with all the same candies and sodas but you know they’re faking the funk since Spectrum is such a new establishment. I think the San Clemente store must be OG because it truly feels like you’ve stepped backwards into time.
Stop by and enjoy all the yumminess!

This is thee best candy store ever. They have so many different types of candies. Flashbacks for sure. My nephew was in heaven. I turned him on to Abba’zabas. The music was fun and upbeat and the cashier was super friendly.

Love this place! It’s so cute and fun.
Only downside is that it can get pricey if you plan on buying a lot of candy.

This place is such a fun candy shop. They have almost any kind of candy/​soda you could ask for, which is dangerous for me! Haha.
They have different flavored sodas and candies that you probably can’t find most places.
I try to stay away from this place, so I don’t over indulge haha, but it is worth checking out!

Friendly local neighborhood soda pop and candy shop. The cashier welcomed us and offered us free samples of a new taffy they had. The Unilocal check-​in was expired but they gave us the 10% off anyways :). Lots of selection and unique sodas. Do not! I repeat DO NOT get the bacon soda. Loool. Novelty soda was pretty gross!

The best! This is the type of candy store that is few and far between. With bulk candy and prepacked items, this place rocks, fizzes and pops. I especially like the candies from my youth which are hard to find as well as the candies from Europe or Japan which you never see. In addition, they have a great selection of old tyme-​ee sodas made with pure cane sugar and bottled in real glass bottles. Your teeth hurt after drinking one of these but it’s worth it.
They also have a Unilocal check in special for 10% off.