The Confectionery

Stopped in here for candy for a first birthday knowing I would pay a fortune but thinking it would be delicious. When I got home I set the giant bag of jelly bellys on my counter and the bag split open so I was left to salvage what I could. I got some cute milk chocolate malt balls and they are GROSS! I cannot serve them to my guests. Perhaps they should suggest these serve an exclusively decorative purpose and are not meant to be eaten. Needless to say I am super disappointed and could have bought jelly bellys and saltwater taffy just about anywhere else and saved $$!

Really cute store with a huge variety, but the prices were too high and the customer service was severely lacking.

A really fun place to visit if you’re in u-​ville.
The atmosphere inside the shop is vibrant and youthful, with a vast selection of unique candies that range from colorful gummies, milk chocolate with fancy wrapping, and other items I don’t quite know how to describe. But the many choices (which change pretty often) are what make The Confectionary worth visiting over and over again.
As many have stated, the prices are a little high, but the candy, and chocolates especially, are noticeably higher in quality, not only in terms of taste/​texture but also in terms of presentation. The items here make great casual to even formal gifts for a wide range of people. And even if you’re not willing to spend the money, the shop itself is worth visiting, and I don’t think even the harsh critics of the prices can dispute that.
Would highly recommend at least visiting here, and I’d be surprised if you didn’t find something you wanted to buy for yourself or a friend.

Really cute store and really well maintained. Candy selection is good with chocolates, gummies, and sour candies. Like others mentioned, it’s pricey for candy – I think most of the loose candies such as gummy bears were about 11.99/pound.

Amazing little candy store. You can’t find some of these candies anywhere else! Plus, the chocolate is super high quality and delicious.

The variety of candy here is pretty impressive, though the candy themselves may or may not be as impressive.
I thought the prices were a little more than I would care to pay for on a normal basis. However, I would like to go back and try the Moonstruck candies they have.
Service is pretty bad; it might take a while to get help if you need it. In addition, there aren’t prices stuck on every jar of buy in bulk candy. Plus you can’t just bag the bulk candy yourself, which sucks.
I’d probably go elsewhere for my chocolates unless it’s for a holiday gift, in which case I can probably count on this place having themed wrappers.

I found mold on my chocolate covered gummy bears. There were a few moldy chocolate covered gummy bears in my bag. Super disgusting!

This is a cute candy store but it is insanely expensive. The hubby and I bought 6 chocolates and it came to $ 17. So as cute as the shop is (and it is adorable with a great selection) — I would never buy more than one item and I would ask what they cost first.
Plus I think the gal made a mistake and overcharged us. The most expensive items we bought were some peanut butter chocolates that were around $ 3-​$ 4. But after we left I noticed we were charged $ 5.50 instead of $ 3 something for one of them. So it is annoying to be over charged by almost $ 2.
And then some of the chocolates were not fresh — they had the dust on it that chocolate gets when it is old.

The Confectionery is a great little candy shop situated in the University Village! They have a great selection of hard candy, gummy candy and chocolates!
I got a cappuccino truffle which was great as well as a chocolate covered pretzel with Reeses Pieces on top!
Definitely a fun candy shop to go to!

If Willy Wonka and Eloise (of Palace Hotel fame) were to do a joint venture, this might be the spot.
The Confectionary is a little bit of pink, sweet NYC chic, covered with floor to ceiling displays of candy that would make an oompa loompa tear up.
Lots of adorable jars of candy, lots of beautiful shelves of chocolate, gumdrops, gummy bears all in a pink-​themed backdrop of a candy shop in the U-​Village. They will style you out with very costly and charming party grab bags, a mix of sweet treats in a cute cellophanes bag with their adorable logo. This shop understands displaying merchandise well, but they do sell their wares at a premium.
Bonus: they have my personal favorite: dark chocolate seafoam.
If you want to get a memorable gift for a birthday party, buy a $ 10-​$ 15 gift certificate for your favorite kid, or kid at heart. Birthday fun from selecting to eating,
Unlike Dillan’s Candy Shop or FAO Sweets (at FAO Schwartz) in NYC where they have a «serve-​your-​own treats» by weight section, here «no touch» is more the mantra and you’ll find minimums of what you can buy of each item. This is disappointing, since half the fun of a candy shop is giddily putting one of everything into your bag, trying it all, and ending up in a sugar haze. (At least, that’s my preference.)
Still, I can’t think of a comparable old fashioned candy store meets modern candy shop in Seattle.

A trip to the UVillage is never complete without coming to The Confectionary. I’ve been coming here for years and I will continue to come here as long as it’s here.
They have a wide selection of chocolates and candies. Try coming up with one and they probably have it, from truffles with ganache, brittles, caramels… I could go on and on–
It’s like the Nordstrom version of candy stores whereas The Sweet Factory is the Walmart– hence there is no way to compare the two.
Their customer service is next to none. You have a question on what you are purchasing? Try a sample to be sure. The staff is knowledgable and super friendly without being too fake.
The selection is always fresh and in impeccable presentation. I have never had a stale piece of candy or chocolate EVER. Although pricier than most candy stores– the art of confectionary that this store brings, the wide selection of chocolates and unique candies makes the experience and price worth it. A true chocolate and candy lovers dream store.

I’ve been coming to The Confectionery since I was a kid and it continues to be my favorite candy store in the Seattle area. Unlike other candy stores which are usually pretty tacky and not well kept, the Confectionery is tidy and everything is displayed very nicely. The girls working there are very helpful, and if you ask about an obscure licorice or even a throw-​back candy, they’ll know what you’re talking about and lead you in the right direction! Their selection is hard to beat, as well as the freshness of the products that they have.
Overall, going to The Confectionery is an experience in itself, and can warrant spending upwards of $ 20 on delicious sour belts and lemon truffles! Yum!

This is actually is my all time favorite candy store.
It is pricey and a large selection of everything. I spend too much time here, but luckily I’m not here too often.
Though when I am here, I take FOREVER to choose what I want because there’s so much to select from.
They have the old candies we used to love as children and new ones as well as a wide selection of salt water taffies.
Their candies on the glass are so yummy and cute looking. Also their rocky road cups are sooo delicious, but so much sugar, but I didn’t eat it all in one day :)
Worth the money and their chocolate covered gummy bears are the best :)

I“m totally a fan of this place. I’m going to warn you it’s extremely overpriced and it gets a bit crowed when their are more than two customers in there, but I love their candy selection… Willy Wonka comes to mind.
They do wonderful offerings for any time of year and have the sour belt candy that I LOVE! I’ll always come back because they carry they hard to find items.
It’s a really cute store but cute comes at a price.

I love candy stores. And this store has the ability to be five stars. Yet, it is a mere three for a VITAL reason.
You are not allowed to use the scoopers to get your own candy. There are all these jars of candies I have never seen before in my life, but I am required to buy a dollar out of each jar and can not serve myself. THAT BLOWS. They really do have one of the best candy selections I have ever seen, but with the exorbitant prices and lack of self serve, I was so disappointed.
I ended up purchasing caramel covered licorice. Yum. And also a giant apple pie candy cane. (Super expensive). Delicious, but my candy craving left unfulfilled because of the price and lack of self serve. I can scoop my own candy, thanks. Now that I write this I am becoming more angry and tempted to demote to two stars because of all the mouth watering candy I missed out on.

3.5 star.
I like this small shop! It is neat and conveniently located in the University Village. I stop by here every once awhile.
It is, however, super pricey…

I was wary of coming here for the grape laces I needed to decorate a cake after reading all of the complaints in regard to price, but was pleasantly surprised.
The Confectionery does offer a lot of pricey handmade chocolate, but pay attention to price per piece, not per pound (who buys $ 22/​lb chocolate? who would need a lb of chocolate?)
I walked out of here with a milk chocolate lollypop, a bag of grape laces, and a four piece chocolate box (dark salted caramel, milk salted caramel, raspberry framboise, crème brûlée) for 11 and change. Nice!
Bonus points for helpful, friendly staff and presentation.

Yes it’s pricey, but I’ve done my research. I’ve been here many times over the years, because I love their flying saucer discs, as well as their peppermint shortbread chocolates. Actually, everything is pretty delicious if you have a sweet tooth.
But lately, I was in charge of setting up a candy bar for about 40+ shower guests. I started finding myself in a bind, as I wanted everything to be a varying shade of pink. It’s just not easy to come across pink candies these days… you’d think so, but…
So after going to all of the top bulk candy stores (where I thought I could find things more affordably), I realized that I wouldn’t be able to present the table in an aesthetically pleasing way without picking up extra goods from The Confectionary.
They have all of the old school candies (buttons, rock candy, color coated taffy, beautiful pink lemonade gum balls) that provided the extra oomph that the we were looking for. Everyone loved it, and I was so grateful to the girls here who helped me gauge how much I’d need of each candy.

How have I missed this place?! I felt like a kid in a… well, okay… I felt like an ADULT in a candy store! They have bulk bins and pretties in glass cases. And the shop girl can offer you a sample if you are curious about one of their items.
I didn’t find them horribly overpriced but my purchase was under ten dollars for a decent sized bag of treats. And they had candies that I hadn’t had since I was a child, so it was nice to take that walk down memory lane. Homemade marshmallows, chocolate-​covered everything, brightly hued malted milk balls + Jordan almonds (one of my weakness) plus a plethora of Jelly Belly flavours.
They offer gift wrapping with various coloured ribbons to make your present as pretty as what’s inside. Check them if you’re in the area. Even if you don’t buy anything, it’s still a nice place to window shop.

This visit, I tried the cheesecake caramels and I cried a little bit out of joy.
If you love candy, this is your Mecca.
A million options, holiday themed, vintage candy and cutest gifts.
Spendy? Yes, but no where elsewill you find this kind of amazing selection.
Nicely placed in U-​Village, it’s a perfect stop on the shopping route.