Marcy’s Ice Cream & Candy Store

Noooo! Say it aint soo! That place was such a great memory for me and then my kids! I am soo sad. I don’t want to tell my kids that it is closed!

Marcy’s Ice Cream & Candy Store is now closed. And I don’t know where else to get licorice ice cream.

Unfortunately sometime between October and Xmas 2008, Marcy’s has gone out of business. The last time we were here was probably before Halloween and there was a sign that the business was for sale. I spoke to the nice young lady who was running the shop that day and she said the owner had been running the place for over 30 years and wanted to retire.
I hadn’t been back since until Xmas 2008 i drove by and saw the store looked rather dark and empty.
It truly saddens me when these mom-​and-​pop places go out of business but I understand that they can’t run the business forever unless someone else takes over. I’m glad to have enjoyed Marcy’s while it was around. Definitely one of the best home-​made style ice-​creams around the Southbay. It will be missed.

I stopped in here today just to check the place out. It’s rustic inside, rather shabby, but cool. One item that caught my eye were the huge chocolate-​covered marshmallows on a stick. And there’s an entire little section of the store devoted to licorice. Other than that, I didn’t really see any candies I found interesting other than gumdrops (sold in bulk like most everything else), which I love.
My attention was more focused on the ice cream. I had no idea it was all homemade on the premises. Everything except the rainbow sherbet (boy did that bring back memories of ancient high school days) is made on site.
I tried the pistachio ice cream & it was downright outta this world. There were whole pistachios in there, and lots of them. Oh man, I could get used to that.
There’s a parking lot behind the shop, and you’ll pass the outside seating area as you walk in. It’s in the parking lot behind the store, by the back door. Too cool.
See my 10 photos.

i keep hearing this place is going to close, but everytime i pass by (on the way back from BabyCakes… holla!!), it’s still open. which is freakin awesome!
had the café oreo, and yes, it is soooo good. lots of kids, and when i say kids, i mean teenagers, getting candy. i had no clue what most of the candies were, but they looked good.

They’re all homemade! Woo hoo! I came here quite a while back but I don’t remember what I had or how it was so I’m back so I can be sure to Unilocal it this time around. I was sad to see that they ran out of Peanut Butter (boo) and they didn’t have any Strawberry (another boo). So I went for the next best thing: Cake Batter. The ice cream here doesn’t quite compare to Handel’s (duh) and it is slightly better than Bert & Rocky’s.
The portions aren’t huge like at Handel’s or Bert & Rocky’s but it’s only $ 1.95. So you really get what you pay for.

Excellent homemade ice cream. Unique flavors you can’t find anywhere else. Fresh waffle cones. Thick shakes. What more can you ask for? Try the café oreo ice cream!
Also lots of candy here to choose from too. If you got a sweet tooth, this is your heaven!

Oh my gosh, the man who works here is a bit bizarre and snapped at us when we pulled out our credit card to pay.
I came here about a year ago and the candy selection was great! Not expensive and, for a few bucks we got a lot of stuff for our movie in P.V.
We came here the other day and all of the labels were peeling off of the jars and the candy colors were faded and stale.
I asked the guy what candy each of them were, and he again snapped back, «I dunno».
My boyfriend likes the ice cream but I really wanted candy for another movie.
Maybe that is why they are trying to sell it.
The lady who use to run this place was fabulous and super nice and helpful and loved telling us all about everything.
Her son-​in-​law or distant cousin’s nephew is horrific!
It has potential– so please new owner-​stock that place up with candy!

Everyone must try CAFE OREO because it’s the only place that carries my favorite ice cream flavor. It’s a light flavored coffee ice cream with bits of oreo. It’s heavenly. Good thing I live down the street so I can have it anytime. Anytime I bring a friend here they end up falling in love with Café Oreo. I know you will too. :)

Weird candy, odd sodas and yummy ice cream!!! Try the cotton candy ice cream its so weird but delicious. The lady who seems to always be there is really nice and doesn’t seem to mind when you take a half hour just looking at all the old candy thats packed in there. Perfect dessert after eating at «Rosa’s La Cabana» next door.

This is the best ice cream in the South Bay. They make all their own flavours on premises, and they do a good job on classics like rum raisin and cherry vanilla. They’ve got a flavour called Turkish coffee that’s made with coffee grounds, and it’s unbelievably good.
There’s a decent candy counter here, too. They’ve got a great selection of kid pleasing novelty candy, and they also sell old time jar candies. This is one of the few places I know that sells zout & double zout, powerful German salted liquorice. They also make their own chocolates here, I highly recommend the chocolate honeycomb.
Staff here is friendly, and some of them will give you a powerfully big scoop of their delicious ice cream.

I have had friends coming here since they were young and they kept raving about a Café Oreo ice cream (coffee ice cream with oreo bits). Turns out it is AMAZING! The oreo bits are nice and soft and the homemade coffee ice cream is soooo perfectly smooth and light.
Usually I don’t notice who serves me but one time there was a very stern looking man in what appeared to be a motorcycle getup. He didn’t smile the entire time. SCARY! At least my ice cream was still just as good!