No Halloween is complete without a little flavored candy corn

Sorry for not blogging in so long chocolate-lovers!  We've been on a brief hiatus, but we're back, and with some great news to share!  Just in time for Halloween, the Cjaps have discovered the greatest candy for trick or treaters, ghouls, goblins, and those who love just candy corn.

Cjap read an article in Self magazine that Dylan's candy bar had a special Halloween section, and along with all sorts of fun treats (chocolate and orange nonpareils, gummy candy corns, and orange and black M&Ms), there would be special edition candy corn!  The new flavors - chocolate, blueberry cobbler, creme brulee and pumpkin spice.  We went after work today - since it's almost October, we need to start getting into the Halloween spirit! 

When we got to Dylan's, we first noticed that the entire first floor had all sorts of special candy selections for Halloween.  There were gummy frankensteins, brownie pops decorated as pumpkins, and kits to make rice krispie treat candy corn houses.  Since Halloween is my favorite holiday, this was like paradise.  We found the bulk candy wall, where the chocolate candy corn was discovered, but not the premium flavors we read about.  We were directed downstairs, where we found the 3 flavors in their own section on the wall.  The pumpkin spice had too pungent a pumpkin taste for my liking, but the creme brulee was delicious.  It was on the sweet side, so you really can't have more than a handful.  Oddly, these were the only candies in the entire store in the bulk candy that had the calories listed on the outside (100 calories a serving, which is about 16 pieces.  The chocolate candy corn was good too, but after eating a few pieces I realized that if I was craving candy corn, the real thing or the creme brulee for a treat were better.  Chocolate flavored anything is never as good as having chocolate itself! 

Dylan's has always been a favorite of ours.  Despite the insanely high prices ($12.99 for a pound of candy?  Seriously?!?), they have a wide selection of all of our favorite candies (they have about 7 different types of gummy animals - even gummy chickens!) to novelty items.  You can get chocolate bars with people's names on it, candies from around the world, and lots of giftable items.  There's a cafe on the top floor as well where you can get classic soda fountain favorites, with over 100 ice cream and froyo flavors, Belgian hot chocolate and a bakery.  People can rent out the space to throw parties (hello, 30th birthday!)  With 3 floors and 15,000 square ft, it's the world's largest candy store.

Dylan's (which stands for Dylan Lauren, Ralph Lauren's daughter), created her store in 2001 with the intention of being the largest unique candy store in the world, modeled after Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory.  There is a giant mosaic of Dylan on the wall by the elevator made out of jelly beans.  Aside from the flagship location across from Bloomingdales, there are locations in East Hampton, Roosevelt Field mall in Long Island, Orlando and Houston.

If you're from NYC and you've never been to Dylan's, go. It's a real treat.  If you haven't been in a while, go.  Get some novelty candy corn while you still have time.  If you're not from NYC and you're visiting soon, go, let us know, and we'll take you!

The store is located at 1011 3rd Avenue at the corner of E. 59th street.  If you're more of an order online type of person, you can get some of the Halloween novelty items online here: http://www.dylanscandybar.com/halloween/_/showAll/1/  But trust me, it's not the same!