Candyland.ie - American / Retro Sweets

Basq · 13-12-2011 04:25PM #1

All credit to tabitharose over on HUKD.ie for this..

Candyland.ie

They're actually quite reasonable.. well, they're far more reasonable than some of the prices quoted by UK sites (as postage tends to be the killer): Milk Duds for €1.79, Twizzlers from €1.90, Reeses Mini Peanut Butter Cup for 20c each.

Free shipping on orders over €50.. so useful if you get a couple of friends together to make a mass order. Otherwise - it's a €5 shipping up to 30kg.

the groutch · 13-12-2011 05:21PM

I wanna buy me some Charleston Chew, just to know what it tastes like

403 Forbidden · 13-12-2011 05:39PM

Basq wrote: »

All credit to tabitharose over on HUKD.ie for this..

Candyland.ie

They're actually quite reasonable.. well, they're far more reasonable than some of the prices quoted by UK sites (as postage tends to be the killer): Milk Duds for €1.79, Twizzlers from €1.90, Reeses Mini Peanut Butter Cup for 20c each.

Free shipping on orders over €50.. so useful if you get a couple of friends together to make a mass order. Otherwise - it's a €5 shipping up to 30kg.

You my friend are a Legend

Proper Mountain Dew from the states :P

Headshot · 13-12-2011 05:52PM

omg they have Bazooka Bubblegum

wow that takes me back to my child hood

jacool · 13-12-2011 06:07PM

Great spot OP !!!
Where do I admit I'm related to these people (and fatter!)

Headshot · 13-12-2011 06:12PM

Bought myself

Pretzel Flipz Chocolate large
Bazooka Bubblegum Theatre Box

Leeg17 · 13-12-2011 06:21PM

They also sell Vanilla Coke, do drive up every so often to get enough to pass the shakes.

If you send them an e-mail they tend to drop the price of a product, or throw in one for free (I e-mailed asking about the price of posting 12 cans and he offered 12 for the price of 9 [€4.50 off])...worth a shot at least.

shardylan · 13-12-2011 06:34PM

The peanut butter M&Ms are fab as are milk duds .Damn you Basq there goes my figure over Xmas again

daytob · 13-12-2011 07:18PM

the groutch wrote: »

I wanna buy me some Charleston Chew, just to know what it tastes like

these are yum.
shame I am going to the states for xmas I can bring my own lot back

daytob · 13-12-2011 07:31PM

Actually going to do my santy bit

I have 10 of the big red packs of chewing gum. These are the hot cinnamon flavour chewing gums.
there is 5 sticks in each pack and I will give away 1 per person on here up till the 10 are gone, but you need to pm me your details and send me a SAE

Ronan Raver77 · 13-12-2011 08:19PM

mate Vinny runs the shop.any mates rates:D

purplestar77 · 13-12-2011 08:22PM

Seriously good selection of American goodies here! Thanks OP

have to visit this place in Galway sometime

Headshot · 13-12-2011 08:58PM

To bad the shop doesnt have twinkies.

Always wanted to try one and then save the rest up for 5 years and they'll turn into liquor :pac:

K.C · 13-12-2011 09:31PM

Cheers OP. Just moved to Galway a couple of months ago. Definately going to check this out at the weekend (after a couple of steins at the christmas market)

Bubblefett · 13-12-2011 10:19PM

Thanks OP, I love this website! The OH adores vanilla coke so going to order him a few cans for christmas

Tabitharose · 14-12-2011 12:13AM

Basq wrote: »

All credit to tabitharose over on HUKD.ie for this..

consider it an early Christmas pressie & enjoy the milk duds

Murta · 14-12-2011 12:49PM

Unsure about this being a "bargin alert". I've looked at a number of sweeties and are no cheaper than here. 2.95 for 100g of sweets ain't cheap.

darconio · 14-12-2011 12:50PM

Headshot wrote: »

To bad the shop doesnt have twinkies.

+1

Basq · 14-12-2011 12:53PM

Murta wrote: »

Unsure about this being a "bargin alert". I've looked at a number of sweeties and are no cheaper than here. 2.95 for 100g of sweets ain't cheap.

They're not cheap.. but some of the retro / rare / American sweets are very reasonable.

Do a comparison of them with postage on similar sites.. works out MUCH cheaper!

tallaghtmick · 14-12-2011 01:18PM

jj73 · 14-12-2011 01:29PM

Thanks a million Basq!

Reese's and BabyRuth, that's Christmas sorted! :-D

Wisco · 14-12-2011 01:42PM

Thanks for posting!!! I foresee a shopping spree in Galway soon, lots of tasty goodies there....mmmm.....

lau1247 · 14-12-2011 02:41PM

really interested in the soft drink but definitely not cheap..

the cans 330 ml are 1.50 each..

recently saw pound shop selling mountain dew bottle 500ml for only 1 euro each

that will be the bummer

Leeg17 · 14-12-2011 02:48PM

lau1247 wrote: »

really interested in the soft drink but definitely not cheap..

the cans 330 ml are 1.50 each..

recently saw pound shop selling mountain dew bottle 500ml for only 1 euro each

that will be the bummer

Tell me any pound shops selling Vanilla Coke cans, cherry coke etc.. they're importing them from america, and while obviously applying a mark up I'd gladly pay €1.50 for a can of the stuff, isn't it €1 in most takeaways/shops by this stage?

Basq · 14-12-2011 02:53PM

Normal cans are €1 in majority of shops now, so €1.50 is not bad for a rare drink.

Got a load of Cherry Coke in Enniskillen in a Poundland for 50p a can though.

And the Mountain Dew here is not the same as the one the site.

Cherry_Cola · 14-12-2011 03:02PM

When I was in the UK Poundland did 3 cans of Cherry Coke for £1. I know an Irish branch called Dealz has opened up in different parts of the country so maybe try there.

I will be picking up some milk duds from this though!

randomname · 14-12-2011 03:04PM

Leeg17 wrote: »

Tell me any pound shops selling Vanilla Coke cans, cherry coke etc.. they're importing them from america, and while obviously applying a mark up I'd gladly pay €1.50 for a can of the stuff, isn't it €1 in most takeaways/shops by this stage?

If your based in dublin, the euro50 store (pound shop) besides Iceland in the Ilac Centre has bottles of cherry coke, I think they were 1.5L for €1.50.

Leeg17 · 14-12-2011 03:05PM

randomname wrote: »

If your based in dublin, the euro saver (pound shop) besides Iceland in the Ilac Centre has bottles of cherry coke, I think they were 1.5L for €2.

I'm in Galway, but I still don't think it's as unreasonable as the poster made it seem, especially if it's not available near you and as Basq said it's alot cheaper than other online shops.

randomname · 14-12-2011 03:09PM

Leeg17 wrote: »

I'm in Galway, but I still don't think it's as unreasonable as the poster made it seem, especially if it's not available near you and as Basq said it's alot cheaper than other online shops.

It's a niche item that is difficult to get your hands and they do deals on bulk purchases too, I think the stuff on their site is good value.

Dodge · 14-12-2011 03:13PM

I was in Berlin a few years ago and a huge deaprtment store (forget its name) had a food court with 'foods of the world' specialities on sale. Amongst those on sale were cans of US Coca Cola for about €1.80. Witness an American buy 24 cans and bucketload of sweets and biscuits. He didn't mind paying the premium for a taste of home

And yes, there is a difference in taste.

Cheers OP. The postage makes this an excellent deal

(and again something being a good deal, doesn't make it cheap...)

Leeg17 · 14-12-2011 03:14PM

randomname wrote: »

It's a niche item that is difficult to get your hands and they do deals on bulk purchases too, I think the stuff on their site is good value.

That's what I'm saying, it's a reasonable price for a niche item, the other poster said it was too dear..

Candyland.ie - American / Retro Sweets

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