beachsweetsob.com<\/a> as \u201can old-fashioned candy store where you can find most of your favorites from your childhood, no matter how old you are.\u201d The candy store makes hand-dipped chocolates, strawberries, handmade fudge, salt water taffy, as well as offering 80 bins full of favorites, and many more hard-to-find confections such as Pop Rocks, Bit-O-Honey, and Abba Zabba.<\/p>\n\u201cWe have candies from the \u201950s like candy cigarettes,\u201d noted Smith adding, \u201cWe also have a lot of dog treats that are really popular, along with some sugar-free candy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of her brick and mortar, Smith said, \u201dIt\u2019s just a really good location a couple of blocks from the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n
As to the reasons for her success, Smith replied: \u201cWe worked really hard. The harder you work \u2013 the luckier you get. Definitely, hard work made it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
And it doesn\u2019t hurt that candy, even in these highly inflationary times, is relatively inexpensive to buy and is a product people desire year-round, not just in summer.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlmost everybody likes candy,\u201d noted Smith, adding she\u2019s celebrating her 15th business anniversary on Friday, June 17 with \u201cgiveaways, raffles, chocolate-dipped strawberries, and other specials.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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