Every summer my children and I make a pilgrimage. Not to a religious site, not to learn how to meditate or do yoga. Nope, we head north to Maine and go to Yummies.
For those who don't watch the Phantom Gourmet or aren't familiar with the outlet town of Kittery Maine, Yummies is an enormous candy store. Not just any candy store. A store that prepackages nostalgic candy as well as pretty much every kind of candy bar and box you've ever seen. Not just American candy either. Oh no, they have international favorites as well.
Yummies has the largest assortment of salt water taffy I've ever seen. They have some really 'interesting' flavors but my favorite, by far, is creamsicle. With root beer float coming in a close second.
Yummies carries a huge supply of chocolate candy, some custom made, some repackaged in the back of the store. They make their own fudge, they have gigantic lollypops and quite a bit of the type of candy you might find in a 1950's penny candy store. They have gigantic gobstoppers, candy cigars and cigarettes, pop rocks, red hots, wax lips, and gummys in every shape and size.
They also have a little gift shop, but honestly, who wants to spend money on souvineers when there is candy to buy? Not us.
We've never bought as much as a post card there. But we've come home with bags and bags of candy.
If you're heading up to the beach in Maine, make sure to stop at Yummies. It's not just candy, it's an adventure.
Based on this post we stopped there on our way to Sebago Lake. It was incredible - so many types of candy I haven't seen since childhood.
Posted by: Mommy, Esq. | August 05, 2008 at 04:09 PM