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Queen Anne Has a New Candy Bar

Allecia Vermillion
Author: Allecia Vermillion
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Queen Anne’s new candy central. Photo via Lauren Formicola.

 Queen Anne shop Charley and May is a reliable source for cute totes, T-shirts, or bookends shaped like balloon animals. Now owner Lauren Formicola has dedicated a corner of her shop to locally made candy, as reported on Queen Anne View.

Right now her rotating showcase includes lollipops from This Charming Candy in Maple Leaf, toffee and caramels from Bothell-based Try My Toffee, and truffles from Lesley’s Gourmet, a recommendation from Formicola’s friend and grilled-cheese goddess Danielle Custer.

Large apothecary-type jars are also filled with classics like Sixlets, in the shop’s signature orange and blue. A selection of buckets, clear takeout-style boxes, and other quaint little vessels await customer fillups; local company Brush and Mallet did the packaging. So far the shop’s top sellers are miniature gummy fried eggs and those Sixlets and “sushi.” In Formicola’s world, “sushi” is the term for the candy most of us know as Swedish fish. Since the shop opened, she has been offering these as treats for visitors.

Expect quite a display of Halloween candy in the coming weeks. For adults who prefer indulgences of the alchoholic sort, another section of the shop is dedicated to bitters, rock sugar-coated swizzle sticks, and other cocktail-related items.

 




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Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.