Economy Candy • 1937

Four generations of the Cohen family have packed floor-to-ceiling shelves with over 2,000 varieties of candy at this Lower East Side institution since 1937. What began as Morris Cohen's pushcart operation has grown into a nostalgic wonderland where penny candy shares space with imported European chocolates and hard-to-find retro treats. The sheer density of sweets—barrels of bulk candy, towers of chocolate bars, jars of exotic imports—turns every visit into a treasure hunt.