Candy Stores near Schenectady, NY

“Ordered chocolates for Christmas gifts and everyone loved them. I gave them each an assortment of bark and everyone raved about it. My 102 year old mom especially loved the white chocolate, pistachio and cranberry bark.”

“5 Star experience start to finish from Uncle Sam's! They absolutely knocked it out of the park on this custom order! I came to them with ideas and photos for custom chocolate covered strawberries and the team FAR EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS. Give this place and chance to do your custom order especially with these holidays coming up. Keep your business with a home town outfit and not a national brand. You will be absolutely blown away by their expertise and professionalism!”

“They offer dark and milk chocolate covered strawberries, both were delicious. The place is clean and well organized. I visited the day before valentine's so there were a ton of people inside. Despite it all the environment was friendly and they were able produce boxes upon boxes of the strawberries. I highly recommend.”

“This is the only home made store that hand makes Ribbon Candy especially peanut butter. This is a true art and difficult, probably why they are the only one and it's FABULOUS and very reasonable priced & can be sold out. The hand made chelates are excellent also!”

“Walked in and the refreshing smell of the Caribbean island it was built on immediately wafted over me. 5 star experience. I’m pretty sure the person running the place lives there as I’ve never seen them leave (?) but that’s pretty baller. Will return for another bag of homogeneous M&M’s.”

“⭐ Five Below – 131 Colonie Center, Albany, NY ⭐

Friday May 30,2025

Shoutout to Kristina – a Rockstar Training Manager in from Massachusetts ?

I want to share my unexpectedly awesome experience at this location, thanks to an incredible employee named Kristina, who was visiting from Massachusetts. She is a training manager, and honestly, Five Below is lucky to have her.

Here’s what happened:

By mistake, I accepted a 19-item DoorDash shop for Five Below—thinking it was a Five Guys ?.

I dreaded it. My last three Five Below shops at other locations were awful. I’m a professional shopper, and in those stores, items were scattered with no clear layout. It was stressful and time-consuming.

But this time, I called ahead to the Colonie Center location to ask if someone could assist me.

To my surprise, Kristina herself answered the phone. She was kind, calm, and immediately understood my dilemma. When I arrived, she personally guided me through the shop—something she absolutely didn’t have to do. She was beyond helpful and made the experience seamless.

Since DoorDash gave me 30 minutes to complete the shop, Kristina used that time to walk me through the store layout and explain how everything was organized. In just that short window, she gave me more clarity and support than I’ve ever had at any Five Below store.

Five Below corporate: Kristina is a gem. If your company plans to keep partnering with shopping platforms like DoorDash or Shipt, consider putting her in charge of store layout strategy or shopper training resources—because she gets it. And she deserves a raise, too. ?

— A grateful DoorDash shopper
~ Katrina”