EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE A STORY ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD CANDY OR TOY...

When people walk into our store for the first time,

it’s always fun to “catch” their reaction...

“I remember that”...

  “I bet you don’t have ____. You do?  Wow!  I haven’t had one of those since I was a kid”....

                                                          “My favorite candy store was on the corner near my school and...”

“I have to bring my kids here to show them what I played with when I was their age”...

“My friend told me about you guys - you’ve just become my new best friends ‘cause I’m gonna be here all the time”...

“Thank you for being here”...

One of our all-time favorites is from a newspaper reporter who was doing a story about our store a few years ago...

“Inside Bobb Howard’s General Store a sign declares

‘FAIRY TALES DO COME TRUE’

Here they really do, for kids of all ages”...

Many of you asked us to create a website so that your family and friends in distant places

could experience what you keep coming back to and telling them about...


We hope a picture’s worth a bunch of smiles and you giggle with nostalgic memories....

VOTED:

BEST MOM & POP STORE

BEST CANDY STORE

BEST TOY STORE

BEST PARTY SUPPLY STORE

BEST COLLECTIBLES STORE

BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE

NAMED:

ONE OF THE BEST 101 PLACES

TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY

581 LAKEVILLE ROAD

NEW HYDE PARK, NY  11040

516 354-9564

oldcandy@aol.com

copyright 1982-2024 bobb howard’s general store    trademark “we sell old candy”    all rights reserved

WE'RE RETRO

BUT STILL COOL...

  what's buzzin, cuzzin:

   be there

         or

be square:

Few things define our childhood memories like the candy and toys we grew up with  

        They can offer the most powerful story of the people and places we love...

reggie bars, skybars, and bun bars

blackjack, beemans, clove

wax bottles, lips, & fangs

wooly willy & hairdo harriet

paper dolls & jacks and balls

whistle pops & astropops

siren whistle rings

red shoestring licorice

  REGGIE BARS!

To Order:

Call (516) 354-9564

Mon-Sat  7.30 - 5

"spaldeens" & stickball bats