Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe

So you know that hackneyed saying, ‘Like a kid in a candy store’?
Whoever said it first was probably talking about Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe. Yeah, it’s a franchise. No, I haven’t ever seen another one other than this one in Colchester. And, really, Colchester is the perfect place for a ‘Ye Olde’ candy shop, so I’m going to pretend that it’s the one-​and-​only. Situated on a very quaint and medieval-​looking lane, Mr Simms jumps out at kids and adults alike, with its dark brown wooden façade and recreated ‘olde worlde’ windows that allow passers-​by to peer in and gawk at the floor-​to-​ceiling rows upon rows of delicious, sugary delights, with classic and newfangled sweets equally represented.
Whether you pick out individually packaged fudge from the self-​service shelves or ask for a staff member to measure you out half a kilo of gummy bears and three snakes from the candy hoard behind the counter, you’ll leave this place with enough child-​like, sugar-​induced euphoria to get you through to next week. Or, at least through to the end of your sugar rush.