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A peek inside local candy and gift shop Sweet Tooth.
Adults and children alike find themselves acting like a kid in a candy store when they enter this midtown Tulsa sweet shop. With so many goodies, it is easy to lose your way. Here, we point out a few of Sweet Tooth’s specialties.
The bigger, the better.
Sweet Tooth employees pride themselves on service, and unlike typical bulk candy shops, they wait on each patron, allowing for unique customization of bulk candy orders. A new favorite — especially for wedding “candy bars” — are the chocolate-covered almonds, owner Janet Dundee says, which are designed to look like martini olives ($7.35 for a half-pound).
Ain’t life grand.
Sweet Tooth has carried the Sweet Shop brand of truffles since the store opened nearly 18 years ago. Dubbed “grand” because of their size, these specialty truffles are hand-dipped in two kinds of chocolate and then hand decorated ($2.75 each).
Oh, lolli, lollipop.
Nothing says candy shop like an old-fashioned lollipop. These flavored suckers come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are available in customized colors ($1.95 to $6.50 each).
Monkeying around.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the sock monkey. Celebrate by purchasing an oversized sock money “friend.” Each “friend” comes with a name as well as magnetic hands and feet to attach to each other or any magnetic surface ($110 each).
Oklahoma pride.
Choose from Oklahoma-shaped chocolate bars made by Bedre, a chocolate company now owned by the Choctaw Nation, or The Dish coffee mugs and plates, which can be personalized with a custom logo in the center (prices vary).
It’s a boy!
Owner Jeff Darby says new parents flock to the store looking for these bubble gum cigar birth announcements (50 cents each).
Even sweeter
Working in a candy and gift shop has to be a pretty “sweet” gig, right? Who better to hand-pick the shop’s top merchandise? Here, Sweet Tooth employees share their favorites items in the store.
Amy Dodson, like most women, loves shoes. Her pick? Lindsay Phillips Switch Flops, which offer a variety of looks with the same pair of shoes through interchangeable accessories and straps.
What’s the one thing Liz Cline’s friends ask her to bring them when she visits? Gummi Peachy Penguins. While most might look past the black-and-white gummy penguins, for those wise enough to try the peach-flavored chewy candies, it’s love at first bite. “These are my take-home treat — I eat these like popcorn,” she says.
Sarah Haynes is not one to wax poetic. That is unless she is talking about the jewelry line of the same name, Waxing Poetic jewelry for men and women. All the items are cast from traditional wax seals and made in the same factory as John Hardy jewelry. Haynes chose her son’s initial for her pendant necklace and thinks the line is perfect for gifts — hint, hint.
Of course, co-owner Janet Dundee loves every item in her store, but the one thing she would miss the most if Sweet Tooth stopped carrying the line? Caren Original lotions. “I don’t go out of the house without this lotion on,” she says. Making the line even sweeter, the company donates a portion of proceeds to breast cancer research.
As the co-owner of the candy store, it is pretty clear Jeff Darby is a kid at heart. His favorite items in the shop are the sock monkey “friends.” These stuffed animals are an oversized update of the traditional sock monkey, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
Sweet Tooth is located at 3747 S. Harvard Ave. Call 712-8785 for more information.
