Behind the shelves of candy, a darker side to London's mysterious American candy stores

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."He reckoned the boom is an attempt to capitalize on viral candy-related videos on TikTok (like the global stardom of Binley Mega Chippy). Others think it was a wily pivot by souvenir stores that were forced to shutter during lockdown because they didn’t sell “essential” food.

“All the souvenir shops turned to candy,” said Roshk Farz, 25, assistant manager of American Candy Shop up the street. But he said he thinks this sugary market has reached saturation.

“Soon everyone will be back to selling souvenirs,” he said. “There is just too much candy.”