Hoboken Gets a Little Sweeter
The Candy Shoppe is Hoboken's boutique confectionery that's certain to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Meg Rankin remembers growing up in the small town of Mountain Lakes, where there was only one local market that sold sweets, unless you wanted to venture into a big chain store. It was that problem that led her to open The Candy Shoppe, a boutique confection store on Fourth Street in Hoboken. "Why would you go to CVS to buy candy?" asked Rankin, now a longtime Hoboken resident. "I just thought, why isn't there somewhere cute and sweet where you could go?" A little over a year ago, Rankin's dream became a reality when her store opened for business. "I've been really lucky, and business has been good. Candy is pretty recession-proof." Although she sells traditional sweets like licorice and gummy bears in big glass jars, it's the more unique …
