Move over WIlly Wonka – Candytopia San Francisco is here. It’s part candy store, part art gallery and part playground. Some have described it as “Burning Man for toddlers.”
Sweet tooths rejoice! Candytopia is here in the Bay Area.
The newest Instagram-able attraction opened Thursday in San Francisco and features walk-through, interactive exhibits, sculptures and artwork made from thousands of pieces of candy.
One exhibit is a giant pool filled with marshmallows that visitors are allowed to jump into.
One of the museum's creators says Candytopia is not just for kids.
"This is a place where from the toddlers to the babies to the millenials to the baby boomers to the grandparents to the grumpiest dad, who doesn't want to be here," Jackie Sorkin said. "Everybody is so happy."[[492561971, C]]
Sorkin is CEO of The Hollywood Candy Girls and star of TLC's "Candy Queen." She and her co-creators have opened two other Candytopia locations in Santa Monica and New York, both to sold-out crowds.
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Candytopia, featuring walk-through, interactive exhibits, sculptures and artwork made from thousands of pieces of candy, opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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Candytopia, featuring walk-through, interactive exhibits, sculptures and artwork made from thousands of pieces of candy, opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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Candytopia, featuring walk-through, interactive exhibits, sculptures and artwork made from thousands of pieces of candy, opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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Candytopia, featuring walk-through, interactive exhibits, sculptures and artwork made from thousands of pieces of candy, opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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Candytopia, featuring walk-through, interactive exhibits, sculptures and artwork made from thousands of pieces of candy, opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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Candytopia, featuring walk-through, interactive exhibits, sculptures and artwork made from thousands of pieces of candy, opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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Candytopia, featuring walk-through, interactive exhibits, sculptures and artwork made from thousands of pieces of candy, opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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Candytopia, featuring walk-through, interactive exhibits, sculptures and artwork made from thousands of pieces of candy, opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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NBC Bay Area's Jonathan Bloom takes the chance at a fun selfie at the Instagram-able attraction which opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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NBC Bay Area's Jonathan Bloom takes the chance at a fun selfie at the Instagram-able attraction which opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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NBC Bay Area's Jonathan Bloom takes the chance at a fun selfie at the Instagram-able attraction which opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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NBC Bay Area's Jonathan Bloom and Candytopia co-founder Jackie Sorkin have fun at the new attraction opening up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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NBC Bay Area's Jonathan Bloom takes the chance at a fun selfie at the Instagram-able attraction which opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
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NBC Bay Area's Jonathan Bloom and Candytopia co-founder Jackie Sorkin jump in a pile of marshmallows. The attraction, featuring walk-through, interactive exhibits, sculptures and artwork made from thousands of pieces of candy, opens up in San Francisco Thursday. (Sept. 5, 2018)
