If you mourned the closing of Muzza’s Milk Bar last year, then you’ll be salivating to hear there’s a new candy shop on the block. 

Scoops and Candy will be opening soon on Keen Street, and owners Felicity and Philip Hyde said they’ve got the equipment from Muzza’s and will be serving milkshakes just the way you like them.

“Maddy Powell who used to work at Muzza’s is coming to show us how to make the shakes - the way she made them at Muzza’s - but we’ll also be adding in a few new touches of our own,” Felicity said. 

Felicity and Philip already knew the owner of Muzza’s, Petria, (who has now expanded her shop Trea’s Shoes into the old Muzza’s location).

Philip used to be Petria’s confectionery sales representative. So, when Petria was closing Muzza’s, Felicity and Philip saw an opportunity to keep Lismore’s love of lollies, icecream, milkshakes and chocolate alive.

“Lismore still needs it,” Felicity said. “We also need a place that stays open later, where people can buy dessert at night. So, we thought opening a shop next to The Dirty Wilson restaurant on Keen Street would be great.”

Felicity said Scoops and Candy could stay open until 10pm on busy nights, but would begin with a 7 or 8pm closure time.

Felicity Hyde stacking the Valentine's theme chocolates on the new shop shelves.

Right now, she’s stocking the shelves with all your favourite lollies and chocolate, including a range of special Darrel Lea chocolates for Valentine’s Day and Easter bilbies.

The unique smell of sweets envelops you as soon as you walk in and you see your favourites on display – from UFO shaped wafers filled with sherbet to cola bottles, snakes, teeth and raspberries.

“I love the puffy cloud sweets in different colours,” Felicity said. “They are chewy and sugary. 

“The ice cream’s in the shop’s freezer already, with flavours like banana bongo and hokey pokey.

“And we have the fridge stocked with American brand drinks like Arizona and Dr Peppers.”

Felicity has a background in food, having run flagship pizza stores in the past, and she is keen to open her lolly shop as soon as possible. 

“We are just waiting for Council to okay our food compliance, which will hopefully be any day now,” she said.

Felicity and Philip also own and operate Black Tie Photobooths, and they are keen to bring one of the booths into the shop as a permanent fixture, where people can get a pic while they are in the shop and post it to Instagram. 

“You can follow Scoops and Candy on Instagram and Facebook and check out the latest about how we are going and which day we’ll open,” she said. 

Scoops and Candy is located on Keen Street, Lismore, between The Dirty Wilson and Shoppe One-17.