Candy Shop Is Coming to Potomac Mills Ikea

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Shoppers at Ikea in Potomac Mills can take a break from browsing furniture by sitting down at a restaurant inside the store. Soon, they’ll be able to indulge their sweet tooth.

The Swedish furniture chain plans to open a self-serve candy shop in the Woodbridge store on Sunday, July 5, according to a company news release. It will offer 45 varieties of confectioneries, such as gummies, sours, marshmallow, chocolate, licorice and more. The sweets, made from Swedish recipes produced in and imported from Europe, feature no trans fats, no high-fructose corn syrup, no GMOs and natural colors.

The new self-serve shop is based on Lördagsgodis, or “Saturday candy,” a Scandinavian tradition in which children were allowed to visit the local store every Saturday for a bag of candy. Lördagsgodis has since grown to include any day of the week when children and adults alike splurge on a special sweet treat.

The Lördagsgodis pick-and-mix candy shops will be introduced in the Swedish Food Market of the Ikea store, in marked bins.