{"id":321145,"date":"2026-06-26T21:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/321145\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:34:11","slug":"millies-swedish-candy-co-celebrates-grand-opening-of-first-brick-and-mortar-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/321145\/","title":{"rendered":"Millie\u2019s Swedish Candy Co. celebrates grand opening of first brick-and-mortar location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA line of around 200 people stretched around the building\u2019s corner as customers waited for doors to open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/milliesswedishcandy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Millie\u2019s Swedish Candy Co.<\/a> hosted its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZIMp3VuGWQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">grand opening<\/a> in College Park next to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doghouseorlando.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doghouse<\/a> on June 13.\n<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54769\" class=\"wp-image-54769 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grand-opening-line-1-1024x587.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-54769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(NICK GEORGOUDIOU)<\/p>\n<p>The new store features candy imported from Sweden, according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZIMp3VuGWQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> account.\n<\/p>\n<p>Millie\u2019s candy consists of 16 flavors, though eight will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZP5_pCuIfF\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rotate throughout the year<\/a>, with the store open to suggestions from customers.\n<\/p>\n<p>The shop accepts only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZIMp3VuGWQ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">card and mobile payments<\/a>, not cash.\n<\/p>\n<p>Millie\u2019s owner, Millie McMahon, said she was surprised by the number of people who showed up for the grand opening, which was around 200. The line at the door was so long that it wrapped around the street corner.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54773\" class=\"wp-image-54773 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Grand-opening-line-2-1024x544.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"544\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-54773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A line stretches around the street corner with about 200 people waiting to shop at Millie\u2019s Swedish Candy Co. on June 13 during its grand opening. (NICK GEORGOUDIOU)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expected a bit of a line due to the social media shares,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I did not expect it to go all the way into the neighborhood.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>McMahon added that her store\u2019s grand opening was a \u201cdream come true.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve loved candy my whole life,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019d come on Edgewater to get candy for movie nights all the time, so this is truly a full-circle moment.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Millie\u2019s is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2529+Edgewater+Dr,+Orlando,+FL+32804\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2529 Edgewater Drive<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A line of around 200 people stretched around the building\u2019s corner as customers waited for doors to open.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-321145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}