Ray's Candy Store

HAPPY FRIDAY (THE 13TH)!!!

Gorgeous out. Come kick off the weekend right. See you soon.

Ray Loves NY More Than Ever.

Photo: Ray holds up the Daily News cover featuring Milton Glaser’s “I ♥ NY More Than Ever” design, a twist on his iconic logo revealed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Glaser updated his design by adding a smudge to the lower corner of the heart and the words ‘more than ever’.

From an interview with Glaser at designboom:

DB: ‘I love NY more than ever’, why a a variation of the icon?

MG: The only subtlety is the wound, which is located on the lower ‘west side’ of the heart. The shaded portion represented the very area in lower manhattan where the once proud world trade center twin towers stood until a pair of hijacked passenger jets slammed into them. Showing a wounded heart is important. To attain healing, the first thing one must do is to acknowledge that there’s pain. Unfortunately the department of commerce seemed tepid to adopt this creation. That’s why I sent the new logo to the ‘New York Daily News’, which lost no time reproducing it and using it to wrap the newspaper. Close to a million copies of the logo circulated around the city, turning up on windows, lampposts and subway walls.

🍎 BACK TO SCHOOL, NYC!!! 🏫

COME BY FOR A TREAT AFTER SCHOOL AND TELL RAY WHAT YOU'RE MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING THIS YEAR!!!

📸: Photos via

🤗 Make your day with a treat from Ray!!!🍦

🎨: And zoom in on the AMAZING illustration of Ray's Candy Store by the wonderfully talented Lily Annabelle Caleakav ( on Instagram).

Order a print from her Etsy shop, if you're inclined:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1606636891/premium-art-print-rays-candy-store-late

Happy National Root Beer Float Day!!! Ain't nothing wrong with that!

Although, if we're being honest, an Orange Creamsicle Float is...chef's kiss. There doesn't seem to be a National Orange Creamsicle Float Day, so feel free to try either one on your next visit to Ray's Candy Store! OR JUST TRY BOTH!!! 🤗

DELICIOUS!!!

"Dog Days of Summer"

Pro Tip: a treat from Ray's Candy Store is a GREAT way to stay cool!!!

Stop by for some ice cream or a milkshake and beat the heat!!!

📸: Photos via , , , .jpn_nyc, and

God Bless the Red, White, and Blue!!! 🇺🇸

🎇 HAPPY 4TH, EVERYONE!!! 🎆

📸: Photo by Stacie Joy

OKAY. HEAR US OUT: A BATHTUB FILLED WITH SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM.

🌡️IT IS SO FREAKING HOT OUT!!! 🥵

Stop by for a cone. Or twelve. And maybe bring a bucket to fill the tub back home...

Happy Summer or whatever.

Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there!!!

Maybe bring dad by for some Deep Fried Oreos!

– From Ray (aka the neighborhood's dad)

📸: Photos via Julian Lynn "with love from a kid who grew up in your shop"

🍦CHEERS TO THE WEEKEND!!! 🥂

Swing by Ray's Candy Store for a treat!!!

📸: Photo via Jordan EJ on Google Maps

https://g.co/kgs/1ftttQN

🍦Ice cream kind of day. 😎

See you at Ray's Candy Store - your neighborhood soft serve headquarters!!!

📸: Photo of via on Instagram

"Happiness is Ray's Candy Store."

Happy Mother's Day!!! Bring mom by and make her day with a delicious treat!!!

📸: Photo via on Instagram

Banana Split, anyone???

"Tra La La..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMl6HnhFFIA

📸: Photo via Vladislav M.

🏀 LET'S DO THIS, NEW YORK!!! 🏀

IT'S THE PLAYOFFS.

The New York Knicks are the #2 Seed in the East! Game 1 tipoff is at 6pm! Swing by Ray's Candy Store for some snacks on your way to the Garden!

AND, AGAIN, WE ALL KNOW THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THE TEAM'S SUCCESS THIS SEASON: THEY'RE BEING POWERED BY RAY'S!!!

(For obvious reasons, please don't tell the other teams...)

The Sixers are going down. GTFOH with that overrated sandwich...

GO NEW YORK GO NEW YORK GO (TO RAY'S)!!!

Previously:

Ray's Candy Store is one of the 10 featured food joints on the New York Knicks Rookie's Guide to New York!!!

The Rookie's Guide, curated by Knicks fans, lets people know WHAT'S UP when it comes to food, sports, style, culture, and grooming in the five boroughs. If you don't know, now you know...

Check out the rest of the guide here:

https://www.rookiesguide.nyc

Happy Holiday to those celebrating.

Deep Fried Oreos, coming up...

Ray's Candy Store: Your Official Neighborhood 4/20 Headquarters Since 1974

📸: Photos/Video via on Instagram

YOU. GUYS.

Bushwick-based artist Danny Cortes presented Ray with one of his original dioramas of Ray's Candy Store and it's INCREDIBLE!!!

THANK YOU, DANNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come by the store and check out the mini Ray's!!!

See more about Danny and his work here:

https://www.dannycortesnyc.com

Follow him on Instagram here:

http://instagram.com/dannycortesnyc

📸: Shout out to Brian Alcazar, aka 1$t, Peter Brownscombe, and NEWYORKNICO for the images and video.

And to E.V. Grieve for the post!

https://evgrieve.com/2024/04/thursdays-parting-shots.html

Ray's favorite Met.

https://www.mlb.com/player/francisco-alvarez-682626

GET YOUR RAY GEAR – WITH UP TO 35% OFF AND FREE SHIPPING – TODAY ONLY!!!

CafePress has all sorts of Ray's Candy Store items on sale today. AND free shipping! T-shirts, hoodies, hats, baby and kids stuff, THONGS🤣, and much, much more!!! Click through the links below for the respective designs you see in the pics.

Classic "Save Ray's:"

https://www.cafepress.com/dd/38673937

Everything Made With Love™:

https://www.cafepress.com/dd/114776826

STOCK. UP.

Golden.

📸: Photo via on Instagram

"Alright, now see this? This is a four-way road, okay? And dead in the center is a crisp, new, hundred dollar bill. Now, at the end of each of these streets are four people, okay? You following?

Good. Over here, we have a guy who makes a better egg cream than Ray. Down here, we have Ray himself. Over here, we got Santa Claus, and up here the Easter Bunny. Which one is going to get to the hundred dollar bill first?

This is a serious exercise. It's like an SAT question. Which one is going to get to the hundred dollar bill first? The guy who makes a better egg cream than Ray, Ray himself, Santa Claus, or the Easter Bunny?

Ray, right?

Why?

BECAUSE THE OTHER THREE ARE FIGMENTS OF YOUR F*^%ING IMAGINATION!!!"

We could barely keep a straight face writing that part about someone making a better egg cream than Ray. Pop into Ray's Candy Store on this April Fools' Day to find out for yourself.

🎩: Tip of the hat to Jason Lee

📸: Second photo via on Instagram

WEEKEND!!! Swing through your favorite soda shop ASAP!!!

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IT'S NATIONAL EGG CREAM DAY!!! ALSO KNOWN AS A DAY THAT ENDS IN 'Y' AT RAY'S!!!

YOU. KNOW. WHAT. TO. DO.

Stop into Ray's Candy Store for a treat! Maybe get some fries or beignets to go with it. Get nuts!

See you soon!!!

The Dream Team.

Stella, Ray, and Maria.

📸: Photo by Stacie Joy via E.V. Grieve

“In my defense, the moon was full and I was left unsupervised.”

– The Ray's Candy Store Motto

📸: Photo by The Late Great Bob Arihood

💪 SCOOPER BOWL MVP: OUR MAN RAY!!! 🏆

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📸: Photo via on Instagram

Nice day!!! Come stop by for a treat!!!!!!!!!!

📸: Photo via on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy1F-K8OnNr/?igsh=d216NDB5OHQ5bTBj

🍨Malt Shop Bop by Kevin MacLeod 🎶

Love it!!! Who feels like dancing???

Listen to this and other fun candy store-themed bops from the Ray's Candy Store Playlist below!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPQwM4gZNQg&list=PLKW7djxuuxJbB2JXTQgoIIFJabUCVIFRE&index=49

As we continue to celebrate 50 years of Ray's Candy Store, here's a fun shot of the storefront in the '80s!!!

📸: Photo via Makoto

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO Sharon Crowley of FOX 5 NY for this very sweet story on Ray and Ray's Candy Store as we celebrate 50 YEARS in business!!!

“Ray, what’s your secret?”

“Eat a lot of candy!”

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Ray's Candy Store celebrates 50 years in business Ray's Candy Store, a beloved East Village institution, will mark its 50th anniversary this year. FOX 5 NY looks at how the store's 91-year-old owner has been able to keep the business running.

🍾 HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE...ANNNNNNNNNNNNNND HAPPY 91st BIRTHDAY TO THE G.O.A.T. – OUR MAN RAY ON AVENUE A!!! 🥂

5️⃣0️⃣ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF RAY'S CANDY STORE IN 2024!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!5️⃣0️⃣

🥳COME PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🎉

WE ❤️ YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

📸: Photos via .chou on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx3U1yMLwu8/

"Sleigh & Ray"

🎅 Merry Christmas!!!🎄

Hope you get to spend quality time with friends and family. And as we always like to remind everyone: LEAVE A PLATE OF RAY'S BEIGNETS OUT FOR SANTA AND YOU WILL GET ALL THE PRESENTS!!!

📸: Background photo via Carlos Castañeda Jr. () on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/CluIXrZgK1w/

"FIIIIIIVE GOLDEN RINGS...OF CALAMARI..."

That's how we think the song should go, at least. Now that Ray's Candy Store has these delectable breaded calamari rings featured on the menu, of course. Served with fries! DELICIOUS!

Come get some! A perfectly portable treat for Christmas caroling!

📸: Thanks to Peter Brownscombe, who tried the first batch served, for the photo!

And E.V. Grieve for posting this very important public service announcement!