Margie's Candies
Chicago • ★ 4.5 (2892 Google reviews)
The Story
Margie's has served hot fudge in little pitchers beside enormous clamshell sundaes since 1921, in booths that the Beatles and the Rolling Stones both squeezed into. The chocolates are still made in the back.
From the Counter
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Jonathan Lee
★ 5
A legendary family-owned shop filled with handmade candies, chocolates, and ice cream creations! Margie’s has so much charm and the friendliest workers. You have to try the banana splits if you come here, but just keep in mind that they are ginormous. The perfect spot for any sweet treat lover!
Pacome Kouadio
★ 5
Margie's Candies has been scooping ice cream in Bucktown since the early 1900s, and walking in feels like stepping into a soda fountain that time genuinely forgot, red vinyl booths, vintage candy cases, and a counter where staff still mix everything by hand the old-fashioned way. The Beatles supposedly stopped here once, and the photos on the wall lean into that history without making the whole place feel like a museum instead of a working ice cream parlor. We got the Atomic Sundae, which comes out in a shell-shaped dish big enough for two people to share comfortably, several scoops piled high with hot fudge, whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry on top. It's the kind of dessert that's a little ridiculous in size and exactly what you want from a place like this. We also tried a malted milkshake, thick enough that the straw practically stood up on its own, classic and not overly sweet. Someone in our group got a banana split, and the bananas were fresh and properly ripe, not the slightly sad version you sometimes get elsewhere. The hot fudge itself deserves a mention, dark and rich rather than sugary, clearly made in-house rather than poured from a jar. It's a cash-friendly, old-school kind of spot, lines can build on a warm weekend, but it moves steadily and the nostalgia of the whole experience makes the wait part of the fun.
Quesito Studioz
★ 4
Went here during the summer and it sucked. Service was rude and the inside was super crammed. But I came back recently cause then ice cream is really good. I’ve been wanting to try the banana split here for years and I finally ordered it! There was even space to sit down this time so it was already infinitely better than my last visit. Service was okay but the banana split was amazing! Worth the hype! Rip to my quarter that got stuck to the music machine and when I asked how it worked they just told me it doesn’t work.