If you’ve ever eaten sherbet in Australia, chances are you’ve eaten Wizz Fizz. Tom Campbell’s grandparents, Marjorie and Arthur, invented that.

They also invented Big Boss. They also invented Fads, and they even invented Musk Sticks.

Now, in a charming twist of fate for the sweet tooths of the south, Tom Campbell has opened a lolly store of his own, selling the confected hits that put his family on the map from a technicolour wonderland at the Prahran Market. Tom’s Candy also imports loads of bright and fabulous sweets from the USA, and it’s ready to barrage you right in the senses; here’s the candyman now with the scoop on, and in, the treats.

Hi, my name is Tom, and I’m the Willy Wonka of Prahran Market.

I’ve been in the confectionary business for a number of years on and off. I’ve been around confectionery since I was a child, as my grandparents were master confectioners and started a business in their kitchen making and selling jam. This led to them making different types of lollies, and eventually, they created something very special that most Australians would know and love.

You might remember me and my family as the creators of such confected Victorian delights as… You see, my grandparents invented Wizz Fizz, a wonderfully sweet and fizzy sherbet. Can you imagine being a kid and every time you visited them there was Wizz Fizz in every cupboard and drawer around the house? All the grandkids would eat as much Wizz Fizz and as many fruit sticks, musk sticks, Fads, Big Boss, Mates and Pink Lady chocolates (all still family-made and family-owned) as we could, and then run around the house in circles like mad mice… good times.

My brief for my new gig is… Tom’s Candy is a brand-new confectionery retail concept store based in the heart of Prahran Market. The store offers 60 different bulk candy items from which to pick and mix as you wish, a full selection of Fyna Superior Liquorice, over 200 imported American candy lines, imported American sodas, a wonderful Pink Lady Chocolate selection and the fantastic new range of Tom’s Candy branded favourites such as Dark Choc Bullets, Dark Choc Orange Straws and Milk Choc Caramel Chews, to name but a few.

And I’m passionate about quality candy sold at reasonable prices. I want Tom’s Candy to offer a complete range of candy similar to the choice I remember as a kid visiting the local milk bar. I remember being able to buy a pretty good selection of lollies with the small amount of money I managed to scrape together at the time, and it was awesome! I want kids and adults alike to walk out of Tom’s Candy feeling happy.

For me, a lolly is perfect when it’s gooey caramel coated in smooth milk chocolate.

Which means I like to make and sell Tom’s Candy Chewy Caramel Chews – simply amazing candy.

I’d like you to come in and see us so you can experience the wonderfully colourful, friendly and probably best-stocked candy store in Melbourne, situated in the heart of Prahran Market.

And if there’s one thing I don’t want you to leave without trying it’s Tom’s Candy Dark Orange Straws. Oh, and the Caramel Chews, of course.

Tom’s Candy, Stall 121, Prahran Market, 163 Commercial Rd, South Yarra, tomscandy.com.au@tomscandy.com.au