Vintage Confections, Clarendon Hills

If you've ever wanted to lick the Mona Lisa and forgot to bring your glass-cutting tools to the Louvre, you're in luck. Vintage Confections actually has a collection of lollipops imprinted with famous paintings or turned into the planets of the Solar System. But the lollis are just a small sample of the treats the whimsical candy store stocks.

Its white vintage-style tables and stacks of shelves also hoist jars brimming with modern and old-fashioned colorful candies. Sweets-lovers might load up bags with Jelly Belly jellybeans, scoop up their favorite gumball flavors, or select a variety of gummy candies to munch on. They can grab a bag of freshly popped popcorn and a cold fountain drink, as well, or pick up a stick of fluffy cotton candy to eat or use as an emergency duster.