Old favourites still taste sweet at The Ole Lollie Shop

This is a place where young eyes widen with wonder and older eyes are taken back to a time when they could buy a big bag of sweets for six pence. Discover The Ole Lollie Shop this Christmas.

Owner Lynne Argent, of Morayfield, at The Ole Lollie Shop. Picture: Dominika Lis

THIS is a place where young eyes widen with wonder and older eyes are taken back to a time when they could buy a big bag of sweets for six pence.

There’s so much to take in as you walk through the doors of The Ole Lollie Shop at Old Petrie Town, especially at this time of the year.

Owner Lynne Argent says they are in the kitchen up to 10 hours a day to meet demand for festive sweet treats, making Christmas trees, Santas, snowmen, big sleighs with reindeer, little boots, Christmas rainbow pops and more.

“Christmas and Easter are the busiest times of the year. We start preparing two to three months out — anywhere that’s airconditioned in the kitchen is stashed full of chocolate Christmas trees or whatever,” Lynne says.

She would be lost without her sister, Kay Brown, who manages the Petrie and Redcliffe stores and is her partner in the chocolate kitchen, and brother-in-law Gordon who works tirelessly to create the magic.

Kay Brown in the kitchen of The Ole Lollie Shop at Old Petrie Town. Picture: Dominika Lis

“Its uniqueness is it’s all hand done,” Lynne says. They’ve been at it for about 10 years, taking over from the previous owner and starting tentatively with basic confectionery before creating their own fudge, nougat, peanut brittle, honeycomb, rocky road, caramel bars and so much more.

Luckily none are tempted to ‘eat the profits’.

“You actually get over it. When we’re making our version of the poly waffles, we make Kay’s husband Gordon try the marshmallow now. I still taste the fudge because you just have to try it to make sure it’s the right texture,” Lynne says.

And it’s Lynne’s lemon meringue fudge they name as their favourite. “It’s just how I remember our nanny making lemon meringue pie. Of course I can’t do the meringue top, so I make it look like meringue,” she explains.

The shop and all the goodies they stock are a hit with customers young and old.

“It’s all about what you remember when you were young and what your grandparents used to have,” Lynne says.

“We’ve been asked a few times if they can have overnight stays. We tell them ‘yes, we’ll weigh you on the way in and we’ll weigh you on the way out and we’ll charge by the gram’.”

Treats at The Ole Lollie Shop at Old Petrie Town. Picture: Dominika Lis

The Ole Lollie Shop

Address: Old Petrie Town, Dayboro Rd, Whiteside

Online: Search The Ole Lollie Shop on facebook