Two months after Godiva went dark at Westfield Montgomery mall, the sugary shake-ups aren’t over yet. This week we say goodbye to nostalgia-themed candy shop Lolli and Pops, which has closed its doors to provide additional square footage for the upcoming Aerie lingerie store and its Offline activewear brand. Aerie and Offline, both owned by American Eagle, will now have side-by-side storefronts with their own separate entrances à la Pink and Victoria’s Secret. Meanwhile: Chocolate Moonshine, a Pennsylvania-based confectioner known for its brightly colored truffle bars, has moved into the former Godiva space. You may know this brand from local festivals and a short-lived pop-up shop at the mall a few years back. This new store will have a more expansive menu including truffles, fudge, turtles, chocolate-covered pretzels, marshmallow pops and the like. Owner Robert Jarrett, one of several local reps for Chocolate Moonshine, says he’s opening a few more stores in the D.C./Baltimore area. “With Godiva shutting down its entire U.S. brick-and-mortar business,” he says, “the timing was right for me to grab some of those locations and bring my favorite chocolates to this market.”
