Unsolicited redesign concept for Big Top Candy Shop, built by Matt Jiampietro. Not affiliated with the business. Contact: matthewjiampietro0753@gmail.com
Now in TWO rings: South Congress + Hyde Park

The Greatest Candy Shop On Earth. Now It Ships.

Austin's circus of sweets: a wall of candy, a real soda fountain, and now a second big top in Hyde Park. This concept adds the one trick the show was missing: ordering your favorites from anywhere.

馃帾 Two Austin locations 馃イ Real soda fountain 馃崿 The candy wall of legend
Candy by mail, the missing act

Pick a box. We pack the show.

The current site cannot take an order. This concept shows the pattern: one hero product, honest shipping, guest checkout, no account required. Products and prices below are illustrative for the concept.

馃崼

Fudge Flight

Four quarter-pound cuts from the fudge counter.

$22
馃崿

Taffy by the Pound

Mix-and-match from the taffy bins.

$12
馃巵

Birthday Big Top

The party crate, streamers included.

$48

All products and prices above are illustrative concept examples, not the shop's real catalog.

Two rings, one circus

Both locations. On the same page. Imagine that.

The shop opened its second location in January 2026, and the current homepage still lists only one address. Step one of any rebuild: both stores, both sets of hours, one page.

South Congress

1706 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704

Mon to Thu + Sun: 11 AM to 7 PM 路 Fri: 11 AM to 9 PM 路 Sat: 10 AM to 9 PM

(512) 462-2220

New 路 Opened January 2026

Hyde Park

417 E 43rd St, Austin, TX 78751

Hours posted in-store; the finished site would publish them here the day they change.

馃イ

The Soda Fountain

Hand-mixed sodas and floats at the counter, the way drugstores did it a century ago.

馃崿

The Candy Wall

Bins on bins of taffy, sours, imports, and the discontinued stuff you thought was gone forever.

馃帾

The Whole Circus

Sideshow decor, circus posters, and a shop that feels like running away to join it.

Word on the midway

The reviews write the posters for us.

"Every out-of-town guest gets dragged here after tacos. Nobody has ever complained."
Illustrative quote
"My kids think this is what heaven looks like. My dentist agrees, differently."
Illustrative quote
"Found the exact candy my grandmother kept in her purse in 1975. Bought all of it."
Illustrative quote

Quotes are illustrative placeholders for the concept, not real customer reviews.

Quick answers

Before you run away with the circus

Do you really have two locations now?
Yes. The original on South Congress, and the new Hyde Park shop at 417 E 43rd St that opened in January 2026. Both belong on the homepage, which is rather the point of this concept.
Can I order candy online today?
Not yet, and that is the gap this concept demonstrates. The shop section above shows the pattern: illustrative products, honest shipping, guest checkout.
Is there really a soda fountain?
There is, at the South Congress shop: hand-mixed sodas and floats at a real counter.
Is this the shop's real website?
No. This is an unsolicited redesign concept built by Matt Jiampietro to show what the shop's online presence could be. It is clearly labeled and not affiliated with the business.
Concept 路 Not Live
Ship Me the Circus