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2533 N. 16th St. Phoenix, AZ 85006

602-253-5610

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Best Piñatas con Dulces
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2011 | Best Piñatas <i>con Dulces</i>

Up your street cred with the kiddos this birthday go-round and swing by Dulcería Pico Rico for your piñata and candy fillings. Even better, take the kids with you and let them wander through the many colorful aisles of salty, sweet, and spicy treats. Mexican candies like marzipan, as well as tamarind- and chili-lime-flavored treats, are displayed next to festive party favors and rows upon rows of fancy piñatas. The standards (clowns, donkeys, and toucans) share space... More »
2010 | Best Mexican Candy Store

Hey, kids, want to fill that piñata in style Then steer Mom and Dad to the funky purple building on the east side of 16th Street. In the back of this party store, you'll find aisle after aisle of bulk Mexican candy -- peanut-y marzipan, hot chile, and chocolate-covered marshmallows. Forgot the piñata No worries, there's a large selection of perfectly serviceable papier-mâché hanging from the ceiling, and helpful staff to get them down. Sweet! More »
2008 | Best Place to Buy Mexican Candy

This party-supply store is located on the same block as some of our other south-of-the-border staples -- across the street from Realeza Michoacana, a bakery and paleta (Mexican popsicle) shop; and Tortas El Güero, a torta shop; and next door to Llantera del Norte. But Dulcería Pico Rico can easily stand alone. It's pretty much a one-stop shop if you're throwing a kid's birthday party (they'll even rent you a jumping castle), but the real reason to go here is the candy. The... More »
2005 | BEST PLACE TO GET YOUR MEXICAN GAME ON

In the interest of our gaming-themed "Best of," we wanted, dear reader, to find you the best cockfight in town. But The Man cried fowl. You can't find a legal cockfight in AZ anymore, although we hear there's still some action on the west side of Phoenix. Anyhow, we don't want to recommend anything that would hurt a chicken, short of a trip to KFC. But as far as "good" games go, we found Dulceria Pico Rico, a Mexican game store on 16th Street. DPR carries several versions of Loteria... More »

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phoenixnewtimesbestof | Phoenix, AZ | 315 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

This party-supply store is located on the same block as some of our other south-of-the-border staples � across the street from Realeza Michoacana, a bakery and paleta (Mexican popsicle) shop; and Tortas El G�ero, a torta shop; and next door to Llantera del Norte. But Dulcer�a Pico Rico can easily stand alone. It's pretty much a one-stop shop if you're throwing a kid's birthday party (they'll even rent you a jumping castle), but the real reason to go here is the candy. The sweet, tummy-ache-inducing candy. The back of the store is almost entirely devoted to it. Mexican candy has a certain something that makes us want to buy enough to fill several pi�atas (also available in abundance here). We think it's probably the packaging � so bright and full of the promise of fun. This place makes it hard to narrow our selection down to a few packages. The candy is divided up into savory (churarzo, in tamarind flavor � a buck and some change will get you 20 pieces), sour, hot (and they carry about a million varieties of the Mexican staple pico), and sweet. We're partial to the sweet. De La Rosa's peanut confections melt in our mouths and remind us of childhood trips across the border, back before you needed a thousand kinds of security clearance to come home.