Dulcería de Celaya, Traditional candy store in Centro Histórico, Mexico City

Dulcería de Celaya is a candy shop in Mexico City's historic center that makes roughly 150 different Mexican sweets. The candies are produced using traditional methods with copper pots and wooden paddles.

Alfredo and Luis Guízar founded the shop in 1874 on the Calle de Plateros, today Madero, selling sweets brought from other regions. The family bought the makers' original recipes and produced them in their home basement, one tray a day. Around 1900, when Porfirio Díaz had the Gran Teatro Nacional demolished to open Avenida Cinco de Mayo, they moved to number 39, the current main store. A second branch opened on Calle de Orizaba in 1934.

The name refers to Celaya, a city renowned in the late 19th century for its sweets. The shop sells only Mexican confections, about 90 kinds, up to 150 in season, including camotes from Puebla and tepopozte from Colima. Regional specialties are still bought from outside producers; the rest is made in-house.

The shop operates two locations, one in the historic center and another in the Roma Norte neighborhood. Both are easy to reach and stocked with the full range of candies.

The shop's name refers to Celaya, a city in Guanajuato known in the late 19th century for its sweets, not to a founder. Its sign is said to be the oldest in the historic center of Mexico City. Around 90 percent of the sweets sold are made in-house; regional specialties such as camotes from Puebla and tepopozte from Colima are still bought in.