Cricket's Candy Creations franchise
2025 filing · December 15, 2025Shares sales figures
Cricket's Candy Creations at a glance
A candy-making studio where guests make candy crafts in ticketed sessions, birthday parties and public, corporate and private events. At the end of 2024 there were 1 Cricket's Candy Creations locations in the US, all company-owned.
The business
- Franchisor
- Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
- Current franchisor selling since
- 2025
- Franchisor based in
- New York, New York
- Typical size
- 2,500–5,000 sq ft
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $163K–$296K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $50,000
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 7%
- 7% of gross sales, paid monthly, plus 1% to the brand fund
- Brand fund
- 1%
- 1% of gross sales, paid monthly
- Agreement length
- 10 years
- Territory
- Protected
- Protected territory
- Franchisor financing
- None offered
Where it is
- US locations, 2024
- 1
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 0
- Company-owned
- 1
- Change in 3 years
- 0
- Franchised locations, 2022–2024
From Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC’s 2025 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Cricket's Candy Creations among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Cricket's Candy Creations | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $229,459 | Costs less than 65% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $50,000 | Higher than 70% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 7% | Higher than 70% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 1 | Fewer than 88% of franchises |
How much a Cricket's Candy Creations franchise costs
Opening one Cricket's Candy Creations costs an estimated $162,750 to $296,167. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC, 2025 filing, page 16
Cricket's Candy Creations franchise fee
The franchise fee is $50,000. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC, 2025 filing, page 11
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 7% of gross sales, paid monthly, plus 1% to the brand fund. |
|---|---|
| Brand or marketing fund | 1% of gross sales, paid monthly. |
| Software subscription | Currently, $150- $250 per month |
| Transfer fee | $10,000 plus any broker fees and other out-of-pocket costs we incur |
| Replacement/Additional Training fee | Currently, starting at $500 per day dependent on scope of training |
| Local Marketing/Required Spending | 5% of your gross sales |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC, 2025 filing, page 11
Other fees as filed, from pages 12–14. The filing lists every fee, including late fees and audit costs.
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Cricket's Candy Creations publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC, 2025 filing, page 43
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $240K–$430K
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
How Cricket's Candy Creations compares
Of the 168 entertainment franchises on this site, Cricket's Candy Creations is the 56th cheapest to open and the 127th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Cricket's Candy Creations | Typical entertainment brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $163K | $286K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $296K | $598K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $50K | $45K | $40K |
| Royalty | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Brand fund | 1% | 1.3% | 2% |
| US locations | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 113 of 168 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 168 brands in entertainment franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
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Source: Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC, 2025 filing, page 45
Who owns Cricket's Candy Creations?
Cricket's Candy Creations franchises are sold by Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC. Its filing names no parent company.
From Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC’s 2025 filing, page 9.
Lawsuits and bankruptcy
| Lawsuits and regulatory actions | None. The filing says no litigation has to be disclosed. |
|---|---|
| Bankruptcy | None. The filing says no bankruptcy has to be disclosed. |
Franchisors must disclose lawsuits and bankruptcies involving the company, its parents and affiliates, and its executives. Many cases are routine disputes with franchisees over fees or contracts; read the descriptions in the filing and ask current owners about anything that worries you.
Source: Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC, 2025 filing, litigation on page 11, bankruptcy on page 11
Cricket's Candy Creations filings
The figures on this page come from Cricket's Candy Creations, LLC’s 2025 filing, issued December 15, 2025, on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 filing | December 15, 2025 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2022–2024 |
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