SGFR Kallang Halloween Candy Shop: Skull Gummies, No Mondays

The SGFR Store at Leisure Park Kallang, unit #01-22 at 5 Stadium Walk, Singapore 397693, is the Halloween candy shop closest to the National Stadium, and it keeps one rule worth knowing before you go: it is closed on Mondays. From Tuesday to Sunday the official store list gives hours of 11am to 9pm, and the gummy wall includes Swedish BUBS skull sweets at S$9.90 a bag and The Snake Charmer at S$3.50.

The Kallang branch is smaller than the mall flagships, and it sells the same mix as the rest of the chain: imported candy, viral chocolate, Takis, drinks and a freezer of mochi ice cream. There is no loose candy by weight. Everything is pre-packed and priced, which makes it a fast stop before a match, a concert at the Sports Hub or a family evening at the ice rink upstairs.

SGFR is a young Singapore brand with an odd back story. Its Our Story page says it began in 2020 as SGFishingRigz, a fishing equipment business, and turned to imported snacks at the end of 2022 when travel came back and tackle sales fell. The initials now stand for SG For Real. The homepage lists eight stores across Singapore and calls the range viral candy, mochi ice cream and Dubai chocolate.

Like the Wisteria Mall branch in Yishun, the Leisure Park shop is listed as closed on Mondays. That matters on a public holiday Monday, when you might expect a mall shop to be open. The customers here are mostly families heading to the ice rink in the same building, and teenagers who come down from the Stadium MRT side after school with a list of whatever went viral that week.

For Halloween, the gummy wall does most of the work. BUBS, the Swedish confectioner, is represented by its skull sweets, and the official online shop lists BUBS Raspberry SKALLE and BUBS Sour Skalle Fruity Lemon at S$9.90 each; skalle is the Swedish word for skull. They are foam-and-gummy skulls with a soft bite, and they look right in a black bowl without any extra decoration.

Two cheaper pieces fit the theme better than their names suggest. The Snake Charmer, at S$3.50, is a long snake-shaped gummy that children drape over a plate, and the Ohio Fried Egg Gummy, 48g, also S$3.50, reads as a pile of eyeballs once you tip a few into a jar. Twisted Gummies come in 21g packs at S$3.00, in blueberry or strawberry, and a Twisted Gummies Party Box is listed at S$40.00 for anyone hosting a larger group.

If you want sour, skip the pricey novelty packs and look for Warheads Box cubes at S$6.50 or Crunchy Gummies, 85g, at S$6.50. Shades by Niko, a gummy line sold in four flavours including Sour Ultimate Vibe, is listed at S$9.90 a bag. It is a trendy pick, but at nearly ten dollars it is better as a gift than as filler for a trick-or-treat bowl.

Rowntree's Fruit Gums, 150g, are labelled vegan in the online listing and cost S$5.50, which makes them the simple answer for a mixed party. The local-brand fruit gummies are priced the same: MangoBossku Gummies and Chewy Chewies in grape or lychee are S$5.50 each. They are not spooky to look at, but they balance a bowl that is otherwise all sour skulls.

The freezer is the other reason to stop. Mochi Meltz mochi ice cream comes in boxes of six 38g pieces at S$12.90, including a candy mix, a mango version and a vegan chocolate box. Buy those last, because the walk from Leisure Park to the stadium or the bus stop is long enough in the evening heat for them to soften. For a party at home, ask for the box to be bagged separately from the gummies.

Kallang traffic is shaped by the Sports Hub. On nights with a football match or a big concert at the National Stadium, the walkway from Stadium MRT fills from late afternoon, and the small shop gets a rush of fans buying drinks and snacks before the gates open. On those days, come before 5pm or after the event crowd has gone in. On ordinary weekdays, the hour after the 11am opening is quiet.

If you arrive on a Monday, or the shop has sold out of skulls, the brand's Waterway Point branch in Punggol opens daily and is listed as open until 10pm, which makes it the later backup on the North East Line. Closer to the city, the Bedok Mall branch is the nearest alternative on the East-West Line. Neither is walkable from Kallang, so check which day it is before you set out.

Walk out of Leisure Park toward the water and you reach the Kallang Basin promenade, where paddlers are often out on the water in the evenings and the city skyline lines up across the basin. The path runs past the Singapore Sports Hub, so you can loop around the National Stadium dome and the OCBC Arena in about twenty minutes. Go at dusk, when the heat drops a little and the skyline starts to light up.

Kallang Wave Mall, part of the Sports Hub complex, is the easy next stop for dinner, with food court and restaurant options, and it links to Stadium MRT under cover if the afternoon rain arrives. On weekends families bring scooters to the open plaza between the stadium and the water, which is a good spot for photos if the children are already in costume.

Address: The SGFR Store, 5 Stadium Walk, #01-22 Leisure Park Kallang, Singapore 397693. Opening hours on the official store list: daily 11am to 9pm, closed on Mondays. The brand does not publish a phone number for this branch on its website. The nearest train station is Stadium MRT on the Circle Line; Kallang on the East-West Line is a longer walk across the river.

Prices quoted here come from the official SGFR online shop in the week before Halloween: BUBS skull bags S$9.90, The Snake Charmer and Ohio Fried Egg Gummy S$3.50 each, Twisted Gummies 21g S$3.00, Twisted Gummies Party Box S$40.00, Warheads Box and Crunchy Gummies S$6.50, Rowntree's Fruit Gums S$5.50 and Mochi Meltz boxes S$12.90. Online orders can also be delivered the same day, according to the website's Same Day Delivery page.