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Debauve & Gallais

Marie Antoinette and Napoleon Bonaparte were fans of this 200-year-old French chocolatier.

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

The Hebert Candy Mansion

This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.

Kilchberg, Switzerland

The World's Largest Chocolate Fountain

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

La Bague de Kenza

This Algerian sweet shop serves confections in an eye-popping array of hues.

Sioux City, Iowa

Palmer's Olde Tyme Candy Shoppe

This 19th century Sioux City candy company is the home of the Twin Bing, a historic, chocolate-covered treat.

Kopcsik Marcipánia

See more than 150 sculptures, stained glass windows, and famous works of art all rendered in marzipan.

A 'Triumph of Gluttony' from the bookstore Archestratus, for the puzzle fiend in your life.

The Ultimate Gastro Obscura Gift Guide

Our favorite food gifts your loved ones don’t already have.

Diana Hubbell November 30, 2023

Sharon, Pennsylvania

Daffin's Chocolate Kingdom

Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.

This 1962 cover of <em>Official Detective</em> features a Halloween candy poisoner at work.

Why Halloween’s ‘Poison Candy’ Myth Endures

Even though we know better.

Jennifer Byrne October 19, 2023

Mexico City, Mexico

Dulcería de Celaya

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

A vintage nougat-selling truck from Chabert & Guillot.

roadside attractions

How Summer Road-Trippers Put a Southern French Sweet on the Map

Montélimar nougat rose to fame thanks to vacationers' traffic jams.

Emily Monaco August 3, 2023

The exterior of this centuries-old candy shop.

Minatoya Yurei Kosodate-Ame Honpo

Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.

Confections of all kinds.

New York, New York

Economy Candy

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

True Treats’ Yesterday’s Medicine sampler has healing sweets, each formed in a candy mold from the 1920's.

This Sweet Shop in West Virginia Traces the Healing History of Candy

Susan Benjamin sells treats that were once considered medicine.

Alice Levitt March 14, 2023

Salem, Massachusetts

Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

A Halloween party in Scotland in 2004.

In Scotland, Trick or Treaters Sing (And Tell Jokes) For Their Candy

This tradition dates back hundreds of years.

Jemma Beedie October 5, 2022

Kalimpong Lollipops

These condensed-milk sweets come from a picturesque hill town.

Chocolate chariot driver and his horses (Flickr/SpirosK)

11 Places for Chocolate-Lovers Around the World

From chocolate waterfalls to life-size chocolate moose sculptures.

Diana Hubbell May 5, 2022