When jack o’ lanterns light the streets and spooky decor hangs about, cravings for chocolate and Halloween candy are at an all time high. The sweet sugar rush of this haunting holiday is one its best features. But, you don’t have to run to Walmart to buy a bag of cheap candy that tastes like plastic and no one enjoys. Instead, invest in high-quality chocolates from Sarris Candies and decadent specialty apples from Candyapple & Co., and plenty of other candy shop treats to gift yourself or your friends and family treats worth indulging in this year.
Where to Buy Local Halloween Candy in Pittsburgh
Sarris Candies
You can’t have Halloween without a trip to Sarris Candies. This local chocolatier in Canonsburg always brings fun shapes and interactive treats to their seasonal menu. This year, pick up character shaped chocolates like haunted houses, ghosts, cats, and even jack o’ lantern chocolate pops. They’re great for giving out to your kids, grandkids, or even friends. The store also carries small foil wrapped chocolate balls in bright orange and green colors with pumpkin and cat designs on them. Hand these small treats out on Halloween night to trick or treaters. Or, order a bucket full of chocolate covered pretzels to indulge in a little late night treat all month long.
But, if you want to go all out this holiday, you need to purchase their Halloween Bashcake. These table-top chocolate pinatas are decorated in black and orange colors in the shape of a cupcake. With the included wooden hammer, hit open the pinata to reveal the chocolate covered pretzel goodies inside.
Tabbara Chocolates
The finely crafted bonbons at Tabbara are based on generations of family recipes. Their Halloween assortment sports ghosts, spiders, and other spooky motifs. The ghosts are Tabbara’s version of smores, made with vegan marshmallow, chocolate ganache, and speculoos cookie base. Spiders are filled with salted caramel milk chocolate ganache. Perfectly round purple chocolates mimic peanut butter and raspberry jelly while the green ones form a tangy matcha filling with mango/passion fruit jelly and matcha ganache.
The assortment comes in a lovely Tabbara box tied with a ribbon, which makes it a perfect, thoughtful gift for a Halloween-loving grown up with a gourmet sweet tooth.
But, if you’re not as much a fan of traditional bonbons, then you may want to try their Spooky Bag. This contains three zombie crunchy bonbons and three skeleton crunchy bonbons that are perfect for giving out on Halloween.
Candyapple & Co.
What’s fall without a caramel apple? This Ohio-based company ships out their specialty apples to stores in Ohio and Southwestern PA. We picked out our perfectly coated and festive apple at Giant Eagle Market District in Fox Chapel, but you can find a whole list of stores with availability on their website. The best part about Candyapple & Co. candy and chocolate coated apples is their variety. They even carry over 300 specialty flavors. Try types like Cookies and Cream, Blue Moon, Buckeye, Dark Chocolate Cranberry, and so many more.
While you’ll find more traditional varieties in stores, you can shop on their website to view all their flavors and have them shipped right to your home.
Grandpa Joe’s
Looking for where you can grab a bulk bag of candy to hand out on Halloween? Ensure no Trick-or-Treater goes without candy this year with a trip to Grandpa Joe’s. Over 100 different types of bulk candies from modern favorites like Warheads to nostalgic kinds like Bit O’ Honey and Dum Dum Lollipops, line the upstairs of their Strip District location. Not to mention, you can always order your candy online and have it shipped to you to make Halloween-time a breeze.
Rosalind Candy Castle
Over in New Brighton sits the magical Rosalind Candy Castle, in literally a castle storefront. This wonderland stocks their shelves with plenty of Halloween treats all from their homemade chocolate. Their Halloween chocolate covered Oreos with frosted monster eyes on them. Or you can grab a chocolate pop in vampire fangs, skeletons, ghosts, witches, pumpkins, and maple leaves. Or, as a special fall treat you can indulge in their Handmade Old-Fashioned Recipe Peanut Brittle.
Pollak’s Candies
If you’re a lover of autumn and all its flavors then you need to head to Pollak’s Candies. Not only do they have spooky-themed treats like Nutter Butter Mummy Pops or Witch Hat Chocolate Oreos. But, you can also dive into chocolates and candies with unique flavors. Try Apple Pie Bark, Gummi Pumpkins, Butter Toffee Popcorn, Pumpkin Spice Delights, Pumpkin Pie Fudge, Autumn Swirl Bark, Fall Assortments, and so much more!
Story by Kylie Thomas
Styling by Anna Franklin
Photography by Dave Bryce
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