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Enjoying the candy from True Treats is like eating your way across history.

The Candy Shop Where You Can Taste History

From wartime chocolate to ancient sesame brittle, True Treats offers delicious, edible lessons.

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Dum-Dum Water Tower

This towering sweet treat is big enough to share... with an entire city.

The simplest Turkish delight can still come in a range of flavors and colors.

In Defense of Turkish Delight

This traditional sweet is actually pretty delightful.

Anne Ewbank March 3, 2025

Québec City, Québec

Musée du Chocolat

A chocolatier with a quaint museum showcasing the history of chocolate.

This depiction of a skull-faced candymaker was a direct response to the Bradford poisonings.

5 Macabre and Mysterious Stories About Candy

From unsolved candy crimes to treats eaten only at funerals, these stories are bittersweet.

Samantha Chong October 11, 2024

Harrisville, West Virginia

Berdine's Five and Dime

Step back in time at this historic variety store, packed with items from a bygone era.

I had to borrow a kitchen torch to roast this bad boy.

Making a Massive Marshmallow, a Giant Chicken Nugget, and More

Feast on a Dorito bigger than your head.

Anne Ewbank May 13, 2024

Berlin, Germany

Damaskus Konditorei

A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.

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.