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    Perkins Cove Candies

    3.9 (45 reviews)
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    Salt water taffy
    Rebecca E.

    Great little candy store in Perkins Cove Maine! A wide variety of candy & fudge. Lots of salt water taffy, in a lot of different varieties of flavors. Kids loved it!

    a variety of sweets
    Karolina S.

    Nice little candy store tucked away in the corner. Good to stop by and pick up a handful of treats to snack on while you're in the area. We stop by here every year.

    a row of windows with awnings
    Steph P.

    The best candy jelly fruit slices. Recommend the milk chocolate covered pretzel and milk chocolate caramel nuggets. Excellent view!

    Patrick S.

    Perkins Cove Candies has a couple things going for it: they serve sugar in a beautiful location. Perkins Cove Candies has a few things they need to remedy. They only accept cash (but have an ATM inside that'll undoubtedly charge you a premium fee for using it) is number one. It's the year 2015 and there's a place in a tourist town that doesn't accept credit cards? WHAT? The service is also been the same sultry workers for years now. Come on, you're making a killing on overpriced candy in a beautiful place. Is life that bad? Smile. That said their own brand candy they offer is pretty good, but not amazing. They also have the same candy you can find in any Target but at double the cost. A fun place to bring your kids once but that's about it.

    Seriously delicious peanut butter cups!
    Lori T.

    Pretty expensive little place, with a great view looking out over the ocean. Pretty decent variety of candies, chocolate, house-made marshmallows, you know, the usual candy store-type stuff. I had the pleasure of trying the dark chocolate peppermint patties and the dark chocolate peanut butter cups. Both were outrageously good. Gripe: SUPER pricey and cash only. Most of the candy and chocolate is mix and match (yay!) but it's also $21.95 per pound. Woah. And it's a cash-only place.

    Penuche fudge with walnuts (a maple like flavor popular on the upper east coast)

    Perkins Cove Candies is the candy shop you would expect in a tourist town. The staff are very friendly and it's great for grabbing something small or large as they have bags you can fill with a range of items including many flavors of fudge and saltwater taffy, as well as tons of chocolate covered items and truffles. I had the penuche fudge with walnuts - a New England tradition that reminds me a bit of a maple flavor. It was $2 for a smaller slice, but the pricing is what I'd expect for a tourist spot.

    One of heaven-on-earth's signs.
    Maki S.

    I lied. I said I would give 5 stars for every review regarding my Maine trip, but this one will only get 4, because the girls at the counter were gossipy and rude, to tell you the truth. OTHERWISE, this is a peek into heaven as far as candy goes. There's all kinds of fudge, maple, and your typical fruity candy (like peach rings). What attracted me the most was the wall of barrels of salt water taffy. I've never seen so many flavors in such quantity before. Blueberry, strawberry, orange sorbet, green apple, maple, chocolate, grape and even licorice! I created my own half pound bag of the more fruit flavored ones, and it cost less than $5. They're delicious, by the way.

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    Top notch homemade candies from a business we found in Maine. Excellent gift item too.

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    Cute little shop! The chocolates are yummy!! Highly recommend stopping in and trying.

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    Fudge tasted old and it seemed a bit overpriced. I expected better from a place in Perkins Cove. Ambiance was nice.

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    This place has the best customer service AND the best non-pareils. Get the large ones with the rainbow sprinkles! Heaven!

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    Utterly delicious milk chocolate Carmel cashew turtles and sea salt caramel milk chocolates. Very nice shop I highly recommend it

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    We arrived into town pretty late and needed to find a spot to eat that was actually open. This was…read morethe one. Service was quick and friendly. my lobster roll was excellent. Though insanely expensive I felt it was worth the price. My boyfriend is very nostalgic about this place as he's been coming here since he was a child for the taffy.

    The Goldenrod is a historic restaurant, soda fountain, ice cream parlor and candy shop that opened…read morein York, Maine in 1896. It was founded by husband and wife Edward and Mattie Talpey. The following year, the first electric trains arrived in York via the Portsmouth, Kittery and York Railway. Many travelers on the railway began to frequent the Goldenrod, and its popularity soon boomed. In addition to their fine meals, they became well-known for their delicious 'Goldenrod Kisses': saltwater taffy that Talpey pulled by hand while standing in the front window. Today the Goldenrod is known for its delicious soups, salads, sandwiches, dinner plates, homemade candies, and fountain specialties prepared with their homemade ice cream. The current owner is Dave Peck. My extended family and I visited the Goldenrod this past summer while we were spending the week in York. We stopped for lunch one day after spending the morning at nearby Short Sands Beach. We absolutely loved the nostalgic feel that you get as soon as you walk in. At a place like this, you definitely need to order a specialty fountain drink. I enjoyed a delicious "Old Fashioned Chocolate Egg Cream" while my wife enjoyed a "Root Beer Float". For food, I ordered a "Turkey Salad Triple Decker" (w/ crisp bacon, lettuce, tomato, pickle slices & chips), my wife had a "Grilled Cranberry Walnut Chicken Salad Sandwich" (w/ lettuce, tomato, pickel slices & chips), our older son had a "Sliced Turkey Sandwich" (w/ lettuce, tomato, pickel slices & chips), and our younger son had a "Grilled Cheese Sandwich" (w/ lettuce, tomato, pickel slices & chips). We all really enjoyed our meals; our other family members enjoyed their lunch too! Before leaving, we purchased some of the Goldenrod's delicious homemade chocolates as well as their Goldenrod Kisses. We really enjoyed watching them make the fresh taffy in the window with the same copper kettle, taffy pulling hook, and candy shears that have produced countless other candies. If you are planning a visit to York then we highly recommend a visit to the Goldenrod!

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