This cute little store is located right at the factory where they make the candy. I stop by here…read moreoften to pick up this coal region favorite for out of town family and friends. The Club Sandwich is a peanut butter and cracker sandwich covered in chocolate. Some of the other popular candies they sell our there peanut rolls and chocolate covered pretzels. The employee's are very friendly and helpful. The hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday, around the holiday's they have Saturday hours.

Costas Foods has an amazing and very addictive candy bar called a "Club Sandwich"…read more OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have got to get yourself a Club Sandwich and experience the pure bliss for yourself. I have never seen them outside of Pottsville but they do have a web site. LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Brother and I stopped by here on our way from York to Philadelphia. What a cool spot!…read more The shop in front is pretty tiny, but has enough room for a few folks to mingle around. The pretzels from the oven come out right there in the gift shop on the conveyor belt. They even gave us a fresh pretzel off the line. So delicious! I bought about $20.00 worth of pretzels for family and friends back home in AZ/CA. The 2 ladies in the shop were very kind and helpful. They even gave us the tip to look in the 3 back windows of the building on the way out. We did, and we saw about 10 people hand rolling pretzels. YES....they hand roll each (big) pretzel. What attention to detail! Simply amazing. Must stop if you are back in Central PA.

You have to stop in Hammonds when in the area. The pretzels are hard pretzels that are still hand…read morerolled and baked. They are so good. You can get the regular pretzels, various seasonings or chocolate covered. All amazing. Super friendly service. Treat yourself!

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Best pizza around and great people to deal with!! I stop every time on my kielbasa runread more

Yuck a doughy mess nothing like a true Philly pretzel I miss the ones from federal in the city...read more

the pretzels are very big and salty you can get100 pretzels.You will like it…read more Edit: Somehow my 6 year old got on to my account and posted this!! The pretzel was HUGE, cheap and very soft and delicious. He wants me to up it to 5 stars...and so I will!

I recently ordered peanut rolls, a candy I grew up loving in PA, online from Sweet Barista. I was…read moredisappointed that the Post Office flattened the package in delivery. However, the candy was still delicious. Teresa, the owner, contacted me to make sure I received my order. When I told her what happened, she replaced it in much stronger packaging at no charge. I have also had cakes made by Sweet Barista when I have visited the area and I recommend them. This company has moved to 15 Alliance St. New Philadelphia, PA 17959

I found this place being advertised with the Lager Jogger 5k. It sounded like such a cute bakery…read moreand coffee shop!! BOY WAS I WRONG!!!! First, I was greeted by a locked door and a women outside smoking stating she would be inside in a min to let me in. It was all down hill from there. The Sweet Barista is in fact MISSING A BARISTA!!! the gourmet coffee they were refering to on the website was a Keurig Machine! Not to mention there were zero cakes, and pasteries on display. In the middle of the floor I was able to find a folding table housing a small covered container of 8 stale looking cupcakes with a mound of pretzel rods sticking out of the top. I saw the picture online and thought they were cute.....looks way worse in person! I felt completely dooped by the descriptions on the website! The decor was old, dusty and outdated.....I think they were trying to go for the vintage tea room look but missed hard! A couple of my friends sampled the only 2 types of cupcakes they carried, and were not pleased in the least. The cupcakes were stale, and had no flavor. Best described as a box cake mix gone wrong. Overall, don't waste your time!

Short and sweet review…read more Hot, fresh, great pretzel. Top 3 in the Lancaster Lebanon Area for sure! Easy street parking for a city. Quick and easy takeout orders and the staff work quick. No issues with the staff or our orders! They offer a BIG pretzel. Trust us and get it.

IYKYK! Fantastic pretzels! They have soft pretzels on Saturdays only. Before you travel, call…read morefirst. Make sure they're open. Get there early because they sell out quick. Cash only. Take out only.

Discovered this place in 1992. When driving thru the small village of Port Clinton one could smell…read morefreshly roasting peanuts. Filled with nuts, chocolates and candy it is a great place to shop! Back in the day every place had a business like this. However they are more and more rare so you must support them!

Make a point to stop here if you're going to Hawk Mtn or nearby Appalachian Trail. Get snacks of…read moreall kinds new and old. Get different roasts of peanuts for a great price. Peanut butter better than Jiffy! All types of candy!

Last summer, while exploring Lititz, I walked past the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery and…read moreimmediately wanted to go inside. There was only one small problem...they were closed. Fine, Universe. NOTED. I'll come back. Fast forward to an early August Thursday when my Lancaster Adventure Day brought me back within striking distance of Lititz. I remembered my unfinished pretzel business from the year before and worked a visit into my afternoon. This time, I did my homework first! The Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery is more than just a place to buy pretzels. Founded in 1861, it's America's first commercial pretzel bakery, and the Sturgis family is the oldest pretzel-baking family in America. The historic building itself dates all the way back to 1784, so you're walking into a legitimate piece of Pennsylvania history. Even better? They offer interactive tours! I was able to reserve my tour online ahead of time, selected the 3pm time slot and received a confirmation letting me know I'd pay when I arrived. For only $6 for an adult tour, this felt like a ridiculously inexpensive addition to my adventure day. Supposedly, I was also going to learn how to twist a pretzel. An interactive food experience AND some Pennsylvania history for $6?! Heck yes! Let the countdown begin! Traffic getting into Lititz was a bit challenging that afternoon, but I pulled in right on time for my 3pm tour. I found metered street parking within a short walk of the bakery and paid about $3 for an hour and a half, which gave me plenty of time for the tour and some shopping afterward. I checked in at the desk just inside the door, paid my $6 and headed directly into the tour. Our guide was energetic, engaging and really good at keeping both the adults and the little kids interested. The tour lasted about 25 to 30 minutes and covered the history of Julius Sturgis, America's pretzel-baking history, the original ovens and how pretzel making has changed since the bakery opened in 1861. Then came my favorite part...WE GOT TO TWIST PRETZELS! Everyone received a piece of practice dough and our guide walked us through how to roll and properly twist it into that iconic pretzel shape. Learning the history and meaning behind the different steps of twisting the pretzel was probably my favorite part of the entire tour. One important thing to know ahead of time: you aren't actually making an edible pretzel during the tour. The dough is strictly for practicing the twisting technique and gets discarded afterward due to food safety regulations. I was a tiny bit disappointed because I had visions of proudly eating my handcrafted masterpiece, but once I understood why, it made sense. But what DID I get to keep?! My OFFICIAL PRETZEL TWISTER CERTIFICATE! Listen, I'm a kid at heart. You give me a certificate announcing that I have successfully learned how to twist a pretzel and I am going to treasure that thing like I just completed an advanced degree in carbohydrates. I'm absolutely framing it. And I'm absolutely hanging it somewhere among my legitimate professional certificates. After the tour, everyone received a small bag of Julius Sturgis hard pretzels and was encouraged to explore the bakery store. They had all kinds of pretzel goodies and souvenirs, including pretzels, shirts, aprons, magnets and other fun little mementos. I found the prices surprisingly reasonable for a tourist attraction. Since I couldn't eat the pretzel I twisted, there was really only one responsible course of action...buy a soft pretzel. And it was fantastic! Their soft pretzels are baked fresh on-site using Julius Sturgis' original recipe, and mine was fluffy, warm and generously covered in salt. It was my first Julius Sturgis soft pretzel and a pretty fantastic way to finish the experience. For $6, I thought the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery tour was an awesome little experience. It's interactive, educational, inexpensive and extremely family-friendly. There were some very young kiddos in my group, and our guide did a great job keeping them involved and entertained. Would I take the tour again? Probably not, simply because I feel like I got the full experience the first time. But should you do it once? Absolutely! It's Pennsylvania history you can touch, twist and then celebrate afterward by eating a completely different pretzel someone else professionally made for you. And you'll have the certificate to prove it!

Cute little storytelling tour that lasts just under 30 minutes. You learn some history and get…read moredough to shape your own pretzel, but you don't get to cook it or take it home. At the end, they give you a small bag of hard pretzels. The storytelling was good and the workers were friendly, but I wasn't too impressed. It's a small, cramped space, and I'd recommend the tour for kids 8 and up. Our group had several kids ages 2-5, with lots of crying and screaming, making it hard to hear and very difficult for the storyteller. You can reserve your tour online, and they start on time, so keep that in mind. There is street parking and a few spots in the back, and we had no trouble finding a spot. There's a gift shop available and fjeu also sell soft pretzels and other snacks. Overall, it's a cute and cheap activity if you have an extra 20-30 minutes.

Love it like what I bought energy balls they where very good wish I could get them again I'll try…read morefind them energy balls

These were hands down the best soft pretzels I've ever eaten. I am quite the connoisseur of soft…read morepretzels and Eli's will forever be the standard of how other soft pretzels are judged. I only wish I had ordered the mix or lived closer to Ronks, PA.

Best soft pretzel in Lancaster county! The stick pretzels have been a staple in my family for…read moreyears. They have expanded their store and menu and have a lot of options like pretzel logs, ice cream and chocolate covered soft pretzels. They carry a few other local food items as well. Ice cream is from Fox Meadows. Prices are fair. Plenty of parking. Stop by and try some samples!

We were driving through the New Holland area and stumbled across this little shop/market that has…read morehuge pretzels on its signs and exterior walls. If you're in the area, be sure to check it out! We decided to have lunch and ordered a couple pretzel sandwiches. Mine was called a Dutchman, which had ham and cheese and a creamy sauce made of brown sugar and mustard. My wife ordered an Italian sausage pretzel sandwich that she devoured. We of course had to try a plain soft pretzel too. The market sold a lot of touristy Amish stuff like maple syrup, soft pretzel mix, bacon dressing, and empty pretzel casings for hot dogs (pretzel dogs). Probably the only reason we didn't give 5 stars is because of its rustic bathroom. It's a single porta-potty that sits outside the store. Better than inside the store I suppose, but eww! No sink to wash your hands, just hand sanitizer. So be forewarned; take care of your private business somewhere else before dropping by.