Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in Pennsylvania

Iceflower tracks 296 stores from 238 candy shop chains in Pennsylvania. Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Gertrude Hawk Chocolates and Gardners Candies.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
238
Tracked stores
296
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked candy shop chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop and Gertrude Hawk Chocolates sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop logo Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop - +3.7%
2 G Gertrude Hawk Chocolates logo Gertrude Hawk Chocolates - -0.3%
3 G Gardners Candies - -2.0%
4 S Stefanelli's Candies - -85.4%
  • Sarris Candies
  • Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
  • Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop
  • Cal Mal Vending
  • Romolo Chocolates
  • Josh Early Candies
  • Daffin's Candies
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

296 tracked store locations in Pennsylvania. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Sarris Candies (2)
  • Gertrude Hawk Chocolates (24)
  • Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop (7)
  • Cal Mal Vending (1)
  • Romolo Chocolates (1)
  • Josh Early Candies (2)
  • Daffin's Candies (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 G Gertrude Hawk Chocolates logo Gertrude Hawk Chocolates 24
  • 2 G Gardners Candies 9
  • 3 G Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop logo Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop 7
  • 4 S Stefanelli's Candies 3
  • 5 S Stutz Candy Company 2
  • 6 C Chocolates by Leopold 2
  • 7 W Wilson Candy Company 2
  • 8 S See's Candies logo See's Candies 2
  • 9 R Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory logo Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 2
  • 10 M Mueller Chocolate Co 2
  • 11 Z Zipf's Candies 2
  • 12 L Lolli and Pops logo Lolli and Pops 2
  • 13 S Smith's Candies 2
  • 14 M McFeely's Gourmet Chocolate 2
  • 15 B Betsy Ann Chocolates 2
  • 16 C Chocolates By Tina Marie 2
  • 17 P Port Clinton Peanut Shop 2
  • 18 S Sarris Candies logo Sarris Candies 2
  • 19 J Josh Early Candies 2
  • 20 D Dunmore Candy Kitchen 2
  • 21 A Asher's Chocolate Co. 2
  • 22 S Shannon's Kandy Kitchen 2
  • 23 C Chocolate Boutique, LLC 2
  • 24 B Beiler S Candyland 1
  • 25 L Lore's Chocolates 1
  • 26 F Finney's Chocolate Shoppe 1
  • 27 L Ligonier Sweet Shop 1
  • 28 T The Meadow 1
  • 29 S Stop & Chill 1
  • 30 D Destination Candy 1
  • 31 C Char-Val logo Char-Val 1
  • 32 3 3B'S Nut Hut 1
  • 33 A Alle's Chocolate Shoppe 1
  • 34 C Country Fair Chocolates 1
  • 35 B Blaine Boring Chocolates 1
  • 36 S Sweet Supplies LLC 1
  • 37 C Chill Out Chocolate Therapy 1
  • 38 C Catoris Candies Inc 1
  • 39 M Mister Soda Pops 1
  • 40 K Kelly's Kandy & Nuts 1
  • 41 M Mary Lou's Party World 1
  • 42 J JD's Popcorn 1
  • 43 N Newtown Chocolatier 1
  • 44 A Applelicious 1
  • 45 L Lycoming Candy 1
  • 46 T The Popcorn Loft 1
  • 47 S Snowy's Chocolates 1
  • 48 T The Carmelcorn Shop 1
  • 49 C Christopher Chocolates 1
  • 50 M My Candy Shop 1

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