Food

Harken Sweets enters 1,000 new doors, aims to grow the better-for-you candy category

Better-for-you candy brand Harken Sweets extends its reach to a wider audience who may not shop at premium grocery stores with its expansion into 1,000 HyVee, The Fresh Market, Alberstons, United ...
Food

Harken Sweets reimagines ‘what a candy bar can be using the power of date fruit’

The founder of startup Harken Sweets, which launched earlier this month, wants to “nutritionally overhaul” the candy bar category by using “the power of the date fruit,” like how she helped Caulipower ...
The Florida Times-Union

Sweet! Jacksonville candy store named one of 10 best in the U.S. for second year in a row

Sweet Pete's Candy in Jacksonville ranked amng tops in USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards for best candy stores. The shop offers a wide variety of candies, from chocolates and caramels to ...
The Florida Times-Union

Whimsical Jacksonville candy factory and store named one of 10 best in the U.S.

Chocolate bars. Caramels. Lollipops. Chocolate-dipped strawberries, Oreos and graham crackers. Fudge and fine chocolates. That’s just a sampling of the dozens and dozens of handcrafted candies made ...
The Denver Post

Estes Park taffy shop voted best candy store in the U.S.

Business has picked up for the Taffy Shop, a family-owned store in Estes Park, since it earned the No. 1 spot on USA Today’s list of top 10 candy stores in the nation. “Another business owner told me ...