Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in Minnesota

Iceflower tracks 67 stores from 56 candy shop chains in Minnesota. Candyland grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Droolin' Moose and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

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
56
Tracked stores
67
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. Candyland and Droolin' Moose sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Candyland - +12.9%
2 D Droolin' Moose - +3.5%
3 R Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory logo Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory - -5.9%
4 N Northwoods Candy Emporium - -79.7%
  • Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
  • Candyland
  • IT'SUGAR
  • The Chocolate Ox
  • Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop
  • Droolin' Moose
  • See's Candies
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

67 tracked store locations in Minnesota. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (3)
  • Candyland (3)
  • IT'SUGAR (1)
  • The Chocolate Ox (1)
  • Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop (2)
  • Droolin' Moose (3)
  • See's Candies (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 N Northwoods Candy Emporium 3
  • 2 D Droolin' Moose 3
  • 3 R Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory logo Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 3
  • 4 C Candyland 3
  • 5 G Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop logo Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop 2
  • 6 S See's Candies logo See's Candies 2
  • 7 L Lindt 2
  • 8 C Carroll's Corn 1
  • 9 B Barbara Anns Fudge Shoppe 1
  • 10 M Mademoiselle Miel 1
  • 11 T The Candy Jar 1
  • 12 E Ely's Old-Fashioned Candy 1
  • 13 I Ingram's Candy Store 1
  • 14 T The Chocolate Dog 1
  • 15 C Callie's Sweets 1
  • 16 R Regina's Candies 1
  • 17 P Painted Turtle Chocolatier 1
  • 18 C Cuzzin's Candy Store 1
  • 19 G Global Bites x Animal Ride 1
  • 20 S SweetLife Lane 1
  • 21 S Sweetie's Candies of Minnesota 1
  • 22 G Groveland Confections 1
  • 23 D Dulce Mex 1
  • 24 A Amy's Classic Confections 1
  • 25 T The Sugar Shack of Alex 1
  • 26 C Chocolate Shoppe 1
  • 27 R RiverCity Popcorn and Candy Company 1
  • 28 S Spinning Wylde 1
  • 29 A A.H. Hermel logo A.H. Hermel 1
  • 30 L Lolli and Pops logo Lolli and Pops 1
  • 31 T Truffle Hill Chocolates 1
  • 32 I IT'SUGAR logo IT'SUGAR 1
  • 33 T The Chocolate Ox 1
  • 34 L Legacy Chocolates 1
  • 35 S Sweetly Kismet Candy Store 1
  • 36 R Regina's Fine Candies 1
  • 37 J Jim's Apple Farm 1
  • 38 S SoYen Desserts 1
  • 39 W Widman's Candy Shop 1
  • 40 T Tremblays Sweet Shop logo Tremblays Sweet Shop 1
  • 41 H High Wheel Confectionery 1
  • 42 C Canelake's Candies 1
  • 43 O Oppa Sweets Cotton Candy 1
  • 44 D Dancing Bear Chocolate 1
  • 45 R Red Wing Confectionary 1
  • 46 H Hometown Sweets 1
  • 47 H Hepzibah's Sweet Shoppe 1
  • 48 C Chocolaterie Stam 1
  • 49 N Northern Gifts & Sweets 1
  • 50 G Great Lakes Candy Kitchen 1

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