Trends · data through September 2026

Candy Shops in Pennsylvania

Iceflower tracks 296 stores from 235 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
235
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 Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop - +3.9%
2 Gertrude Hawk Chocolates - -0.5%
3 Gardners Candies - -5.7%
  • 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. The top 5 chains by store count run 44 of the 296 stores (15%); 209 of the 235 tracked chains have a single store here. 1% of the tracked food & drink stores here are candy shops, against 0.6% across the United States.

  • 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 Gertrude Hawk Chocolates 24
  • 2 Gardners Candies 9
  • 3 Grandpa Joe's Candy Shop 7
  • 4 Sarris Candies 2
  • 5 Lolli and Pops 2
  • 6 Smith's Candies 2
  • 7 Chocolates By Tina Marie 2
  • 8 Asher's Chocolate Co. 2
  • 9 Stutz Candy Company 2
  • 10 Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory 2
  • 11 Mueller Chocolate Co 2
  • 12 Sweet Memories 2
  • 13 Wilson Candy Company 2
  • 14 Gene and Boots Candies 2
  • 15 Chocolates by Leopold 2
  • 16 McFeely's Gourmet Chocolate 2
  • 17 Betsy Ann Chocolates 2
  • 18 Port Clinton Peanut Shop 2
  • 19 Josh Early Candies 2
  • 20 Chocolate Boutique, LLC 2
  • 21 Dunmore Candy Kitchen 2
  • 22 Sweet Annie's Ice Cream Parlour 2
  • 23 Shannon's Kandy Kitchen 2
  • 24 Zipf's Candies 2
  • 25 See's Candies 2
  • 26 Mary Lou's Party World 1
  • 27 Finney's Chocolate Shoppe 1
  • 28 Country Fair Chocolates 1
  • 29 3B'S Nut Hut 1
  • 30 Sweetish 1
  • 31 Char-Val 1
  • 32 Alle's Chocolate Shoppe 1
  • 33 Chill Out Chocolate Therapy 1
  • 34 Blaine Boring Chocolates 1
  • 35 Snowy's Chocolates 1
  • 36 Éclat Chocolate 1
  • 37 The Meadow 1
  • 38 Stop & Chill 1
  • 39 Mister Soda Pops 1
  • 40 The Toffee House 1
  • 41 JD's Popcorn 1
  • 42 The Popcorn Loft 1
  • 43 Newtown Chocolatier 1
  • 44 Lycoming Candy 1
  • 45 The Carmelcorn Shop 1
  • 46 My Candy Shop 1
  • 47 Boulevard Sweet Shoppe 1
  • 48 Wilbur Chocolate Co. 1
  • 49 Matangos Candies 1
  • 50 Spence Candies 1

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