Turtles

We had a pretty good experience with Turtle’s. We were delighted to find a shop that sells vanilla fudge with no nuts, which is my husband’s favorite kind. They also had some unusual flavouring, such as pistachio.
The vanilla fudge was creamy and delicious. Not too sweet, not too unctuous… just right. The pistachio fudge seemed a little dry, but I only nibbled at a corner of it. We want to come again and sample their other goodies.
The shop is small and could possibly get crowded on a busy day, and since there are only two or three people working the shop, it might be hard to get an employee’s attention on a busy day. Give ‘em a break, folks. If you’ve ever worked a face-​to-​face customer service job when the store or office is busy and crowded, you know what I mean. You can see the crowd level when you head into the shop.

Where do I even begin? When you see chocolate covered bacon you know you’ve ventured into an establishment that knows what it’s doing. This place has earned its place as an Old Sacramento icon. Its heavy solid wooden doors welcome one to a cornucopia of homemade confections. Their succulent fudge is made from scratch on-​site and is beyond delicious. Their ice cream is rich and velvety. Their turtles are sinful (as they should be given the place’s name). The proprietor Dennis is truly a one of a kind and I highly recommend his milkshakes. The staff are extremely friendly, attentive, and hardworking. This family owned establishment deserves 6 stars and will definitely get my repeat business when I’m in town.

On a brief trip to Sacramento I stopped in here by request of a friend to pick up some Turtle Fudge, I told her I could easily make her some myself but oh no. she just had to have it from here (lol) Turned out she confused this with another place and the Fudge she had that was ”absolutely amazing” was from elsewhere. Ooops.
Story aside, the place like any other Old Sac store is on the small side yet packed full of all kinds of treats, the staff were not the most welcoming. Considering the location prices are fair — $ 14 for lb of Fudge in any flavor. I’m really not a fan of Fudge myself so I simply got what I came to get for said friend. Turned out the Fudge wasn’t quite to her satisfaction.
Other items sold include Taffy, Ice Cream, Milkshakes and various Chocolate covered sweets.

Awesome shop been in old sac always have to get the black liquorice scottish terriers for my mom good spot to grab a mocha or iced coffees the fudge is awesome friendly and helpful staff this place is a must if your coming to old sac

Love this place but 2 VERY rude female staff members. Totally turned me off the last time I was there.

Seriously the BEST fudge in Old Sac and the owner & his fam are the kindest people you’ll ever meet. They sell a lot of knick-​knacks, collectibles, & old fashioned candy too; something for everyone :)

We ordered Green Tea, Cookie Dough, and Strawberry milkshake.
It was okay, nothing amazing. My favorite one out of the three was strawberry. Green tea milk shake just had a bad bitter taste in the end.
The man in the front didn’t smile and when I asked him what’s the favorite of the customers, he didn’t really know. He looked unhappy that he was actually getting customers and mad that we wanted to sample some of the ice cream flavors. I wanted to order one more milkshake, but he looked so mad making 3 already, I didn’t even bother.
The store has a lot of souvenirs to purchase, but there was no where to sit to drink or eat.
If he was friendlier, I probably would have came back. But it was just an mediocre experience.

Love this place! Some of the best fudge I’ve ever had. Super yummy.
I’m definitely coming back to try some of the other candy and chocolate treats.

Awesome! The fudge is SUPER yummy! Highly recommend stopping by and grabbing some fudge. Makes great gift ideas as well. :-)

Turtles store offers a variety of assorted chocolates and candies. I recommend there fudge its creamy and yummy! Best sweet shop in old Sacramento. I highly recommend it.

i used to visit turtles frequently. the music was good, the fudge was very good, the nostalgic gifts were cool, and dennis made superb shakes. we used to have good conversations there, and witnessed some remarkable events.
i wish that they were open later. looking forward to the next visit.

Every time I come to Old Sac I have to come to this store for the ice cream in a yummy sugar cone. I love all the little things they sell in here. Really cozzy feeling in here. The service is pretty nice too.

I did not have a good experience here. I was in the store for 10 minutes without a «Hello!» or offer for help. With 5+ other candy stores in Old Sac you’d think they’d work a little harder to keep you in their store. I never got help, so I left and went to Candy Heaven where 3 of the 4 staff people I saw working asked me if I needed help.

I love Turtles! It’s a great little place to grab a milkshake and a random nick knack! A little gem amongst all the nonsense Old Sac has to offer.

Old Sac has a copious amount of candy shops and I’ve been to almost all of them and they’re all pretty fantastic.
After a long day spent in the downtown area, my friend Patrick and I had a craving for something sweet. He suggested we try Turtles since he had been before and said that the chocolate is amazing.
He was right! I can’t believe that I had never been to Turtles! Normally, I’ll head straight to Candy Heaven (which is amazing in it’s own right and has a great selection of taffys), which is a staple for me.
Upon walking in, there is tons of candy! Everything you can think of. And quite a large array of different chocolate goodies — which is exactly what I went to first.
The two things that I chose were the chocolate covered graham cracker sandwich with peanut butter filling and the chocolate covered rice krispie treat. The peanut butter sandwich was SO yummy. The peanut butter filling inside was so rich and creamy — even creamier than the filling in a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. And when mixed with the crunch of the graham cracker and the chocolate, it is a tasty treat indeed.
If you’re a fan of rice krispie treats, you have to try the chocolate covered one. It’s so sweet and the best thing about it is that it’s topped with white chocolate drizzle which makes it even sweeter.
Turtles is one of the top chocolate shops in Old Sac. The candy section is bomb and there are even a few more knick knacks that I didn’t have a chance to check out. The people working the place were nice, attentive, and friendly. I will definitely be back for another peanut butter sandwich!

Delightful and delicious! The people are so nice, and the fudge is so good! It was yum, not dry. Maybe Christina ate hers outside in the heat. 109 degrees will dry out pretty much anything.
It’s a classic Old Sacramento sweetshop, when the visiting relatives get restless, hustle ‘em to Old Sac and pop into Turtles before you hit Evangeline’s.

I wanted to really like it because the people running shop were so nice, but I can’t say I did. Fudge was dry & disappointing. Ice cream was decent though. Cute little shop.

AWESOME!!! The greatest candy EVER! You HAVE to try their home-​made fudge (‘Turtle’ fudge is the best)!!!
They carry anything and everything imaginable to satisfy your sweet tooth craving…