Pease’s Candy Shops

I decided to shop local when I was buying favors for a bridal shower. I went into Peases approximately 4 weeks in advance to see what I could come up with between $ 3 and $ 4 since I had a lot to buy. I talked with a clerk about buying truffles and putting them in a little more decorate box than what they usually use. She went back to ask her manager if that could be done and he agreed to it without any additional charges. I placed the order and said I would get back to them a few days before I needed them with how many I needed. I went into the shop on the Monday before I needed them to give them the final number and was told that they couldn’t provide the boxes they had promised and that it would be $ 6.99 per box to use the more decorative boxes. At this point in time I had no other options. So much for buying local… next time I’ll go to the internet.

If you need to get chocolate from Illinois and take it back to wherever you’re returning to… this is THE place to get it.
I love the little Illinois shaped chocolate, the dark chocolate mint meltaways (they have it in milk chocolate too), their caramel, and other chocolate goodies. My friend loves the Lincoln logs (pretzel stick dipped in chocolate), and their Lincoln penny chocolate (chocolate cast in Lincoln’s silhouette with a shiny penny.)
They have an awesome caramel popcorn too. As I said, they have great caramel. So who could resist!
This is the downtown location.

Pease’s chocolate has got to be one of the finest in IL — it is so delicious.
I did not grow up in Springfield, but now that I haven been introduced to it, I’m in love & so is my family!
I buy it for occasions and give it as gifts and fill stockings at X-​mas.
If you have never tried their milk chocolate almond bark… it is a must… so scrumptious!
I’ve always had very good service at all locations as well.
Kudos to Pease’s! Keep doing what you are doing!

I live in Chicago and Pease’s is by far the best candy store in the State of Illinois. When I am in Springfield I try and make sure to swing by and pick up some treats.
The candy is excellent, all the old time favorites and new twists. The caramel is simply amazing.
The prices are higher than you would pay for grocery store candy, but the quality is far superior.

Peases takes me back to when I was a little girl. Whenever I found any change, you know in the sofa. I would hop on my bright orange Schwinn with the banana seat and ride like the wind to Peases. I would get a small brown paper bag and fill it with penny candies.
Everyone at Peases is as sweet as they can be. My Grandmother gets each of us a large cream filled chocolate egg with our name on it every Easter from Peases. Now that my sister, mom and I live in AZ those eggs get flown out every year! It is a family tradition.
If you have never been to Peases go you wont be disappointed, well unless your looking for a hamburger then you will be. :)

I have never actually been here myself BUT I did recieve my favorite Valentine’s gift EVER from here. Chocolate covered strawberries. Oh they were heaven. I dream about those wonderfully sweet and juicy monster berries. Every Valentines since I always hope he is going to walk through the door with that white box but I haven’t been so lucky since.

Ahhh, Pease’s…the bane of every parent who had a child at Butler Elementary School right around the corner, and the most pleasurable part of going to school for said students, Pease’s is a Springfield institution.
Penny candies are displayed throughout the store, with little bags for gathering your selections. Many hard to find and obscure candies available by the piece — it’s a great way to blow your allowance if you are 7 and a great way to blow your breakfast change from D&J if you are an adult.
The real draw for most people (nostalgia trips notwithstanding) are the handmade chocolates. Pease’s has been making chocolates in Springfield since the 1930’s and is still family owned. You won’t find chile infused chocolates here, but you will find great old fashioned candies, packaged by the sweetest ladies you ever met, it really is a wonderful place to pick up a gift or a little something for yourself.