Nelson’s Candy

I bought Old Fashioned Fudges at The Boston Flower & Garden Show. It was amazing — soft texture, rich taste!

An amazing old fashioned Christmas experience The chocolate is so creamy/​delicious Save a candy cane for me!

I LOVE this candy shop tucked into the quaint little town of Wilton, NH. We live on the coast and regularly make a trip to the Wilton area (our old stomping grounds) to visit Frye’s Measure Mill, Pickety Place, LaBelle’sWinery and Nelson’s. No trip is the same without a stop into this family-​run candy shop. The owner is SUCH a nice man, and his staff is always so friendly. The salt water taffy is my personal favorite — I can pick and choose — but virtually everything is to-​die-​for delicious. Chocolate-​covered cherries are amazing, as are the varieties of chocolate bark. Stop here and you’ll be hooked! Nearby is a terrific theater in their town hall and a great little art supply shop. The scenery is gorgeous along the Souhegan River

I have to start off by saying that I am pretty obsessed with candy. To me, candy is like pizza, it’s hard to mess up haha. But I was surprisingly disappointed in this candy store. And I don’t think I’ve ever given a candy store a bad review. I got pecan turtles, coconut haystacks, and peanut clusters and was disappointed in each item. Like I said, it takes quite a bit to disappoint me with candy but I can make all 3 of those better than Nelson’s chocolate. The coconut was not even toasted like it’s supposed to be. The pecan clustered had a tiny drop of caramel that they placed on a piece of wax paper, put way too many pecans for the ratio of caramel and chocolate, then a drop of chocolate on top. The peanut clusters were also made with honey roasted peanuts and not regular peanuts lol which is very incorrect. The chocolate barely had any taste and everything just seemed half-​assed (sorry for my language.) I will not return and I’m very surprised they’re still in business.

I just love going to Nelson’s, one of my favorite candy stores. It is straight up old school from layout, to the register to the way they make the everything. The guy who runs it is super friendly and his Grandfather is the one that started the business up.
If you are going to make the trek out to Wilton for some candy here are some musts. The peanut butter cup, these things are big and filled with a very smooth and delicious peanut butter. The turtles, pecan is my favorite but that are all very well made. And last but certainly not least, the absolute best thing to get at Nelson’s is the pumpkin fudge. It is slap your mama good. And the one with pecans is even better. They only have this in the fall though so plan your trip accordingly.

Nelson’s Candy is an old school and classic chocolate and candy store, which has been in business for almost 100 years. located along Main Street in Wilton. Nelson’s was formerly located a few doors down before moving several years ago to its current location inside a former hardware store, a pretty rustic atmosphere.
They specialize in homemade chocolates, candies, fudge, brittles, truffles, caramel corn, taffy, chocolate molds, candy canes, and more, all made on premises. Much of the candy sold here is already prepackaged in assorted bags and gift boxes (sitting around for awhile just by appearance), but you can also choose some chocolates, truffles, and fudge from the display cases (sold by the piece and by weight) .
Recently, I stocked up on several signature chocolate bars (white, milk, and dark), milk chocolate morsels, and some penuche nut and peanut butter fudge. I tend to munch on small sweets in moderation to keep me golden during the course of my busy and demanding workday. The chocolates and fudge were decent, on the sweeter side than what I’m used to, going well with my black bold roast coffee.
Overall (3.3÷5.0 stars)