Sweet & Spooky: Grown Up Halloween Candy
Why should kiddies have all the fun on Halloween? Instead of going house to house for candy, make a holiday pilgrimage to New York’s best sweet shops and chocolatiers instead, for highly adult treats from Dylan’s Candy Bar, Li-Lac Chocolates & more…
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Haute Halloween Treats
While you’re never too old to get into the spirit of Halloween, let’s face it — for our refined, adult palates, Tootsie Rolls, Candy Corn and Krackle can seem more like tricks than treats. So why not have it both ways this holiday, by indulging in a few haute Halloween sweets at shops, like L.A. Burdick and Papabubble…
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Mitchmallows
Marshmallows are something we generally reserve for popping on top of hot chocolate or roasting over an open flame. But the artisanal, homemade squares at Mitchmallow are delicious enough (not to mention interesting enough) to be eaten out of hand. There are over three dozen incredibly diverse, multi-layered creations, from Classic S’more, Creamsicle, Sweet Potato Vanilla and Peanut Butter and Jelly, to Wasabi-Ginger, Tempura, Wine and Cheese and even BLT… tomato with bacon! (That sounds a little scary, doesn’t it?) And for Halloween, there’s Candy Corn and Green...
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La Maison du Chocolat
This Paris-based chocolatier is as posh as any Madison Avenue boutique — although instead of silk scarves and Birkin bags, the glittering glass cases hold finely crafted candies filled with Fennel-infused Ganache, Honeyed Cognac, and Gianduja Praline. At $65, the limited edition Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin concealing Amanda’s (cocoa-covered Almonds) and Rochers Suisses is a bit of a splurge, but sure to make a statement as the centerpiece of an especially elegant Halloween...
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Deliso Confections
Who would have imagined that a former Wall Street stockbroker would go on to make some of the best chocolates in Brooklyn? It’s worth a pilgrimage out to Bay Ridge for a box of Anthony Deliso’s work-of-art and flavorful truffles, made with 100% Belgian chocolate and real fruit purees, top-shelf liquors, freshly ground nuts and all-natural infusions. We especially love the tiny Dark Chocolate Coffee Cups filled with espresso cream, beautifully balanced Sea Salt Caramels, and the boozy Bourbon Pecan Truffles, the nut-studded chocolate shells giving way to a geyser of full-bodied whiskey...
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Neuhaus
Hershey’s, Mars Bars and Milky Ways are great when you’re young. But as you get older, you crave chocolate that, well, actually tastes like chocolate. That’s where this famed Belgian manufacturer comes in. They really know their way around a cocoa bean (the company was founded in 1857), so pay a visit to the New York flagship store for Peruvian Chocolate Praline, silky Pistachio Truffles, buttercream-based Manon Sucre, Dark Chocolate Orange Tablets, or impossibly decadent candy bars, studded with Wild Strawberries, Feuilletine, Speculoos, or crunchy Gianduja and Puffed...
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Sokerbit
Nordic cuisine has become one of the hottest and most pervasive trends on New York’s food scene, so it’s hardly a surprise that the obsession has extended to candy. This seriously modern West Village shop exposes a sweet side of Scandinavia way beyond Swedish Fish, with Lucite trays full of Banana Bubs (banana-caramel foam biscuits), Cocosar (coconut-covered licorice), and perfect for Halloween, 8 oz. jars of teeth-chatteringly sour Gummy...
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Yao’s Dragon Beard Candy
For a truly original treat, prowl the streets of Chinatown in hopes of spotting the elusive Yao’s Dragon Beard Candy cart (it’s most often parked outside of the subway on the corner of Chrystie and Grand). So named because they resemble a mythical dragons beard, the Vendy Award-nominated sweets are made by hand-pulling powdered sugar into gossamer-thin strands, twisting them into a ball and forming a sticky cocoon around a filling of toasted peanuts and coconut. We hunt them down year round, but Halloween is an especially good...
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