CandyFavorites.com is the internet’s largest online candy store and is backed by one of the oldest privately owned candy wholesaler’s in North America.

Company Motto:

Candy is what we deliver but service is what we sell...

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History

McKeesport Candy Co., established in 1927, by Ernest Prince, is in its 80th year of operation and third generation of ownership.

As one of the first candy wholesalers to offer bulk candy, Candyfavorites have proudly represented Brach's Candy since 1929. They were one of the first to offer repackaged bulk candy under their own label, called “Todd's”.

Unlike other online candy stores, McKeesport Candy Co opened our first "brick and mortar" retail store in 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania called the “The Candy Tree”. It was one of the first stores to offer a selection of “pick and mix” bulk candy from companies such as Brach's, Goetze's, Hershey, Necco, Tootsie Roll and more. This innovative format became the standard by which today's candy stores are measured. This store was featured in George Romero’s classic horror film, Dawn of the Deadprior to closing in 1986.

McKeesport Candy Co's next store and was called “Candy Go Round”, purchased in 1973, from now defunct Candy Rama which was a Pittsburgh institution. This store featured varieties of candy including bulk, gift items and Pittsburgh's first selection of novelty candy. After a long run, the store closed when the building was slated to be demolished. It is still considered, by those who remember, to be one of Pittsburgh’s finest candy stores.

In 1982, they opened two retail stores, both called “Trifles”. The stores were among the first candy stores in Pittsburgh to offer bulk Jelly Belly Jelly Beans as well as M&M Mars M&M’s ® in individual colors. The stores operated for over ten (10) years.

After a long history of operating “brick and mortar” retail stores, the company realized the wave of the future was online commerce. In 1998, they launched our first website, “McKandy.com”, which was one of the first websites offering candy for online purchase.