Memphis, TNChocolatiers and Candy Shops

The Pleasant View shop of the Memphis confectioner that Charles Martin Dinstuhl Sr. started on Main Street in 1902, which now makes more than 200 kinds of candy. Its signature is Cashew Crunch, a butter brittle of butter and brown sugar cooked in a copper kettle, with cashew pieces that give it a softer bite, poured onto a bed of fine coconut, rolled thin and cut into squares. The cases also carry fudge, pecan brittle and truffles. Order the Cashew Crunch.

A Downtown candy shop that Wayne Wilkes founded in 1947 and his son Gary runs as a second-generation family business, with a picture of Wayne on the wall. Its 30,000 square feet hold more than 2,000 items, from old-fashioned classics and novelty candies to concession-stand treats and party favors, and shoppers can buy in large quantities, which brings crowds before Halloween. Pick up a bag of the old-fashioned classics.

A Beale Street candy store, opened in the summer of 2017, built around homemade fudge: a fudgeologist makes it where customers can watch, in a run of signature flavors. Around the fudge, nostalgic candies are sold by the quarter pound. Order the homemade fudge, then fill a bag with old-fashioned candy.

An Overton Square candy and sweets shop on Madison Avenue with a playful mix of candies and desserts that carry a local flair: classic treats with personality, stocked for an afternoon craving or a creative gift basket, with Dubai chocolate among the sweets on hand. Ask for the Dubai chocolate.

The Peanut Shoppe's Main Street counter specializes in freshly roasted nuts while also carrying chocolate-covered peanut clusters and classic candy. Its current storefront is at 121 South Main Street.