Omaha, NEChocolatiers and Candy Shops

A candy maker at the Shops of Legacy built around cordial cherries: cherries with a made-from-scratch liquid cordial center, coated in chocolate and hand-decorated in seasonal and special-occasion designs, from polar animals to tiny baby rattles, so each piece looks like a small work of art. Designer truffles made with brown butter ganache fill out the case, among them a collection shaped like bumble bees and hives. Order a box of the designer cherries.

A Bellevue chocolate shop whose name is French for chocolate bee: its molded chocolates are hand-painted with colored cocoa, and five of its 21 signature pieces carry wildflower honey from the shop's own bees. Shapes run to horseshoes, coffee pots, mushrooms and roses, in flavors like rosemary almond, orange blossom, saffron and hazelnut honey crunch, and the shop also makes signature chocolate shoes. Order an assortment of the signature pieces, starting with the hazelnut honey crunch.

A Papillion chocolate shop in Shadow Lake Towne Center selling bonbons in boxes of several sizes, with a long list of fillings to choose from: hazelnut praline and hazelnut truffle, sea salt caramel and pecan caramel, vanilla ganache, mocha ganache, almond praline and orange, and honey vanilla. At the holidays the bonbons come decorated for the season. Order a box of bonbons and mix the fillings.

An Old Market candy store stocking thousands of varieties, from classic treats to modern sweets, inside a nostalgic spread that also holds a 1950s-era diner, a retro arcade, a vinyl collection and an antique mall. Fill a bag with the classic candies you remember, then try something new.