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Central New York confection makers for the gift-box stretch of December: an Armory Square truffle case, a Northside candy shop in its second century, a 120-year-old East Syracuse candy kitchen and a Manlius chocolatier who also churns the ice cream, sourced from This is CNY.
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Sweet On Chocolate · Armory Square
Sweet on Chocolate has worked downtown for thirty two years and hand dips or hand forms nearly everything in the shop, with the work visible as you come through the door, per This is CNY. A whole case is given over to specialty truffles in more than twenty flavors, most a dark shell around ganache, rotating by season and sometimes week to week. Order a box of those, then the sweet and savory artisanal bars, the turtles and the chocolate dipped pretzels.
Speach Family Candy Shoppe · Northside
The Speach Family Candy Shoppe reached its 105th year in 2025 under fourth generation owner Michael Speach, and about 95 percent of what it sells is made on site, per This is CNY. The house chocolate is a blend aimed at the from-the-bean flavor his great grandfather worked with. Order the chocolate covered potato chips, a fixture here since the 1980s, then a brickle from a rotating menu of around eighty flavors.
Hercules Candy Company · East Syracuse
Terry and Steve Andrianos are the third generation running Hercules, founded 120 years ago, and This is CNY reports the move to a larger East Syracuse building in 2018 after YouTube and TikTok channels grew the business. Most of the staff's time goes into fifty flavors of cream centers, nut clusters and caramels for the boxed chocolates. Order the filled ribbon candy, then a bark; only about one percent of what the store sells comes from outside.
Gabrielle Chocolates & Ice Cream · Manlius
Gabrielle Regan sold online and to corporate clients for twenty years before opening in Cazenovia in 2010 and Manlius in 2016, and This is CNY notes the Manlius shop pairs the chocolate counter with handmade hard ice cream, soft serve and ice cream cakes. More than half of what she sells is made on site. Order truffles or a turtle, then a specialty waffle cone, which is dipped in real chocolate rather than the coating most parlors use.