Carousel Candies - Monterey

Some of the best candy and desserts in Monterey hands down! You need to taste the dark chocolate bacon, chocolate jalapenos and chocolate covered figs. My wife and I love coming here every time we go to the Wharf. There is something for everyone

I love her dark chocolate English toffee. I only had her in 1986, and it's still the biggest. They also make their own saltwater pot on a machine in the window, but I'm not much for it. I'm glad I didn't buy in the first candy business. Not that they may not be good, but Carousel Candies is the original. I think the first confectionery store sold ice in fresh waffle cones, behind the counter there is a waffle cone, but no more ice. I enjoyed coming back here.

Soft, chewing taffy with classic taste. Get something.

I feel like this place is hit or miss. We returned because we had a great experience when we visited last year. The second visit, the man was very friendly giving us samples of caramel and taffy that were very good. We decided to buy a bag of caramel and he gave us a handful on top of that. Then we tried the bag we purchased and it was a bad batch. He’s giving a good batch out for samples to sell the bad batch which tastes super salty. My son loves caramels and will not eat them. The hay stacks we bought the last time were nothing but coconut covered in chocolate. not the usual thicker crunch of a hay stack. The strawberries in the chocolate covered strawberries I got were soggy and didn’t taste rip. The mint fudge was the worst fudge I’ve ever eaten. The huckleberry white chocolate was the best thing we got but it was delicious. The taffy was also pretty good. Me and my husband question if they changed owners or if maybe they’re struggling due to covid. Just didn’t seem like the same quality as last time.

Great customer service and the treats are super yummy. Kiddos got the chocolate covered bananas, hubby got the cherry ice cream and I got some toffee Almonds. Will come back soon!