A Buffalo specialty confection: golden honeycomb toffee aerated with baking soda, then dipped in dark or milk chocolate. The honeycomb is brittle, melts on the tongue and has a hollow lattice inside.
Buffalo sponge candy traces to Fowler's Chocolates, which has made it since 1910, with Watson's Chocolates (1946) and Parkside Candy (1927) the other canonical makers. The chocolate-covered honeycomb toffee is a Buffalo-Niagara regional confection that rarely shows up outside Western New York, anchoring the city's gift-shop and holiday-confection trade.
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Fowler's Chocolates ★ 4.6
2468 Niagara Falls Blvd, Tonawanda, NY 14150
Fowler's Chocolates on Niagara Falls Boulevard is the original maker of Buffalo sponge candy, in business since 1910 and a city signature confection.
Watson's Chocolates (Elmwood) ★ 4.5
738 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo, NY 14222
Watson's Chocolates on Elmwood Avenue is the Buffalo city shop of the Western New York sponge-candy maker hand-crafting confections since 1946.
Parkside Candy ★ 4.5
3208 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214
Parkside Candy on Main Street at Winspear is a 1927 candy temple, with a walnut soda fountain, oval Adam-period interior and Buffalo's signature sponge candy.