Bulk Fresh Pantry

Excellent assortment of speciality candies and other goods that aren’t easy to find. Great gift bag options for parties. Highly recommend checking it out.

Great location and great seating at this place. The employees are right on the money each time. The place is clean and runs like a swiss watch.

Great store, amazing selection of goodies. Nice people working there.
My only complaint is that they are closed on Sundays. Huh? That is the one day everyone is off and can shop there. Please open on Sundays!

I love this place! Something nostalgic about walking through a candy store and they have so, so much more! glad this place is in close proximity to where I work and live. Owner is helpful and accomadating. I look forward to going there and each time has been a great experience. Reasonable prices, GREAT assortment of fresh items.

Ever since the change in ownership, I guess I just like, like, LIKE Bulk Fresh Pantry.
I still love the assortment, don’t get me wrong. Although things sometimes run out, and stay run out for weeks on end. Steel cut oatmeal? Pearl barley? Chocolate raspberry coffee? Weeks and weeks without re-​stocking!
I don’t care for the way the bags and ties are never where you need them.
I don’t care for the new coding system for pricing. The previous employees looked up the codes themselves. Now you have to either write them down yourselves, or rely on the often-​wrong pre-​coded stickers.
When it ain’t broke, please don’t fix it. I understand there are always growing pains when there’s new ownership and/​or management. I guess I was just hoping they’d be over by now. I’ll probably wait a little longer to return, hoping they’ve got the inventory and label things improved.

I love mason jars.
I use them as drinking glasses, candle holders, storage for bathroom essentials, and decorations. I also use them to contain bulk foods. I almost obsess over having to put every food item I buy into mason jars. They’re lovely, simple, and practical.
So, how is it that a bulk food lover like me took so long to find this place!!?
Seriously. This place is freakin’ awesome. I wasn’t expecting it in the ‘burbs.
Here’s a list of things you can buy here in bulk (I actually took notes):
— spices
— herbs
— baking supplies (flours, sugars, etc.)
— colored sugars
— sprinkles
— beans
— dry pasta
— coffee
— tea
— powdered milk and coffee creamer
— nuts
— snacks (pretzels, crackers, etc.)
— dried fruits
— grains
— seeds
— chocolate candies
— candy pieces of all kinds
— different colored jelly beans
— individually wrapped candies
You can also pick up certain packaged candies, packaged teas, cupcake accessories, cookie cutters, boxes for candy, food coloring, flavored baking oils, extracts, and gum. Soda is available in the fridge behind the check-​out counter. Oh, and honey? They have it? Nut butter? You can grind your own!
Just put the foods in the little plastic bags they provide (which are quite flimsy and still have to end up in the trash — you’re more than welcome to bring your own small bags if you’re environmentally conscious with your shopping habits), write the PLU number on a sticker, and bring everything up to the counter for purchase.
Pretty awesome, right?
I didn’t see anything that I didn’t want in my kitchen — I was in bulk heaven. While there don’t seem to be any organic options, I am still thrilled with all the options and a good way to cut back on packaging. The only unpleasant thing about my experience yesterday was an employee reprimanding me for taking photos because he didn’t want competitors to steal ideas from photographs. Rawr. I’ve had people stop me from taking photos in other places before for the same reason and it always annoys me. Oh well. At least I got a few in before he stopped me.
I can’t wait to fill up more mason jars with bulk goodies!

If you cook or bake and live in the area, you NEED to know about this place. Also, if you love bulk candies and nuts, you NEED to know about this place. So pretty much everyone I know (barring people with severe nut allergies) needs to know about this place.
Bulk spices and herbs galore, in addition to nice baking chocolates (including Scharffen Berger and Ghirardelli), Nielsen-​Massey and Lorann extracts, bulk flours of several varieties, dried beans, soup mixes, several kinds of rice and other whole grains… and candy, candy, candy. And nuts. They seem to be provided by Fisher, which makes sense (they’re a local company, after all). There are also a bunch of bulk teas and coffees, as well as grind-​your-​own nut butters and fresh local honeys to choose from.
It’s a bit overwhelming at first, but simple enough. Grab a bag, fill it up, write the PLU for your bin on a little sticker, then stick it on your bag and bring it to the counter. Oh, they also have a bunch of old-​school candies, like horehound drops and Smith’s throat drops.
Super great place. I wish I’d known about it sooner. This is going to be a regular stop to keep my pantry well-​stocked, I assure you. Love.

The sign outside says Nuts & Candy, and it’s a new favorite store of mine. This is my 500^th review and I’m happy that it is going to a local establishment that seems understated and in my opinion deserves more business. It’s too bad, I’ve been living close to this place for 10 months, but only stopped in now. It’s much more than nuts and candy. It is like a bulk candy store of old days gone, but they also sell bulk spices, soup mixes, iced tea and lemonade mixes, and coffee. You can grind the coffee there and make fresh peanut butter. So far my favorite things here are the cocoa dusted almonds, cinnamon pecans, and dried kiwi slices. Seems like a family run place and as such they close on Sundays and I think they are only open until 6 during the week, and 5 on Saturday.

This pace did not meet my expectations, the store was a little dark, and some of the items seemed a bit old, although the only Item I purchased and subsequently tasted were the butter toffee cashews, and they definitely seemed as though they had passed the «best by» date. There is a very good variety of items in the store, and it has received better reviews than mine, I would suggest trying it out for yourself, see what you think.

My colleague came back from lunch one day a few months back with a variety of candies and treats to share and explained to me that there is a bulk candy store just down the road from our office. That was about 8 months ago if I remember correctly. I finally went with my sister after work one day and she is my sidekick for trying new things.
You walk into, what I would call, my heaven. Chocolate covered you-​name-​it, seasonings, colored sprinkles, coffee, sugar-​free candy, flours, every jelly belly known to man and a wide variety of nuts and mixes. It’s aisle after aisle of treats… well, actually it’s only like 4 aisles, but there is quite a lot of options for not such a huge store.
On my first visit, I picked up some chocolate covered toffee peanuts and some other dark chocolate covered nuts. Most recently, I stopped in to pick up some candies for during a movie later that night and discovered chocolate covered animal crackers. Yes, you read that right… chocolate covered animal crackers. They are only $ 5.49 per lb. and absolutely positutely fan-​frickin-​tastic! I literally cannot believe how much I loved them.
Everything is sold by the pound, so you can purchase as much or as little as you like. They have gummy bears, both chocolate covered and regular. They also have chocolate covered bing cherries. I could talk all day about what they offer, but you really need to stop in to experience this place yourself.
The sign reads «Nuts & Candy» and it’s located directly next to the Dairy Queen at Arlington Heights Road and Devon Avenue kiddie corner from the Marathon with an entrance on both AHR and Devon. Stop in today and have some fun at the candy store!

I work two minutes from here. Literally. And although I noticed the neon sign apparently it wasn’t neon enough for me because I have been driving by for two years without stopping in. Oops!
My sister and I stopped in this week to see about their neon-​advertised candy and nuts. They have squeezed a lot of options into a fairly small storefront. Options included chocolate covered goodies (like caramel walnuts, cherries, pecans and so on), Jelly Bellies, all sorts of gummies (even chocolate covered ones?), hard candy, pasta, tons of nuts, bulk spices, seeds, sprinkles and so on and so on.
The employee allowed us to try a couple things which always adds to the experience. I probably bought a little more than I should have because I already had an idea of what I liked.
There were some pre-​packed items, but it is mainly a bulk item shop. The best part in my opinion is that I can buy those obscure spices here. Maybe I don’t want an $ 8 jar of some spice I may only use once. Here, I can buy a tiny bit for that recipe that I’ve been dying to try and not waste. Win-​win!
I’m sure that I missed plenty seeing as it was my first visit, so I’ll stop back in again soon.