Updated: July 19, 2026
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Peanut butter and chocolate go together almost as well as our favorite colors, scarlet and grey.
Buckeye candies are a favorite treat for nearly every Ohio heart and making these delicious treats at home is a popular holiday tradition in Ohio. Making hundreds of buckeye candies with my grandma will always be a delicious and delightful memory from my childhood.
Trays and trays would fill the countertops and tables before we slid them into the freezer until morning. But what’s a girl to do when it’s not the holiday season and grandma isn’t around? Here are 14 places where you can definitely get your peanut butter and chocolate fix.
| Shop | Area | What to get |
| Anthony Thomas | West Side + shoppes around town | Classic buckeyes, summer factory tour |
| Winans Coffee and Chocolate | German Village + more | Buckeyes with your coffee |
| Eagle Family Candy | Clintonville | Old-school hand-dipped buckeyes |
| Marie’s Candies | West Liberty (about 1 hour) | Buckeyes worth a day trip |
| The Buckeye Lady | Clintonville | Gourmet stuffed buckeyes |
| The Buckeye Chocolate Company | Northeast Ohio (about 2.5 hours) | Buckeyes from the namesake company |
| Sweet Tooth Cottage | Powell | Party-tray buckeyes |
| Schmidt’s Fudge Haus | German Village | Buckeyes + copper-kettle fudge |
| Krema Nut Company | Grandview | Hand-rolled buckeyes, Buckeye Crunch |
| Buckeye Candy Company | Gahanna | Traditional buckeyes + nostalgic candy |
| Graeter’s Ice Cream | Lane Ave | Buckeye chocolate chip ice cream |
| Whit’s Frozen Custard | Clintonville | Buckeye Madness custard (rotating flavor) |
| Buckeye Donuts | OSU campus | The buckeye donut, any hour |
| The Original Pancake House | Upper Arlington | Buckeye pancakes and crepes |
A bunch of these shops are official stops on the Experience Columbus Buckeye Treat Trail, a free mobile passport with 17 buckeye stops around town. Check in at four and they’ll hand you a t-shirt. And if you want buckeyes without leaving the couch, Marsha’s Homemade Buckeyes ships the little guys anywhere.
Anthony Thomas
The buckeye candies from Anthony Thomas are so quintessentially Ohio. The best part is you can watch it all happen. Pick up a box at any of their shoppes around town, and the factory itself runs a glass-walled walk-through tour in the summer, roughly $4 for adults and $2 for kids.
Address: Lincoln Village shoppe at 4636 West Broad St, Columbus, OH 43228. The factory tour is at 1777 Arlingate Ln, off I-270.
Multiple locations.
Website: Anthony Thomas
Winans Coffee and Chocolate
Winans is one of the most underrated cafes in Columbus. Not only do they have delicious coffee, but this Ohio-based chocolatiers sweet treats are out-of-this-world. You can buy individual buckeyes, or larger packs if you’re planning to gift them.
Address: 897 S 3rd St, Columbus, OH 43206
Multiple locations.
Website: Winans Coffee and Chocolate
Eagle Family Candy
The buckeyes at the Eagle Family Candy Company remind me so much of the homemade candies of my youth. If you’re feeling nostalgic, this is the treat for you.
Address: 4590 N High St. Columbus, OH 43214
Website: Eagle Family Candy
Marie’s Candies
On the hunt for the perfect chocolate-to-peanut butter ratio? I’m sure that means something different to everyone, but personally, I think Marie’s Candies gets it right. These little treats are incredibly rich and full of flavor, so don’t overdo it. Fair warning, Marie’s is out in West Liberty, about an hour northwest of Columbus, so this one’s a day-trip pick.
Address: 311 Zanesfield Rd. West Liberty, Ohio 43357
Website: Marie’s Candies
The Buckeye Lady
It would be criminal to talk about buckeyes and not mention The Buckeye Lady. She’s been an iconic crafter of these treats for years and we’re lucky to have the tasty treats she creates in town.
Address: 4493 N. High St. Columbus, OH 43214
Website: The Buckeye Lady
The Buckeye Chocolate Company
When they name their whole company after a candy, you know they do it well. The Buckeye Chocolate Company makes a lot more than just buckeyes, but we all know why we’re here. We came for these little morsels and they don’t disappoint.
Address: Chardon and Bainbridge (cafes) + Middlefield (factory) — heads up, this one’s a Northeast Ohio operation, about 2.5 hours from Columbus.
Website: The Buckeye Chocolate Company
Sweet Tooth Cottage
The best addition to any party, buckeyes from Sweet Tooth Cottage pair perfectly with many of their other treats. I can see the themed party taking shape now, and I just want to say, I’d love an invitation.
Address: 10221 Sawmill Parkway Powell, OH 43065
Website: Sweet Tooth Cottage
Schmidt’s Fudge Haus
The Sausage Haus down the street gets the tourists, but this little shop is where German Village keeps its candy. The Schmidt family cooks their fudge in copper kettles and hand-dips buckeyes a few feet from the register. We loved the place enough to write a whole ode to it, so believe me when I say you won’t leave with just one thing.
Address: 220 E Kossuth St, Columbus, OH 43206
Website: Schmidt’s Fudge Haus
Krema Nut Company
Krema has been roasting peanuts on the edge of Grandview since 1898, and it’s the oldest peanut butter company still operating in America. That’s the peanut butter inside their hand-rolled buckeyes, ground right there in the building. If they’re sold out, grab a bag of Buckeye Crunch instead. It’s caramel corn covered in peanut butter and chocolate, and it doesn’t last a whole car ride home.
Address: 1000 Goodale Blvd, Columbus, OH 43212
Website: Krema Nut Company
Buckeye Candy Company
Naming your shop Buckeye Candy Company sets the bar high, and the Gahanna storefront clears it. The namesake buckeyes share shelf space with the city’s largest wall of gummies and nostalgic candy, at least by their count, and I’m not about to argue. It’s a dangerous place to walk into hungry.
Address: 355 Granville St, Gahanna, OH 43230
Website: Buckeye Candy Company
Graeter’s Ice Cream
We’re going outside the box now people. It’s time for all-buckeye everything, and that includes ice cream. Graeter’s makes a mean Buckeye Chocolate Chip ice cream. Chelsea once called it, “the best ice cream ever created in the universe”. She’s dramatic, but it is pretty darn good.
Address: 1534 W. Lane Ave., Columbus, OH 43221
Multiple Locations.
Website: Graeter’s Ice Cream
Whit’s Frozen Custard
I know that you’re thinking that we just covered buckeye ice cream. But can you ever have too much? Really? I think not. Besides, this is technically custard, not ice cream. When it lands on the rotating flavor board, Buckeye Madness is vanilla custard loaded with Reese’s Cups, chocolate syrup, and peanut butter, so check the day’s flavor before you drive over.
Address: 3339 North High St. Columbus, Ohio 43202 (multiple locations)
Website: Whit’s Frozen Custard
Buckeye Donuts
You can’t have a list of buckeye-themed treats and not include the iconic buckeye donut from Buckeye Donuts. That would be heresy. There aren’t really words to describe how perfect eating one of these bad boys on the way to The Shoe for a home game is, so I highly recommend you make that experience happen for yourself.
Address: 1998 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201
Website: Buckeye Donuts
The Original Pancake House
At The Original Pancake House, you can get a few different buckeye options. The buckeye pancakes are light and fluffy, and the buckeye crepes are sweet and delicious. You really can’t go wrong with anything at the Original Pancake House, but especially not when you’re choosing the buckeye items.
Address: 1633 W. Lane Ave. Upper Arlington, OH 43221
Website: The Original Pancake House
Buckeye Candy FAQ
Where can I buy buckeye candy in Columbus?
For a box to take home, Anthony Thomas, Winans Coffee and Chocolate, The Buckeye Lady, and Eagle Family Candy all hand-dip them. For a buckeye you eat on the spot, Buckeye Donuts by campus and Graeter’s on Lane Ave have you covered.
What is a buckeye candy?
A ball of peanut butter fudge dipped in chocolate, with a circle left bare on top so it looks like the nut of Ohio’s state tree, the buckeye. Ohioans make them by the trayful around the holidays.
Can you tour a buckeye candy factory near Columbus?
Yes. Anthony Thomas runs a glass-walled walk-through tour of its factory at 1777 Arlingate Ln, off I-270, in the summer.
Where are the best buckeyes near Ohio State?
Buckeye Donuts on North High makes the iconic buckeye donut 24 hours a day, and Graeter’s on West Lane Avenue scoops buckeye chocolate chip ice cream a few blocks away.
Bon appetit, Columbus. I hope you’re ready to satisfy that sweet tooth.
