110-Year-Old Candy Shop Offers Homemade Delicacies From Columbia Location

COLUMBIA, MD — A fifth generation company with roots in Maryland offers homemade chocolates, truffles, gummies and more out of seven shops, including one at the Mall in Columbia.

Wockenfuss Candies is a family-owned and operated company created in 1915. It was started by Charles Wockenfuss, who arrived in America in 1887 from West Prussia, Germany, when he was just 10 years old. He opened the Wockenfuss Candy Company in 1915, which is known today as Wockenfuss Candies. In 1945 when Wockenfuss' son, Herman Lee, returned from World War II, he and his wife, Marian, took over the business. The family credits Herman Lee with creating the signature homemade chocolate candies that the candy shop is known for. Their son, Paul, is the current owner and president of Wockenfuss Candies.

The shop has seven locations within Maryland and ship their goodies all across the United States, owner Paul Wockenfuss told Patch. They also sell home decor and seasonal gifts.

The family whips up batches of chocolates at their original location on Harford Road in Baltimore City. They also can fulfill custom orders for weddings, corporate functions and other events, Wockenfuss said.

The shop offers such delicacies as chocolate-covered strawberries, almond bark, chocolate-covered pretzels, almond butter crunch, cashew bark, s'mores pretzels, solid breakup chocolate, chocolate covered Oreos, nonpareils, milk chocolate-covered gummi bears, peanut butter cups, malted milk balls, chocolate-covered raisin and peanuts, bridge mix, chocolate-covered espresso beans, dark chocolate amaretto cordials, milk chocolate crab potato chip clusters, chocolate crabs, heavenly rocky road bars, chocolate filled seashells, different flavored caramel apples like oreo and peanut butter explosion, Carmallows, a variety of fudge flavors, dog treats, hard candies, Jelly Belly products, kids treats like milk chocolate cars and Cow Tales, licorice candies, assorted nuts, taffy and taffy pops, sugar-free candy and marzipan.

One of their locations can be found at 10300 Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia. That location is open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

"Our customers always comment on how well the store is merchandised and what a great variety of gifts we sell," Wockenfuss told Patch.

Other locations in Maryland include:

• Baltimore City
• Boardwalk & 1st Street
• North Plaza Shopping
• Towson Town Center
• West Ocean City
• Bel Air

Wockenfuss candies can be found at a number of retail locations, too, including at the following:

• Anne Arundel County: Always Blooming, Angel’s Food Market, Fishpaws Market, Geresbeck’s, Graul’s Markets, Green Valley Marketplace in Arnold & Pasadena, Jennifer’s Country Flowers, Maher’s Florist, WildFlower + The Petal Pusher
• Baltimore City: Eddie’s Supermarkets, The Flower Cart
• Baltimore County: Banner Hallmark, Black Eyed Susan, Blakehurst, Charlesmead Pharmacy, Drug City, GBMC Gift Shop, Geresbeck’s, Graul’s Markets, Mercy Ridge, Radebaugh Florist, Ridgely’s Choice Deli, ShopRite, Wegmans in Hunt Valley
• Carroll County: Norwood Ice Cream
• Harford County: Banner Hallmark, Jarrettsville Pharmacy, Graul’s Market, Harvest Fare, Richardson Florist, ShopRite, Wegmans in Abingdon
• Howard County: The Flower Basket, Green Valley Marketplace in Elkridge
• Talbot County: Graul’s Markets
• Worcester County: Marisol’s Cafe
• Pennsylvania: Mt. Airy Junction in Shrewsbury
• Virginia: Candylicious in Chincoteague, VA, and numerous Banner Hallmark stores in northern Virginia

For more information, visit wockenfusscandies.com.