Baldinger's - Man, Why Am I Just Seeing This Now?

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Duncan da Husky's picture
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This morning I came across a note in one of the food blogs I read that Baldinger's is closing at the end of June. Well, I'd never heard of them so I didn't think much of it. I saw that they're in Zelienople, Pennsylvania and I remembered that that's just north of Pittsburgh so I thought I'd take a look.

Holy cow! I'm so bummed that this place is closing. Here's a bit from the writeup on Candyblog:

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Baldinger’s is in Zelienople in Butler County north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and billed themselves as having Foods from All Nations. What they were known for though was their incredible candy selection, including their actual penny candy that cost a penny a piece.
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Baldinger’s boasted an excellent collection of candies. Much of it was bulk items and classic hard-to-find items like anise squares, Nik-l-Nips, wax lips and Mary Janes. They had seasonal candies as well, as that’s half the fun of candy along with candy bars from all over the country, limited editions and not the just the biggies. I also found a great selection of Dutch and other European Licorices and at only $6 a pound (half of what I pay for them at other places in San Francisco).

The penny candy selection is what I’d call “obligatory” since it contains very small pieces of candy, all made in Brazil or Mexico and not any names you’d recognize. But once you get up into the five cent and by the pound stuff, it’s all pretty good. I picked up individually wrapped Goetze’s Caramel Creams, various boxes of Lemonheads & other fruit heads, a full set of Pearson’s, a limited edition Take 5 chocolate cookie, Boyer’s Mallo Cup & Smoothie. I also got a bunch of Peerless candies (but I just ate those, they weren’t for reviewing). All the prices were great when I was there 65 cents for any candy bar (they also had some import consumer bars) and the bulk candy ranged from $2.00 a pound to $4.00 a pound.

I know where we're stopping on the drive in...

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Protocollie's picture
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Nnnh. Nik-l-Nips.

Tastytastytasty.

That sounds like a gud place.

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So now we get to have con staff high on sugar?

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Duncan da Husky's picture
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Nah, sugar isn't my primary vice Smiling

Now coffee, on the other hand...

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