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Best Buckeyes in Ohio(2019)
June 14, 2019

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Named after their resemblance to the nut from the buckeye tree — the state tree of Ohio — Ohio’s favorite candy combines creamy peanut butter and chocolate into a bite-sized sweet treat. Come the holiday season, buckeyes are rolled and dipped in household kitchens across the state, but candy shops and bakeries continue to make buckeyes the old fashioned way as well, offering a sweet tooth fix throughout the year.

The top 10 winners in the categoryBest Buckeyes in Ohio are as follows:

Photo courtesy of The Original Goodie Shop

No. 10:

The Original Goodie Shop - Upper Arlington

This family owned bakery in Upper Arlington has been making sweet treats from scratch for more than 60 years. The chocolate buckeyes are an Ohio favorite.

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No. 9:

Chocolate Cafe - Columbus

You can get breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Chocolate Cafe in Columbus, but sweet treats are the star of the show. The cafe cooks up some tasty twists on the traditional buckeye candy, including Buckeye S’mores with creamy peanut butter and Buckeye Pretzels.

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No. 8:

Whit's Frozen Custard - Multiple Locations

Buckeye often features as the weekly flavor at Whit’s Frozen Custard shops across Ohio. This sweet treat is made with peanut butter custard, gooey peanut butter swirls and chopped Reese’s.

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No. 7:

Marie's Candies - West Liberty

The buckeyes from Marie's Candies in West Liberty are made to look like real buckeye nuts, even though these are made from creamy peanut butter and milk chocolate. They’re a bestseller.

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No. 6:

Anthony-Thomas Chocolates - Columbus

The official buckeye candy of OSU, Anthony-Thomas Chocolates in Columbus uses all real peanut butter and milk chocolate in their confections. They come in packages of six to 60.

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No. 5:

Eagle Family Candy - Columbus

Each batch of buckeyes from Eagle Family Candy in Columbus is made the old school way — individually rolled and dipped by hand. They’re available dipped in milk or dark chocolate.

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No. 4:

Haute Chocolate - Cincinnati

The award-winning Peanut Butter Buckeyes from Cincinnati’s Haute Chocolate are handcrafted daily using peanut butter and semi-sweet chocolate chips dipped in white, milk or dark chocolate. Each is the size of a golf ball.

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No. 3:

Nothing But Chocolate - Cambridge

At Nothing But Chocolate in Cambridge, each buckeye candy is rolled by hand and dipped fresh for customers browsing the shop. The shop also works with area schools to provide job training for Multiple Disability Classes, where students learn to scoop and roll Buckeye balls for themselves.

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No. 2:

Winans Chocolates and Coffees - Multiple Locations

Winans Chocolates and Coffees still makes their buckeyes the old fashioned way, by hand rolling and dipping each one. The candies are so popular that Winans dips an estimated half a million buckeyes each year.

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No. 1:

Marsha's Homemade Buckeyes - Perrysburg

Buckeyes are the only candy that Marsha's Homemade Buckeyes makes, so you know they’ve got to be good. Candies are made using an old family recipe from Marsha Smith’s mother-in-law.

A panel of experts partnered with 10Best editors to pick the initial 20 nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote.

Congratulations to all these winning restaurants!

Heather Rader

Heather Rader

Nicholas Dekker

Nicholas Dekker

Nicholas Dekker, aka Dr. Breakfast, is a food and travel writer based in central Ohio, writing his award-winning blogBreakfast With Nicksince 2007, where he and his family document their journeys exploring restaurants, coffee, donuts, beer, the arts, family travel, and much more. Nick writes forColumbus Monthly,Ohio Magazine, TourismOhio, Experience Columbus, The Kitchn, Great Lakes Publishing, Experience Worthington, Cubby at Home,Worthington Spotlight,ProofMagazine,and other publications.He can be found on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

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