Expansive but worth it. Very friendly, clean and organized. There's a variety of candy, decorations, shirts, etc... They have like a little post office inside where you can mail your candy, etc... They also have little samples on their counter for you to try. The official Kentucky for KY Derby is their Blue Monday if I am not mistaken. Everything that they sell is made there (workers do have hair nets). You may want to check but I believe that they also give tours. Awesome spot,, specifically if you love sweets. read more

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Ruth Hunt Candy is an excellent local spot to buy Kentucky themed gifts or just a treat for yourself. One of my favorite things to get is a little square peanut butter nugget covered in chocolate. When I tell you, it's 1 million times better than a Reese's it is unbelievable. They have a few different versions so make sure you get the little squares. Those are the best. They also have caramel covered marshmallows, which are decadent. read more

Visit Date: 04/07/25 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM. I love everything about this place. It's very clean, has a variety of great stock, and the candy is amazing. TWO young ladies were so friendly, personable, and helpful. Allie L is the one's name on the receipt. I stop every single time I travel I 64 and load up especially on the cream pulled candy, Blue Monday bars, and turtle "Derbies". read more

Great products, great staff and large variety. Blue Monday bars; mint, milk chocolate and Dark chocolate. Everything you want in candy and more. They also have University of Kentucky souvenirs. read more

Local chocolate and candy shop. Candies galore,, so many treats that you just have to pull off I-64 and come into the quaint town to shop Carmels are creamy. Chocolate covered pretzel are crunchy and sweet. Peanut butter squares are super tasty and the melt-a-ways are amazing. Found a few boxes of potato candy. stop in this cute gift shop with a delicious candy shop. Friendly staff, they even serve as a mail center. read more

Ruth Hunt Candy Co - Local treats! Chocolate Pretzels - Candy Stores Near Me - Mount Sterling, Kentucky

Years ago when we would come to KY to visit family, my mother would make sure to buy a few bags of cream candy. As an adult, I had forgotten about the stuff until I visited the store. It was perhaps the best discovery of the year! Nothing had changed... still tasted as wonderful as I remembered! As an added bonus, their catalog ordering is fast and I have used that service to send the candy back to my mother from time to time. Ruth Hunt is not limited to just cream candy.. their chocolates and bourbon balls are amazing. Since I left the West Coast, I have been searching for my "sweet spot" and thankfully Ruth Hunt fits the bill. read more

I was searching on their website and came across some Hemp candy. It is so creamy and delicious. It apparently is also available in retail stores as well. I find the quality comparable to See's chocolates. Amazing! read more

DO NOT RECOMMEND What awaits you is a sizeable shop with many items appearing to tempt you. However, Don't mistakingly let your guard down and roam or linger from area to area a moment or two too long. Welcoming small town feel? Nope. To go here you must enjoy having your every step monitored and scrutinized by glaring eyes, nosy, unhelpful, and honestly rude personnel. I don't understand how any one in a service position can be so self unaware. To shop here You further must enjoy personnel dismissing and/or arguing with you, the customer, on how breakable and/or perishable items, you are paying dearly for, should be bagged. Common sense? Nope. Customer respect and convenience? Nope. Purchasing ceramics/ glass? Staff is strangely argumentative in not wrapping/protecting fragile gift items in anything other than thin singular small paper bags even whilst cast in a shopping bag heavy with a plethora of other items no doubt competing for the same space. Requesting tissue paper or further basic item protection will yield you verbal dispute, scoffs, and overall body language that you have somehow disturbed a delicate and precarious balance of staffing's mood. When items are wrapped it is poor and with protestation. While Customer expectations and requests were basic and polite a like kind response was not received. What could have been an enjoyable Sunday drive kind of find, instead morphed into both a new and then a never to be customer again, experience. The shop floor seemed to have so much promise in its selections but I would take far less materially to instead be treated with kindness throughout a shopping experience, especially the checking out process. It seems to not matter how high a purchase amount is, there is no expression or feeling of small business gratitude. When asked regarding specific item availability there was no offer to check back room stock and direct requests for personnel to do so were met with declination and refusal. The restrooms are outdated but that is not a deal breaker. It is lack of attention which beckons a mention. When I see this in a store providing items for consumption I do have some pause. Now when it comes down to the candy, what appears to be hundreds of pieces of varying chocolates are left open on a shelf behind the register but very much exposed to air, germs, and God Forbid insects, common house flies or otherwise that may Or can come and go with customers in and out of the shop. I can appreciate not all Chocolates can be individually wrapped but the ones not under glass surely could have a box lid blocking common air. In reviewing the food items the rice crispie treats are good as are some chocolate barks and huge Reese's cups. The prepackaged cherry coconut haystacks taste unnatural and more like a small extruded ball of chemical paste. The texture is unappealing. The big draw to the location however is alleged to be the pulled cream candy. I can say we prefer Mom Blakeman's by far. It is sweet, but not too sweet, and the texture richly hangs onto the tongue. One can easily eat piece after piece to the delight or detriment however you want to look at it. It is firm, doesn't crumble, and melts on the tongue like a softer version of a extra large dinner/butter mint without the mint flavor. In contrast, Ruth's pulled cream candy is dry, crumbles into dust, and is so sweet it almost has no taste outside of the sweetness. It tastes far sweeter than sugar and no other flavor emerges. A small pinch of this is too much in terms of a sugar shock sensation but that could be beneficial for someone whose blood sugar has plummeted. Most people buy candy for an emotional benefit, a comfort, not because while making your eyes roll back in your head you are out of a blood sugar danger zone. I hope future would be customers find this review helpful. To the shop management I trust you probably already know which particular senior staff are more problematic Over others in Approach and execution vs less senior staff who are likely to be merely insufficiently trained. Customers come to a candy store for a sense of wonderment and can relive childhood memories when only candy, vs adult worries, danced in our minds. With that said we don't wish to be unappreciated, viewed as expendable, a nuisance, an unappreciated mouth to be fed like unfortunately too many children in this country and others, feel every day. read more

We love stopping at the mount sterling location. They're polled cream candy is a staple of life for this family. You just can't get this candy anywhere you have to be in Kentucky. The store is always clean and the people working are always friendly. We enjoy getting the samples of the candies, and then picking out our favorites for the ride home we also order candy to be delivered several times a year read more

They say the best invention yet. The bourbon balls. I say it's the blue Monday bar. It's their wonderful cream candy covered in dark chocolate and made into a bar. Yes, I drove many miles but where else can you get candy this good and tour their candy making plant? Tours are 3 to 5 days a week depending on the season. Christmas and Valentine's day are their busiest times. They do mail orders. The best present anyone can receive, for like$20. You can find all your old time favorites. I suggest anything made with their chocolate. It's rich and wonderful. read more

Ruth Hunt Candy Co - The best candy bar EVER! - Candy Stores Near Me - Mount Sterling, Kentucky

I have been here only a couple times. I enjoyed the free samples of pulled cream--they were melt in your mouth, delicious. I've gotten bourbon balls as well to take to my friends in Indiana. They were strong! About what you want from a bourbon ball. Finally, on my last trip I got a variety of jelly beans to put out for a bridal shower. There was a good selection, but they are a bit pricey. The cashiers have so far been alright, the first time was an older lady who seemed annoyed that she had to help me check out. The second was a younger woman who at least pretended to not hate her job, lol. God bless them and give their hearts peace and joy. read more

I use to love their candy. They would come to Winchester's Pioneer Festival and I couldn't wait to go to their stand to buy peanut butter fudge and peanut butter roll. But, the last 3 or 4 times I have gone to the store, the quality isn't like it use to be. Or, it's old tasting. I'm really disappointed. read more

Very attentive and nice employees. Fabulous selection of chocolates AND samples! Other gift items including plush toys, hot sauces, baking mixes, etc. Easy location with plenty of parking. Stop in and try a bourbon ball! read more

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You'll see signs for the Historic Ruth Hunt Candy Company when you are I64. I suggest you stop on by and get some Bourbon Balls and some Blue Mondays. I don't mean a little bag -- you get the case! I wanted a Blue Monday (Original flavored dark chocolate and pulled cream bar) so badly one summer. I was over 700 miles away from the store so I found their website and ordered a case for myself. They packed it in dry ice and sent it to my door... I had chocolate all over my face. The pulled cream is just heavenly -- it dissolves in your mouth. My favorite! This company has a lot of Kentucky pride and is a great place to pick up gifts if you are visiting. What better gift than Kentucky Bourbon Balls? Each has a pecan half on top. I saw a little charm that was in the shape of Kentucky while I was there but decided I would pass. After I made it back to Kansas City, I decided I really did want it. I called them and they packaged it up and shipped it out. Lovely people. I still have the charm on my key ring. What I don't have is a Blue Monday...sigh. read more

This place is a fat kids paradise. Driving up to this peachy pink building one would never imagine what yummy smells and tastes await your senses. Upon opening the first set of doors you are hit was choco goodness. They sell lots of different chocolate items and candies. They also have random Kentucky products as well. They are really famous for their Blue Mondays which is a chocolate dipped cream pulled candy treat. They just melt in your mouth. The store is laid out nicely and uncluttered. The staff are very helpful and friendly. They will answer any questions you have and help you in any way possible. On this day I went here with my sister and we kind of bought a little bit of everything. They also have random samples of items at the counter where you check out, help yourself. If you really are looking to sample something they don't have laying out for you, just ask they are really hospitable. If you are in the area, stop on in and grab you some yummy chocolate goodness. You can always diet later. read more

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Blue Mondays and Bourbon Balls are really good. Not my favorite candy shop in the state, I prefer Muth's in Louisville. But the tour buses in the parking lot and the crowds of peeps shopping here, disagree with me. Despite the crowds the service is Kentucky fantastic. read more

Wonderful candy! Especially the Blue Monday candy bar. Pulled cream candy-making is an art form. Not just anyone can make and have it turn out correctly, which makes me appreciate these candy bars even more. The store personnel are fantastic, too. Everything about this place makes it more than worth the drive to Mt. Sterling!! read more

I purchased a few of the Kentucky Sugar Stick Candy for our family reunion in Seattle WA. It was such a big hit they were gone in a flash. My aunts want me to have some sent to them to have out when they have company. I can't eat just one. I'm proud to say they are made in my state. Love, Love, Love them read more