This is my first time visiting this chocolate shop and I was absolutely in awe from seeing a lot of the old school candies and back in a time capsule. Dee the employee is an excellent worker that provides great hospitality and customer service for the customers. Thank you and I will see you soon again with my new red bag. Dee neatly packed the fruit slices and fudged brownies with passionate energy and enthusiasm. The place is organized and well maintained cleanly that provides customers to explore and have a tour around the aisles to browse around with so much to see and taste. Shoutout to Dee from her presence and presentation, Thank you. "Marcus aka Raul" read more

Van Holten's Chocolates - Variety is pastries and fruit cloves neatly packed. Huge shoutout to Dee. - Candy Stores Near Me - Brick, New Jersey

So much chocolate here it's so good, made in different shapes and objects. The fudge was really good read more

Van Holten's Chocolates - Candy Stores Near Me - Brick, New Jersey

Today I called ahead to ask if they still had the healthy water there and the rude sob hung right up on me... click\/

I have been' buying Von Holten's chocolate in Brick for at least 30 years. The sales people are the best I don't walk so good they bring it out to the car for me. read more

Taffy apples are incredible! Great service and very friendly employees! Fantastic selection of all kinds of candies for all occasions

We have been going to Van Holten's for two years now and they really are the BEST! They have an amazing selection and truly the best chocolates I've ever had. When I'm in town we look forward to our weekly stop at Van Holten's for some yummy homemade chocolates. The vanilla nougat is our favorite and a must try. I even get some shipped to me when I'm on the west coast for school- because nothing else compares! They make it super easy and ship it to you. Thank you Van Holten's! read more

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I wanted to like this place. I did. And if you want pretty candy for a gift, it is lovely and there is a very large variety. BUT if you are looking for quality chocolate that tastes good, this is not the place. The white chocolate is tasteless. If anything it tastes like the cheap palm oil they sell a white baking "chips." It definitely does not have that wonderful cocoa butter taste. The milk chocolate is similarly bland and very uninspiring tasting. It's flat. It is lacking that wonderful buttery flavor of quality chocolate. And it is missing that wonderful cocoa taste. The dark chocolate is similarly bland. It lacks the depth you want with the coffee notes and smoky notes. The chocolate is just way too expensive for the inferior quality. It's not what you'd expect from a homemade chocolate store. Frankly the quality of commercial high end chocolate is better. All in all, I would only go here if you are looking for a pretty gift for kids who don't know better or adults who don't. But it isn't the place if you're looking for good chocolate.... In reference to the comment below, I am from Northern NJ but my family lives in Brick, which I was here and tried it. I happen to find Genevieve's to be phenomenal, but more mainstream and limited in terms of selection, so I tried here because I am often in the area. The other place in Woodland Park I am also familiar with, and it is very good, but not like Genevieve's or like Krause's, my other usual go to. As I said this chocolate may be the go to for many of those in the area - clearly it has been for many years - but I have had what I prefer better, and will stick with them until I find something even better. Chocolate and candy are very much an individual preference, so this just wasn't mine and so I shared my take on it. I do thank the owner for the kind feedback and wish them continued success. read more

Decent chocolate, but they seem to close 30-60mins earlier than is advertised. This costs customers time and energy, and is a giant inconvenience. read more

You make the best of everything! I live in Washington state so my experience is through your online order. I bought taffy, caramel apples, milk chocolate caramels, chocolate fudge, orange cream fudge, ranch popcorn, and dill popcorn. Your caramel is amazing, so rich and flavorful. It makes for the best caramel apple I've ever add! The caramel apples were my favorite item I think. I appreciate that you use a good, fresh apple for these, it just makes them perfect! The caramel is also is perfect with the milk chocolate coating. The fudge is amazing, perfect consistency and perfect flavor! Taffy is so good. I'll admit I ate way more at once than I should have because I couldn't stop myself because of how good it was. I don't know if it'd ever be possible but I'd love if you could make just caramels for sale (without chocolate). Also if you could ever make potato chips with your dill pickle flavor (used on the popcorn) I'd be in love Popcorn was perfect and flaverful. I can't wait to try more of your flavors. I'm thankful I live on the other side of the country, because if I lived there I'm sure I'd give you all my money and I'd probably end up weighing 800 lbs. I'll definitely be ordering from you again soon! Thank you for the AMAZING products! read more

Great local chocolate shop that was open off-season. We got some yummy fudge. Love the salted dark chocolate whose only flaw was a little too much sea salt. Check in with yelp to see if their is a special available!!! read more

What a fun shop to get a little break from the heat and enjoy the sweet things in life. Thank you for the laughs and the delicious goodies we enjoyed on our trip to Seaside. We will make your shop a destination whenever we are visiting...yes it's that good. read more

Always has what I need and has a great variety of things to chose from! 10/10 for me read more

I have been driving down to Brick for over 10 years and its probably close to 20. My oldest is 27 and I only know of one time when he did not have Van Holtens. They use to have a place in Kearny but when that closed I started driving to Brick and my kids, 27, 18, 17 and 15 are so happy I drive down every Easter. The selections are awesome and the quality of cholcate is still better then any other and well worth the 1 hr drive to get there. The staff is very helpful which is an added bonus. I learned this year someone has been driving longer then me so I will plan of still driving when I start to have grandkids. Thank you John and team.... read more

I came here after finding out the seaside location was closed. I really wanted a bucket of taffy, and a caramel apple. The taffy they had here, only sold by the bag if you want to choose your own flavors, (can't do a larger bucket like seaside location) was hard as a rock, some of the pieces disintegrating in my hand. Everything else at the counter was rushed and you just get packed in like sardines, yelling over everyone else as someone behind the counter tries to take your order. Because of how far I drove to come here, I settled on some chocolate pretzels. Hopefully these will be fresh, but seeing that the walls were lined with containers full of back-stock of the flavors, I'm questioning how long ago anything was made. Everything at seaside is always fresh when I go, so next time I'll avoid the brick location and call ahead to make sure seaside is open. read more

The store is Very nice and clean. The people are very helpful and friendly and the sweets are delicious. But the prices seem very high. As much as I loved the candy, sadly I cannot afford to go back. Update.. went back. Was sorry I did. Got the large peanut butter cup as a treat. It tasted like butter only. Not at all good. Bought 3 chocolate covered pretzels with it. It came to $15! Now I will never go back, sorry. This store is way overpriced for mediocre chocolate read more

Caramel apples are amazing! Candy apples are great as well as the chocolate covered strawberries, homemade candy and chocolates. Friendly service also. Just love going to Van Holten's! read more

Good place to go for homemade candy. Their chocolates are delicious. Found sugar free items, that were very much appreciated and enjoyed. Would recommend. read more

Very clean, huge selection, friendly staff. Delicious confections! I give them a 10/10

OMG. Amazing. You won't regret it. It's a HUGE store with lots of variety. We were there on Valentine's night. We spent $25 and came home with chocolate covered strawberries, fudge, and assorted candies. So far we've tried the salted caramel (amazing!!!!!), the chocolate covered s'more, chocolate covered PB&J sandwich and chocolate covered strawberries. Absolutely divine. The staff is so very nice and chat with you while you're looking but aren't down your throat making a sale. This place blows Hannah Kraus out of the water - it's on a whole other level. Excited to use the yelp offers! read more

First off, the homemade chocolates are very good both quality and taste. However, after waiting a good 5 to 10 minutes for service, with about 5 staff members totally ignoring customers behind the counter, I literally had to flag someone down to help me and other customers. Nothing is worse than feeling like you are invisible. Upon checkout, no hello or thank you: just "have a good day". It felt as if they thought they were doing you some kind of favor by taking your money. I will never go there again. In addition, the storefront looks like a "tacky" thrift shop. If you want great chocolate and a staff that truly appreciates your business, I would recommend the Caramel Shop although it is a hike to get to from Brick. read more

Have lived in the area for 16 years and just discovered Van Holten's! I was so excited that this awesome shop is pretty close to home. I purchased coconut clusters for my sister and she could hardly bite off a piece, I think she felt bad and told me they were fine. Fast forward a few weeks...Imagine my disappointment when my niece went in and purchased macaroons only to realize that they were as hard as rocks and they weren't cheap!! I was wondering how fresh the candy could actually be in a store that size in this neighborhood, I guess I just found out! They also had a lot of Easter candy...well before Christmas! PASS! read more

I have three words for you... Chocolate Covered Bacon! My two favorite food flavors and you get them in one bite! Yummy! There was a bigger chocolate to bacon ratio than I think necessary, but how can you go wrong with anything chocolate covered! Can't wait to try the Slim Jim! read more

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We just got back from a tour of this chocolate store that the owner held for our brownie/girl scout troop and it was wonderful!! I cannot say enough good things about the people who own and run this shop they were such nice people. My daughter had the best time and we are so grateful for the kindness they showed all our girls. I ended up buying a bunch of chocolate afterwards and its beyond delicious very tasty and fresh!!!! I will def be back. I highly recommend this place! If you have a girl scout troop this is a really cool place to have a tour. read more

They buy Raspberry Jelli rings for $3.00 a pound add some chocolate to them and sell them for over $20 a pound. Are you kidding me? How has this place not been investigated for price gouging?? The Jelli rings were stale even, never had that problem with Joya. First time in the Brick location and my last. So much greed going on here. News flash if you price your stuff reasonably your customers will return but since your so greedy your customers wont be back. read more

Inattentive and disinterested staff. Couldn't get a second of anyone's attention. Came in with a coupon that no one seemed able to process. A big mystery, apparently ( I think it was 10 percent off- a real mind blower!) Finally got out of the messy, dirty overcrowded overpriced store, and the candy we brought home was average at best. If you want good Chocolate try the chocolate bar in Manasquan. Worth the trip. read more

Haven't been to the store but my mother in law gets me chocolate from here all the time. I am a bit of a chocoholic and must say that their stuff hits the spot. Very Good! read more

Love this place great selection you def will get your sweet tooth filled here!!! Their hours are great too

Ridiculous selection and everything is very decadent.The muffins are insane. Also, they have a great sugar-free and no sugar added section.

I love Van Holten's Chocolates. And I visit there brick location about 4-5 times a week. The staff is very friendly and know me by name. There fudge is hands down the best i have ever had. Death by chocolate is by far my favorite. And the cherry buttons chewy candies I can eat a pound in less then 20 min. They sell them to me by the pound. I honestly can say I'm addicted to Van Holten's. read more

I went there today to buy my wife her favorite jelly rings because she just had Kidney surgery. But, I noticed the girl was taking my jelly rings out of a box of Joyva jelly rings, the kosher jelly rings you can buy during Jewish holidays. I asked about that, she said Joyva makes them just for Van Holtens . . . . . . oh please, done with their prices too. read more