Martinsville Candy Kitchen: A sweet tradition

Do you love candy? Well, Martinsville is home to one of the best — and longest running — old-fashioned candy shops in the state.

The Martinsville Candy Kitchent located in the heart of downtown is known far and wide, giving patrons an opportunity to step back in time while producing some of the best candy for more than a century!

Established in 1919 by Jimmy Zapapas, the shop started out specializing in candy canes and jellies, and his recipes have been handed down from owner to owner since he started.

Today, the shop is widely known for its handmade candy canes, especially around Christmas when visitors get to watch the process of candy-making unfold.

They now have a huge variety of sweet treats from candy and chocolates to old-fashioned sodas and ice cream. The store has moved in the previous years, but it currently sits at 46 N. Main St.

As it is still an old-fashioned candy and soda store, with a viewing window, they have grown with new recipes of making candy and adapted to technology along they way.

You can visit https://www.martinsvillecandykitchen.com/ to get information and order ahead by phone!

The Martinsville Candy Kitchen is fun experience for the whole family!

(Prepared by the Morgan County Leadership Academy Class of 2022 on behalf of the Morgan County Bicentennial Committee)