Stefanelli's Candies

Founded in 1929, Stefanelli’s Candies uses Old World methods to open new worlds of flavor. Our candies are carefully handcrafted using quality ingredients, cooked in small batches over aged copper kettles and hand-packed to ensure every piece is a masterpiece.

Located at 2054 W 8th St, Erie, PA 16505, Stefanelli's Candies operates as a chocolate shop serving Erie in Pennsylvania. This page gathers the practical details people usually look for before visiting: where it is, how to reach it, when it opens and how customers rate it. Besides its main category, the business also describes itself as candy store, dessert shop, gift basket store, so it may cover more than the name suggests.

American bakeries range from wholesale operations that supply restaurants to neighborhood shops that sell bread, pastries, cookies and cakes over the counter, and many of them also pour coffee. Bagel shops boil and bake on site and sell out of favorite flavors by late morning; donut shops open before dawn and are often family-run; patisseries and cake studios take custom orders for weddings and birthdays and usually need one to two weeks' notice. Ice cream parlors, gelato shops and frozen yogurt bars are seasonal in the northern states and year-round in the South and on the West Coast. Prices are posted per item, by the dozen or by the pound, and most shops now take cards and mobile payment.

Hours are published for 5 days a week. On most of those days it is open 10 am–5:30 pm. It is closed on Monday, Sunday. Hours in the United States do change around federal holidays and long weekends, so a quick call before a special trip is sensible. You can reach Stefanelli's Candies at (814) 459-2451; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, stefanelliscandies.com.

Customers rate it 4.4 out of 5 on Google across 218 reviews, placing it among the better-regarded chocolate & candy shops in Erie.

Erie is in Pennsylvania, in the Northeast, where four distinct seasons shape local life: hot humid summers, snowy winters that can close businesses for a day, and a dense pattern of towns where walking, transit and street parking all matter. Getting around Erie is easiest by car; street parking is metered in busy downtown areas, and most suburban businesses have their own lot. Ride-share apps such as Uber and Lyft operate across Pennsylvania's larger cities, and public transit varies from extensive to minimal.

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