Kilwins

With its intoxicating scent and a front-and-center candy-making station set up to encourage spectators, this sweet shop is the type of place you’d expect to find alongside a boardwalk, drawing in vacationers from their evening promenade. And that’s no surprise, given that the brand is based in the quaint lakeshore town of Petoskey, Michigan. A number of goodies are produced on-site at the Hyde Park franchise, like fresh, creamy fudge, caramel corn and faintly salty nut brittles. The remainder of the offerings—ice cream, hand-dipped truffles and pecan- and caramel-rich “tuttles,” to name a few—are made in the Petoskey kitchen.