If you’re ever traveling the roads of extreme Western
Maryland (I’m talking west of Frostburg now – where I think it can snow in
June) you may have seen a billboard for Hilltop
Fruit Market in Grantsville. If you’ve
got kids (or are a kid at heart), the next time you’re out that way you need to
take some time to visit – if for only one thing……
Candyland!
(Image credit
– activerain.com)
Sure, Hilltop has great produce, fruits, nuts, and all kinds
of kitchen goodies, but the one thing that you’ll remember after just one visit
is Candyland. Do you recall the days of “penny” candy? Filling up your pockets with all kinds of
sweet treats for only a quarter? Well,
this will bring back some memories, and your kids will wonder why you never
took them to Hilltop Fruit Market before! (Who am I kidding? The Four State Food Critic loves this place
as well!)
Eyes will light up at the sight of BB Bats, licorice whips,
wax bottles full of disgustingly sweet colored liquids, Sugar Daddies, Tootsie
Rolls, individual flavors of Starburst, and so much more. You can almost picture Gene Wilder dancing in
the aisles in his “Willie Wonka” costume singing “Pure Imagination”.
Do you just like banana-flavored “Runts”? They’ve got them – already pre-bagged. Like chocolate? Get a cart and start tossing it in. There are rows and rows of this stuff – even a
section of nothing but sugar free candy as well. If you can remember it, they’ve probably got
it. Just grab a bag and start filling it
up. At Hilltop Fruit Market, you buy candy
by the pound, and believe me when I tell you that you’ll have several when you
head to the checkout line.
It may seem like a bit of a drive to get there, but the
sugar rush you’ll experience on the trip home will make the time pass by in a
heartbeat and you’ll soon be making an excuse to plan a return visit.
Hilltop Fruit Market
Location:
12579
National Pike
Grantsville,
MD 21536
Exit 22 (219
N) from Interstate 68 – make a left on US40 (National Pike)
Love this place. They have all kinds of canned good also including beef and pork, pickles, jellies etc
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