MNMinnesota field entry
Minnesota's Largest Candy Store
Jordan, MN
A giant yellow roadside candy barn outside Jordan where mountains of sweets and an enormous soda selection collide with pies, Minnesota farm foods, meats, cheeses, pickles, puzzles, superhero murals, an animatronic band and a fortune-telling machine.
Minnesota's Largest Candy Store stretches the candy-shop idea into a seasonal roadside emporium of soda, baked goods, local pantry food, puzzles and elaborate pop-culture spectacle.
Field notes
Why it belongs
Candy store, soda shop, bakery, regional-food market, pantry store, meat-and-cheese retailer, puzzle shop and roadside attraction.
The scale is only part of it: the merchandise keeps escaping the category implied by the name.
Minnesota's Largest Candy Store operates from the enormous yellow roadside building on Highway 169 near Jordan. Candy may be the headline, but current inventory also runs through a vast soda selection, pies and strudels, popcorn, pasta, jams, jellies, pickles, meats, cheeses, puzzles and Minnesota-produced foods. Around the merchandise are themed visual attractions including elaborate murals, an animatronic band and a fortune-telling machine. The business calls its soda selection the world's largest; OddStops presents that as the business's claim rather than a certified record. The store operates seasonally, so its current daily hours are not presented as a year-round schedule.
Store contents
What you will find
Directory categories
Known for
- Giant yellow building
- Candy
- Enormous soda selection
- Pies and strudels
- Local foods
- Popcorn
- Jams and jellies
- Pickles
- Meats and cheeses
- Puzzles
- Superhero and pop-culture murals
- Animatronic band
- Fortune-telling machine