Magic Nut and Candy Company

Came here to get the chocolate caramel and pecan apples and it was amazing! The apples were large and fresh and the toppings were generous and a delicious combination. We wound up getting another apple before we left!

I’ve always purchased nuts at the Magic Nut & Candy Co. as they are the freshest.
But today, I finally bought a chocolate/​caramel covered apple.
Got home and sliced right through this 5 lb. treasure. (not really 5 lbs. but it is huge)
Ate a quarter of this delicious mouth watering treat and then went back for seconds!
Could have devoured the entire apple but my brain said I better stop and leave a bit
for tomorrow. Give yourself a gift… without guilt. You must try one of their broad selection of
candy apples.
Ginny

Nice stand of candies, nuts and dried fruit amongst the rows of vendors at Farmer’s Market. I had been looking for some strawberry sour belts and sour apple gummies and they had them here. It’s a bummer there are no samples but what can you do. I got 4oz bags of each as that is the minimum you can get. Otherwise it’s by the lb increments. Service was friendly and fast. They even offer to validate your parking if you parked it the Farmer’s Market lot but we parked at The Grove.
We even went to their other stand to buy a bag of kettle korn ($ 6.99), lime-​chile corn nuts and a small bag of banana chips ($ 4.50) because I cant say no to banana chips whenever I see them at a stand like this.

Overpriced but good products. Couldn’t get an itemized receipt, even from the manager, and tax was included in the asking price. If I was the owner, I would be concerned.

Two stars for the popcorn — I’ve had a few kinds so far they have been really good, if pricey.
The customer service has never been very good. Service is slow and it can take a long time to get any help. Today, it took several minutes for anyone to even acknowledge that we were waiting and to actually assist us.
We bought about $ 15 of candy in three cute little packages, but when I got home and opened them, they were all stale. If only one of them had been bad I could have ignored it, but it seems like the packages they are selling are either full of old candy or are being improperly sealed. Either way, I don’t think I’m going back. Even for the popcorn.

Browsing around the farmers market I came upon one of my loves a nut place. I lovedddd there magic cashews as they call it. They had a nice honey glaze to them & delicious fresh crunch. No old nuts here. You can sample a ton before deciding which is a plus. They are always busy almost every time I have gone so be patient.

This place has so much potential but I think they are happy with the way things are. They do have plenty of variety and pricing is okay, though on the higher side. There is never anyone behind the counter and you have to chase them down. They are nice when they get in there but it would be nice to ask questions or maybe even get a sample of something that you usually won’t buy.
Other than that, it puts a smile on my kids faces which is right by me.

I wouldn’t even give this place a star. I’ll give this place a few months if this keep running it with a nasty customer service. The owner did not even acknowledge me when I told her about her product. Such a snobbish attitude from her as an owner to the rest of the 2 girls working with her. Their candies are dried and my kids was not able to bite on their gummies they are selling but the owner told me this is normal for the gummy worms to be hard as a rock. I hope nobody will ever buy your candies again, I promise I won’t. It’s just horrible when you try to let them know to maybe look at something that they are selling in a constructive criticism and they did not even spend a single second to hear it. Oh well, they just lost a customer.

I would give this place a four, but I have to knock off one for the outlandish prices for candy and whatnot, it’s more than a little bit ridiculous.
Anyway, the caramel apples are delicious!
It’s the only thing I got from here because it was all I wanted though they did have a very big selection of candy and trail mixes. I usually only like red apples but they didnt have any, boo :-(BUT they had at least 8 different options for toppings for your apple, I just opted for the plain one since that’s my favorite. I was not disappointed at all. The apple itself was as large as a baby’s head! The caramel coating was soft and still pliable, so much better than what you usually get with the sticky hard coating on fair caramel apples. The whole thing was so heavy that it was wobbling on the stick as I was trying to eat it and boy did I eat it. I meant to just try a little bit but I ended up eating the whole thing in one sitting — still dreaming about the sweet caramel :-)

I like Magic Nut and Candy Company much more than I do of See’s Candy. My mom and I were at The Grove for an event and it was her first time so I had to take her through the Farmer’s Market. We then stumbled upon the Magic Nut (I’m trying really hard to not have dirty thoughts when saying that) because we were craving a little sweet stuff.
The goodies:
Dark almond cluster (5 stars)
S’mores covered in dark chocolate (4 stars)
Dark chocolate turtle (3 stars)
and finally a Dark chocolate rocky road (4 stars)
Candy is sold $ 19.99 a pound or by piece like how we did it. We purchased our candy by piece and spent like $ 15 – 20. I would totally come back and buy more candy from here again.
They also sell a lot more than just chocolate, they sell caramel covered apple (which I’m going to need to get my hands on) and so much more.

Great place run by great people. They made me a custom gifts basket
A little pricey for nuts but when you think about it you get exactly what you want and how much you want. So in the end you save money!
Quality is very good!

Thankfully one-​star reviews don’t happen too often. However this spot warrants it.
Dropped into the Farmer’s Market to grab some gifts and thought I would check out the vendors including the Magic Nut and Candy Company. My daughter meanwhile, wanted one of those old fashioned stick candies. I don’t remember the price, I think they were $.50 or $.25?
Anyway, it took ages to get someone’s attention to pay for it, there were two or three people behind the counter. One of the women looked annoyed that I even wanted to buy something. She got someone else to ring me up, I paid with a dollar bill. They handed me back a handful of pennies and nickels. WTF?!?
She said they «didn’t have any change» except pennies and nickels. Uh, don’t you guys run a business? How difficult is it to have a roll of quarters in your register? I scrounged around and found exact change but was extremely put off by their attitude.
In the end, on principle, I ended up buying my souvenirs elsewhere.

Okay, seriously… I go here not for the nuts but really for the CHOCOLATE COVERED GUMMY BEARS AND CHERRY GUMMIES!
I’m addicted. Geee thanks ;)

We stopped here and got some salted cashews, macadamia nuts and smoked almonds.
Though the nuts were good, they were not the tastiest we’ve ever had and for the price, I’m not sure it was worth it, but you never know until you try, so at least I don’t have to wonder anymore.

The bagged licorice allsorts were yuck. Kookaburra so much better and available at Montrose Candy Co. The marzipan was lackluster (don’t know where you can get good marzipan in LA.). And the divinity was blah at best. Maybe other items are better, but the three I tried were not good:(

This spot is hella good right after you had a meal at one of the stalls at The Farmers Market and craving some sugar after. They pretty much got everything from dried fruits, candy and some amazing chocolate dipped apple with nuts.
Service wise, its typical Farmers Market setting. There’s a lot of people, so you have to be aggressive in getting attention of the workers but otherwise it’s cool. It’s just part of the experience and the fun at yelling at people to get their attention.
Price wise its on the expensive side. But hell it’s farmers market fresh. Unless you want to wait Sunday to get your fixation at the Hollywood Farmers market or go down to Santa Monica farmers market. The great thing is you can come here pretty much anytime to get your craving so your paying for Farmers Market convenience and freshness.

We wanted to get some sour candy strips from this place. Stood there while the Asian lady behind the counter gabbed with her friend. I had to wave a few times to get her attention. We were going to mix the 5 different flavors of candy strips in one bag, started ordering «3 strips of this one, 4 strips of this one…» when the lady cut us off saying that she will only do a quarter pound minimum. So we said that we would get a quarter pound mixing the flavors. But no, she said a quarter pound minimum for EACH flavor, WHAT!?! These are like $ 12.99 a pound, and she wouldn’t let us mix flavors to get to a quarter pound. I’ve never encountered anything like it. She was so rude, we walked away. We would’ve spent a few bucks there and be repeat customers, but now we will not think about stopping there again. Your loss!

This place has a huge spread near the back of the Farmer’s Market, and a tremendous selection. The prices are OK, and they have an awesome selection of dried fruits, nuts, and candies. Great for picking out travel snacks.
However, the staff seems inattentive and disorganized. I stood in front of a case, not 2 feet from an employee, who just totally ignored me. I was hoping to try an item that wasn’t in one of the prepackaged plastic bags, but just got fed up and walked away.
I tried another counter (I think there are 3), and picked out a bag of sunflower seeds, but it took me shouting at someone to get it rung up. There were like 4+ staffers around, and it was a really slow day. It’s not like there were huge demands being made on their time. They need to get their act together.
Also, when I got home and tried the seeds, they were so salty they were inedible. Cool it with the sodium, guys!

Pretty darn good chocolate, with a lot of fun options (s’mores, marshmallow sticks… can ya tell I like me some marshmallows?).
Frequently understaffed, with employees who seem constantly busy with SOMETHING under their center island. Every time I go they’re digging around under there, and I have to either shout to get their attention or wait around forever for them to notice they have a customer. What’s up with that?
I’ve gone a few times around 6pm on a weekday (the market closes at nine during the week) and they’ve said they’re closed. That’s just not cool, yo.

Okay — so I’ve only had the dried fruit … I will go back to try the nuts etc.
We got …
Strawberries, Cherries, Mangoes, Peaches, and Plums … The mangoes were good but not any better than the ones I can get from the store. I liked the cherries. The strawberries were okay (a little sweet). And the peaches and plums were okay … but nothing special. I just felt like there was a lot of sugar added to some, and that’s okay but it didn’t feel like anything super amazing.
However, I would go back and try other fruits as well as the chocolates and nuts. I haven’t given up on this … just on the fruit I tried. :)