Fun Candy

Chocolate Covered Wagon has more than just chocolate. We have a five pound gummy bear!! That is right, five pounds of pure awesomeness. Here it is.


But that is not all we also carry a giant gummy worm, gummy snake, and other gummy bears that are much larger than average.
 

Some of the most exciting items we carry are from Jelly Belly. We have a game made by Jelly Belly called BeanBoozled. The game is really more like Russian roulette. When it is your turn, you spin the spinner. The spinner will land on one of 10 options. Then you have to take the Jelly Belly that the spinner randomly picked for you.
 
The trick is getting a good flavor. Each Jelly Belly has two different flavors, one good, one bad. They each look exactly the same though, so you won't know if you got a good one or bad one till you have started chewing. Very dangerous.  

Chocolates

We make a wide variety of chocolate at our stores along with the famous caramels and salt water taffy. We like to mix our chocolate and caramels together, or course, making things taste better.

I'll start with our "Spokes." A spoke is a pretzel rod dipped in our caramel and then dipped in milk, dark, or white chocolate. We do offer a couple of other varieties too. White chocolate and cinnamon sugar. Milk chocolate and chopped almonds.


Another favorite of ours is the "Covered Wagons." The covered wagons are know more fondly as turtles. Caramel, chocolate, and nuts. We make five different kinds of covered wagons. One has caramel, milk or dark chocolate, and pecans. Another has caramel, milk or dark chocolate, and cashews. Last but not least, we make a covered wagon with caramel, white chocolate, and macadamia nuts.


We also have many different truffles to choose from as well. So you don't have to choose, we have a two pack, four pack, twelve pack, and twenty four pack of truffles, all assorted and milk chocolate.

Fun with Fudge

Another treat we make at the Chocolate Covered Wagon is fudge. We make many different kinds of fudge throughout the year for different holidays. For example, at Halloween we make a fudge called Pumpkin Cookie. We make a Pumpkin spice fudge and then put fresh pumpkin cookies in the middle.

We have bulk fudge at all of our locations so anyone can have a sample of their choice. We sell fudge for $12.95 a pound but we have a standing special: buy a pound and get a quarter pound for free. This is a good opportunity for customers to have a good variety of different fudge flavors or a lot of your favorite flavor. We also make some of our better selling fudges in one half-pound gift trays, which go great in gift bags and boxes we make.

Some popular flavors we make are:
Cookies and Cream
 

Pecan Turtle





Peanut Butter


Raspberry Cheesecake


Salted Peanut Roll

Gourmet Caramel Apples - Part Two

In our last post we shared with you some of the caramel apples we make at the Chocolate Covered Wagon. Our customers say that our caramel apples are arguable the best apples in the world. We make caramel apples year round, so if you need a sweet tooth fix we always have them.

We have made caramel apples for many weddings. We have colors of ribbon to match almost any wedding. We have made apples for countless business that give them away as Christmas gifts or just favors for customers. And of course caramel apples make great gifts for any time.

Here are some more of the caramel apples we make:

White Water Rapid Caramel Apple- This caramel apple is our best seller! It is made by dipping a caramel apple in white chocolate and then roll it in cinnamon sugar. Tastes just like an apple pie.












Avalanche Caramel Apple - This caramel apple has three kinds of chocolate on it. First we dip it in milk chocolate then drizzle it in milk, dark, and white chocolate.


Tumble Weed Toffee Caramel Apple - Our second best seller, this apple is dipped in milk chocolate, rolled in crushed toffee, and drizzled in dark chocolate.


Oreo Timberline Caramel Apple - The Oreo Timberline is dipped in milk of white chocolate and then rolled in crushed Oreos.




Mudslide Caramel Apple -The mudslide is made by drizzling milk and dark chocolate on a pecan or almond caramel apple.

Gourmet Caramel Apples - Part One

We have made a goal for ourselves to make the best caramel apples in the world. Anyone who has tasted one of our apples will say we make some pretty good ones.

The caramel we use for our caramel apples is not the same caramel we sell by the pound. The recipe differs a little bit, but for the most part it is very similar. The caramel apple caramel is a secret recipe. It was developed by Cindy, the owner, over a long time and many bad batches. After we have cooked the caramel, we are ready to dip fresh, crisp granny smith apples into the caramel. We use granny smith apples because there is a good contrast between the sweetness of the caramel and the tartness of the apple.

Here are some of the caramel apples we sell:

Plain Caramel Apple - A granny smith apple dipped in delicious caramel


Rodeo Caramel Apple - A plain caramel apple drizzled with milk and dark chocolate


Sea Salt Caramel Apple - A caramel apple drizzled with either milk or dark chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt.


Pecan Classic Caramel Apple - A caramel apple rolled in pecans


Almond Classic Caramel Apple - A caramel apple rolled in roasted and salted almonds

Personalized Easter Eggs

Easter is an exciting time for us at the Chocolate Covered Wagon. We make our own Easter eggs in a variety of flavors and hand dip each one in milk, dark, or white chocolate. Our Easter egg flavors are:

• Caramel
• Chocolate Cream
• German Chocolate
• Rocky Road
• Cookies and Cream
• Grasshopper
• Bavarian Mint
• Black Forest
• Rum Raisin
• Raspberry Cheesecake
• Key Lime
• Orange Creamsicle
• Divinity

After you pick one of our delicious flavors, we can write the name of a loved one on the egg for you with icing. We also have a variety of other Easter candy ranging from solid chocolate bunny molds to our Easter candy mix. Easter morning can be fun and tasty for every with one of our Easter eggs or an Easter basket filled with all kinds of treats. We can put a Caramel Apple or any other candies. Come see us this week for Easter treats!

Chocolate Covered Wagon - Sandy

Opened in 1996, the Chocolate Covered Wagon on Highland Drive and 9400 South is the workhorse of all the stores. This store is the second store that owner Cindy Robison opened; the name Chocolate Covered Wagon was a re-branding of sorts that allowed Cindy to expand the items carried at her stores. Salt Water Taffy and Caramel were already very popular, but chocolate was the item that intrigued Cindy the most.

 This is where we cook the famous Country Caramel and Salt Water Taffy. Most of our delicious caramel apples are dipped here and then distributed to the other stores as needed. This is also where we make all of our chocolate dipped items like our chocolate and caramel covered pretzel rods called spokes.

We would love to see you drop by to see us at the Sandy location. As always, pick up a caramel sample and a taste of fudge.

Chocolate Covered Wagon - Sugar House

This is our other new location in Sugar House. The Sugar House Chocolate Covered Wagon opened in September 2013. The address of this store is 2227 South Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84106.

If you have ever been to the dollar theater at the Sugar House Shopping Center in the past year and a half, then you have seen our cute little store. If you haven't been to the movie theaters lately, we would suggest it because they just finished remodeling. Maybe you can drop by and grab a caramel apple too.

Here are some pictures from inside our store. If you'd like to watch us making caramel corn or dipping apples, come on in see the magic. One of the friendly faces at the Sugar House store will make sure you have tried our world famous caramels or delicious fudge.

Chocolate Covered Wagon - Gardner Village

We, at the Chocolate Covered Wagon, are so happy to be in Gardner Village. The people there are so nice! Along with the people being so nice, the atmosphere and scenery is amazing. From Archibald's to Posh Peddler, you can always find something new and interesting at Gardner Village.

As we have said in the last blog post, we moved the Trolley Taffy Station that was in Trolley Square for 28 years to Gardner Village. We are in the old train station at the north eastern corner of the village.

 The Gardner Village store opened on June 1, 2014, and we have loved every minute of it! We were told that Witches Night Out was going to be crazy, and boy we found out what that meant.

Come get a caramel apple if you're going to be around! Try the White Water Rapids apple, its the best!

Trolley Taffy Station

In March of 1986 Beehive Candy was purchased by Cindy Davis. The store was located in the Trolley Square shopping center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The small business specialized in gourmet caramel popcorn, cotton candy, fudge, and a variety of bulk candy. An old Salt Water Taffy puller was acquired by Cindy when the store was purchased, but Salt Water Taffy wasn't a focal point in the business at that time.

After some time Cindy recognized the potential of the Salt Water Taffy when she coined the company's slogan: "Have a Good Old Fashioned Taste of Utah." Then people started coming to Trolley Square from all across the country to get a "Taste of Utah" and watch the taffy being pulled before their eyes.

 

Cindy re-branded her business Trolley Taffy Station to focus on the Salt Water Taffy, but she still continued to make gourmet caramel corn along with other sweet treats. The Salt Water Taffy is so unique because it actually has real salt from the Great Salt Lake in the secret recipie and every piece of taffy is hand wrapped.

After 28 years in business at Trolley Square, the desicion was made to close the Trolley Taffy Station and move the famous Salt Water Taffy operation to Gardner Village. The new store is called Chocolate Covered Wagon but still carrys the 28 year legacy built in Trolley Square. 

Come see the old taffy puller and Have a Good Old Fashioned Taste of Utah at:

Chocolate Covered Wagon at Historic Gardner Village

1100 W 7800 S, Building #10

West Jordan, UT 84088

(801)938-1963

www.chocolatecoveredwagon.com

www.gardnervillage.com 

Chocolate Covered Wagon

2065 E 9400 S

Sandy, UT 84093

(801)947-1874

Chocolate Covered Wagon

2227 S Highland Dr.

Salt Lake City, UT 84106

(801)486-3456

Food Finds Chocolate Covered Wagon

A Little About Our Shop

The Chocolate Covered Wagon is, you guessed it, a candy store. We love to dip, drizzle, and pour chocolate on just about what ever we can get our hands on. For example, we dip the long time favorite and short time unattainable Twinkie in milk and dark chocolate. They are yummy and were a great option for stocking stuffers this last holiday season.

But what we are most famous for is our Salt Water Taffy and Country Caramel, which secret recipes were developed by the owner Cindy Robison. The Food Network some how learned that there were some yummy caramels and taffy being made in the Salt Lake Valley, so they came to us and filmed a short special on our caramels and taffy which aired on their television show Food Finds.

There are three Chocolate Covered Wagon locations that serve the Salt Lake Valley. They are located in Sandy, West Jordan (Gardner Village), and Sugar House. We also ship our sweets all over the country and sometimes out.