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= Minnesota's Largest Candy Store = Minnesota's Largest Candy Store is located at 20430 Johnson Memorial Dr, Jordan, MN. This business is seasonal and opens Mother's Day weekend and closes in November. You may visit them at Minnesota's Largest Candy Store on Facebook. They do not have a website or phone. They also ONLY take checks or cash. No cards of any kind. Minnesota's Largest Candy Store sells everything from; soda, puzzles, candy, candy, and more candy, pies and other various pastries, apples, pumpkins, and more!

History
Minnesota's Largest Candy store started out as a local family owned apple stand in Scott County, MN in the 1960s. Over the years, Robert Wagner and his brothers expanded from their fathers apple orchard into a Minnesota attraction. The orchard started as Jim's Apple Farm, after Wagner's father Jim returned from service in World War II. At the time, Minnesota was looking develop an apple industry and that's when Jim jumped on the opportunity to use his hilly farmland to plant apple trees. That's when Jim Wagner got to work planting apples and became strong enough to support a stand along Highway 169, near the current site of Wagner's Brothers Apple Orchard. Jim and his sons would then go on to build a second stand and even a third stand opened in 1979 where the candy store sits currently. The family then experienced a series of misfortunes of storms that would ruin the crops. After three years of nearly zero return of investments, the Wagners knew something needed to be done. They then started to sell different things such as; cheese, milk, meats and others but nothing really hit it out of the park. Until sweets came into the question. Wagner credits his daughter, Christine for the sweet attribute of candy. To fit the theme of an old-fashioned candy store, they began to sell nostalgic candies such as; salt-water taffy, licorice and rock candy. As they grew, they added more and more candy even candy from around the world. In recent years, the Wagners have invested in remodeling, decorating, and adding more candy and expanding the candy store. Today, you can spot the bright yellow candy bar a mile away on Highway 169. Families experience the aroma of the delightful homemade pies and pastries along with the outstanding paintings done on the ceilings of the barn. Families gather here to search for unique products and take in the nostalgia that is Minnesota's Largest Candy Store.