Bear City Fudge Company — Restaurant in New Bern

My second favorite stop while visiting New Bern was definitely the Bear City Fudge Co. It was hot, it was muggy, and a perfect day to stop and get some ice cream.

We walked in the back way through Bear Plaza after parking on Middle St. and took in everything there was to see. The plaza has some wonderful old wood carvings of bears. Be sure to check them out when you visit. After strolling the plaza we walked into the store.

What a site, it was like stepping back in time. This is a real old time candy shop. There's basically 3 things here. Candy. Fudge and Ice Cream. First the place is beautiful and has a ton of atmosphere. You have to see it to believe it. They candy is all over the store and you can pick and choose whatever you like. There's a shelf full of steel buckets just loaded with various candies and another wish glass jars full of candy.

Behind the counter you have even more homemade chocolate candies and fudge and so many varieties that I could never type them all in here. I've taken some pictures so take a look at them and you'll see what I've seen. At the back is the ice cream counter. It's amazing.

We ended up ordering milkshakes, Chocolate of course, and checked out the store. There's all kinds of neat things on the shelves and what look to be some old antique toys. I saw one of a old merry go round that was super cool. After we finished our shakes we grabbed some fudge to go.

Soooo, if you're in New Bern and you have a sweet tooth, or even if you don't have a tooth, you'll want to check out Bear City Fudge Co. The place is amazing!!! You'll be...

Ok..admittedly my ever present lack of foresight is to blame here but I placed an online order on Friday afternoon for a Sunday delivery of 8 pralines to my wonderful mother on her special day this year. So, in full embrace of my unrealistic request, directly after I submitted my order I called her apologizing that it would undoubtedly be late but, because Pralines are her favorite the wait would be one of suspenseful bliss. She of course was gracefully smitten and said what mattered most was the phone call from her favorite son. 😉. To my surprise on Sunday she received a hand delivered gift bag of individually wrapped Pralines. Because the order occurred on Friday and the delivery took place on Sunday morning, I’m fairly certain that it was delivered personally by someone from Bear City. So my sincerest apologies to Bear City for my premature assumption that my experience would understandably be administratively typical and routine. And thanks to Bear City for going out of your way to see to it that a Mom got her gift...

Walking through downtown and saw the plaza where the store is located! Very nicely decorated and inviting - specially now during Xmas.

Inside it’s a blast from the past! It feels they have conserved many of the original styles of selling candy.

They have fudge, ice cream, chocolates and candy and drinks & probably more which I’ll check out next time.

Service is very nice, all staff was very welcoming and friendly. We bought a few chocolates with different insides, they all looked so amazing.

Give them a visit if you’re in the area, you’ll be in for a sweet treat! They are generous to let you try the fudge too! I tried the turtle and wanted to just bite into the...