A popular Colorado candy shop needs your vote to become the ‘best candy store’ in the country

Jun 7, 2024, 5:05 PM

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If you’ve ever visited Estes Park, Colorado you’ve probably experienced the joy of their famous salt water taffy. Well, now the shop that makes it could use your help!

In downtown Estes Park for almost 90 years, The Taffy Shop is in the running to be “best candy store” in the USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards contest.

Nominees to the USA Today contest were submitted by ‘a panel of experts’, according to the newspaper’s website.

Voting continues through Monday, June 10 with results expected to be announced on Wednesday, June 19.

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