Hey everyone. Are you looking for information on the 2018 Season. Go here for our 2018 Guide to Where to Buy Cotton Candy Grapes
If you are looking to know when Cotton Candy grapes from California are in season (Grapery) or are just a fan of Cotton Candy grapes and want to know all you can about them sign up below for our Cotton Candy grape mailing list.
Sign up for the Cotton Candy Grape Mailing List. Get all the latest updates on Cotton Candy grapes, and all the other grape goodness from Grapery and other fine grape growers. Enter your email address below or click/tap the picture above to learn more.
[yikes-mailchimp form="5"]
Before we get where to find the grapes, let's go over a few frequently asked questions I have gotten since the start of last season.
The Frequently Asked Questions
When are Cotton Candy Grapes in Season?
First you need to know what month you can buy Cotton Candy Grapes in. Cotton Candy grape season begins in mid August and lasts about 6 weeks into the end of September.
I Found Mexican Grown Cotton Candy Grapes, What Gives
International Fruit Genetics (IFG) licenses Cotton Candy grapes to be grow in other countries to extend when they are available and to see how they grow in other places. In late June and July you may have found them in stores under different labels than Grapery includes one that were certified organic.
The Store Told Me Cotton Candy Grape Are Out of Season
I am going to be blunt here. They don't know what they are talking about. They might think that because of the Mexican grown grapes that came out earlier and ended. Another issue is communication is retail stores from the average worker to the people buying the produce is often poor. And frankly a lot of the workers aren't really paid enough to care, sad but true. So just go by when Grapery says their grapes are in season (mid August to late September) and keep checking the stores that do carry throughout the season, despite what you may hear from them. Don't be discouraged. The season is not over until it's really over.
Can You Freeze Cotton Candy Grapes
Sure why not. People are into eating frozen grapes as a treat on a warm day. I would just recommend if you freeze them to eat them frozen, as they texture will not be the same as they were before you froze them if eat them thawed out.
Are Cotton Candy Grapes GMO?
Nope they are not genetically modified to taste like Cotton Candy. Click here to learn more about how they got grapes to taste like Cotton Candy.
Can I Buy My Own Cotton Candy grape plants
Sorry. Grapery doesn't license then out to private growers. As previously mentioned they are grown commercially in other countries. But you could still make your own cotton candy. That would be kind of cool 🙂
Where to Buy Cotton Candy Grapes
The following is a store listing of stores that have carried Cotton Candy grapes or other Grapery grapes (like Moon Drops and Gum Drops) in the past. These are your best chances for grape finding success. Some of the biggest supporters of Cotton Candy grapes are Wegmans, Sprouts , Whole Foods Market, Publix, and the Fresh Market. IF you got one of these stores nearby there is where I would start.
When I hear a store has got them, I will add the to the list under the confirmed heading. Keep in mind, stores often sell out - because they are that good. And they may not have a constant supply. Its best to call ahead of you are making a long trip.
If you found them in a store not listed, please let us know in the comment section below. Also leave a comment if you need help finding them.
Store Listings by State
Alabama
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Publix, Oxford
Rouses
Sam's Club
The Fresh Market
Whole Foods
[/table]
Alaska
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Charlie's Produce (distributor)
Sam's Club
[/table]
Arizona
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
AJs
Sprouts, Yuma
Sam's Club
Whole Foods, Tempe | Phoenix
[/table]
Arkansas
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
[/table]
California
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Sweet Surrender, Bakersfield
Sam's Club
Sprouts
Raley's, Chico
Nob Hill
Gelson's
Whole Foods, Los Angeles
Sully's, Bakersfield
Bel Air
Vons/Pavilion
Bristol Farms
Nugget Markets, Roseville
Mother's Market, Laguna Woods
[/table]
Colorado
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
King Soopers, Arvada
Sprouts
Brush Grocery
Heinies Market
Sam's Club
[/table]
Connecticut
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Fresh Direct
Nathel & Nathel (Distributor)
The Fresh Market
Whole Foods
Stop & Stop
[/table]
Delaware
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
TMK Produce (Distributor)
ACME
Harris Teeter
Sam's Club
[/table]
Florida
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Publix, Eustis | Sarasota | Lake Placid | Daytona Beach | Cape Coral | Longwood
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club, Daytona Beach | Casselberry
Harris Teeter
Boy's Farmer's Market
[/table]
Georgia
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Sprouts
Publix, Gainesville
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Harris Teeter
Kroger, Loganville
[/table]
Hawaii
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Whole Foods Market
Don Quixote
Foodland Hawaii
Safeway
Sam's Club
Times Supermarket
[/table]
Idaho
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Yokes Fresh Market
Pacific Coast Fruit Company
Sam's Club
[/table]
Illinois
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Schnucks
The Fresh Market
Hy-Vee
Niemanns
Sam's Club
Mariano's
Jewel Food Stores
Tony's Finer Foods
[/table]
Indiana
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Kroger
Caito (Distributor)
Schnucks
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
[/table]
Iowa
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Hy-Vee, Charles City
Niemanns
Schnucks
Sam's Club
Hometown Foods
Big G Food
JW's Foods, Inc.
Maynards Food Center
Super Saver
[/table]
Kansas
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sprouts
Hy-Vee
Sam's Club
Whites Foodliner
Apple Market
Hen House
[/table]
Kentucky
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Kroger, Florence
[/table]
Louisiana
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Rouses
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Kroger
Whole Foods Market
[/table]
Maine
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Sam's Club
IGA, Orono
[/table]
Maryland
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Wegmans, Lanham | Crofton
The Fresh Market
Whole Foods
TMK Produce (Distributor)
Giant
Martin's
Harris Teeter
Sam's Club
[/table]
Massachusetts
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Wegmans
The Fresh Market
Whole Foods
Big Y
Stop & Shop, Springfield
Roche Bros.
Idylwilde Farms
4M Distributing
Sam's Club
[/table]
Michigan
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Whole Foods Market, Ann Arbor | Detroit
Kroger
Busch's
Hutch's Food Center
Nino Salvaggio International Marketplace
Rocky Produce (Distributor)
Papa Joe's Gourmet Market
Holiday Market
Plum Market
Vince & Joe's Market
Randazzo's
Sam's Club
Family Fare, Hudsonville
[/table]
Minnesota
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Lunds/Byerlys
Hy-Vee
Target
Maynards Food Center
Lerbergs Foods
Festival Foods
[/table]
Mississippi
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Rouses
Sam's Club
[/table]
Missouri
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Hy-Vee
Niemanns
Schnucks
Sam's Club
Mac's Super Saver
Apple Market
Dierbergs
[/table]
Montana
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Sam's Club
[/table]
Nebraska
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Hy-Vee, Omaha | Kearney | Lincoln
Sam's Club
Allens
Thriftway Market
Lincoln Street Market
Rightway Grocery
Fosters Family Foods
Grand Central Foods
Dukeman Family Foods
Plum Creek Market
Apple Market
Super Saver
[/table]
Nevada
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Sprouts, Henderson
Raley's
Sam's Club
Whole Foods, Las Vegas
[/table]
New Hampshire
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
[/table]
New Jersey
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Wegmans
Fresh Direct
Baldor
The Fresh Market
Nathel & Nathel (Distributor)
TMK Produce (Distributor)
Stop and Shop, Sparta
Sam's Club
[/table]
New Mexico
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Sprouts
Sam's Club
[/table]
New York
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Fresh Direct
Nathel & Nathel (Distributor)
Baldor
The Fresh Market
Wegmans
Whole Foods
Stop & Stop
Sam's Club
Price Chopper, Binghamton | Warwick
Fairway, Westbury
[/table]
North Carolina
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Publix, Charlotte
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Harris Teeter, Durham
[/table]
North Dakota
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Sam's Club
[/table]
Ohio
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Giant Eagle
Kroger
Whole Foods
[/table]
Oklahoma
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Sprouts
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Crest Foods
Country Mart
Apple Market
J B's Market
[/table]
Oregon
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Roth's Fresh Markets
Pacific Coast Fruit Company
QFC
Charlie's Produce (Distributor)
Spokane Produce (Distributor)
Fred Meyer, Canby | Wilsonville
[/table]
Pennsylvania
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Wegmans, Dickson City
Fresh Direct
Sam's Club
TMK Produce (Distributor)
Giant, Bartonsville
Martin's
Giant Eagle
Altamonte's Italian Market
Iovine Brothers
[/table]
Rhode Island
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Stop & Stop
Sam's Club
Whole Foods, Cranston
[/table]
South Carolina
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Publix, Hilton Head
Sam's Club
Harris Teeter, Mt. Pleasant
Kroger, Aiken
Whole Foods Market, Mt. Pleasant
[/table]
South Dakota
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Hy-Vee
County Fair Foods
Sunshine Foods
Jones Food Center
Maynards Food Center
Doug's Food Center
Hartmans Family Food
Al's Oasis
Menno Food Market
Sam's Club
[/table]
Tennessee
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market, Memphis
Publix
Sam's Club
[/table]
Texas
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Whole Foods
Green & Fresh
HEB, Lakeway | Nederland
Sprouts
Central Market, Southlake
Winco
Market Street, Lewisville
Kroger, League City
[/table]
Utah
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Sprouts
Harmon's
Sam's Club
Whole Foods
[/table]
Vermont
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
None
[/table]
Virginia
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market, Lynchburg
Wegmans
Sam's Club
TMK Produce (Distributor)
Martin's
Harris Teeter
Whole Foods
Food City
Publix, Henrico
[/table]
Washington
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Town and Country Markets
Yoke's Fresh Markets
Pacific Coast Fruit Company
Spokane Produce (Distributor)
QFC
Frank Genzale's Produce
Metropolitan Market
Thriftway
King's Market
Orcas-Island Market
Charlie's Produce (Distributor)
Haggen
Sam's Club
Tacoma Boys, Tacoma
[/table]
West Virginia
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Martin's
Sam's Club
[/table]
Wisconsin
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Schnucks
The Fresh Market
Festival Foods
Clinton Foods IGA
Hy-Vee
Sendiks
Copps
Metro Market
Pick-n-Save
Sam's Club
[/table]
Wyoming
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Luckys (Jackson Hole)
Sam's Club
[/table]
David
Oregon: Fred Meyer - they usually stock them at 7am and are out by 9am (confirmed at both Canby and Wilsonville w/ produce managers)
Eric Samuelson
Thanks David for the info 🙂
Peggy A Entwistle
Love, love, love Cotton Candy Grapes!!! I just purchased them at Sam's Club in Daytona Beach, Florida. I also seen them in Publix, Daytona Beach.
They are the BEST!
bill stevens
COSTCO has them in the produce section
Eric Samuelson
Great! Thanks for sharing where you got them from. Hope you get a chance to try some of Grapery's other varieties as well.
Bob
Big Y in Connecticut has Grapery Tear Drop grapes in the stores now. Market 32 (Price Chopper) has Tear Drop Grapes in the stores also. I bought some Cotton Candy grapes at Fresh Market in CT and Flavor Pop grapes also there.
Eric Samuelson
Thanks for sharing.
You are extremely lucky to find Flavor Pops. I have never even seen them in any store. What did these one look like? Did they have a number on them? Grapery is looking for feedback on those varieties.
Safiah
I just bought some at Whole Foods in Los Angeles, CA (Westwood location). So delicious!! Thank you!
Vicki
I just bought 2 bags at a Publix in cape Coral Florida
Eric Samuelson
Glad you got some and thanks for sharing with us 🙂
Eric Samuelson
Thanks for sharing. Publix seems to be doing a good job in Florida getting them in 🙂
Margaret A Roberts
Just got some at king soopers in Arvada colorado
Eric Samuelson
Awesome. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Lisa
I found them in fairway in westbury NY!!!!
Elizabeth
What about Canada??? Specifically Ontario!
Judy
I purchased Cotton Candy grapes at Publix in Longwood, FL and at Sam's Club in Casselberry, FL.
Linda
I found a few bags at Kroger's in Florence, KY. I July I found the ones grown in Mexico at Kroger's there was also another flavor grown in Mexico. Don't remember the name but the had the same type of packaging as the cotton candy ones. They were also very good.
Eric Samuelson
Those were the Sweet Sapphire grapes. Grapery calls them Moon Drops.
Debra Taylor
I can't find any in Greensboro, NC. I bought them at Whole Foods last year but can't find them any where this year.
Pam
Whole foods and Harris teeter Mount pleasant (Charleston) has them! Thanks for this. Wish I knew about the Mexican season.
Eric Samuelson
Debra, sorry you can't find them yet. Keep checking at that Whole Foods of yours. What stores stores do you shop in nearby?
Eric Samuelson
Pam, glad to hear you found them. Next July watch out for the Mexican ones. They tend to show up in the same stores that carry Grapery Cotton Candy grapes.
Keith
Found Cotton Candy grapes in Terre Haute, IN at the local Sam's Club.
Eric Samuelson
Keith, thanks for sharing where you found them.
Peggy Mooring
Greenville NC, Publix has Cotton Candy & Moon Drops.
Eric Samuelson
Hearing a lot of reports that about people finding them at Publix. Glad you found the Moon Drops as well.
Jennifer
Paul's Fruit Market in Louisville, Kentucky
3922 Chenoweth Square
Janine
Got the last bag at Stop & Shop in Farmingville, New York. Been waiting a long time for these delicious gems to arrive! Will be freezing some to have when not in season.♥️
Jameelah
Found them at the meijers in Taylor Michigan. My kids and I loved them. I am love the moon drop grapes also haven’t had the gum drops but will be on the lookout for them
Eric Samuelson
Glad you found them. I have seen the Gum Drops at Meijer this week.