The wait is over. Welcome to the 2018 California Cotton Candy Grape Season presented to you by the good people at Grapery.
(If it is not the 2018 season, make sure to check out our post on When Are Cotton Candy Grapes in Season to learn when they might be available next)
This is the MUST HAVE fruit of the season. Or of the year.
Never before I have seen people get so excited about fruit. Of course they should be. We are talking grapes that taste like Cotton Candy. What is not to love.
Each and every year here at Eat Like No One Else we love to help you find Cotton Candy grapes in your area. So we create a list of stores that are expected to carry them. Not only that, but we give you some information on the 2018 season.
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Cotton Candy Grape Confusion
Before we get into where to find the grapes this year, I need to clear up some confusion. People have been told that the season is already over for Cotton Candy grapes. That is not true, unless you are reading this in October, sorry you missed it. Each year now we are seeing more and more Cotton Candy grapes from Mexico. They arrive in June and last until maybe around mid July.
At this point grocery store employees are telling their customers the season is done. That is simply not true. A lot of the workers don't realize there is a supply coming from California in August. Also there are some in the winter months as well coming from places like Chile and Brazil - although I have not found the quality to be good with those.
Cotton Candy Grape Season 2018
I do have a wee bit of bad news. The actual size of this year's Cotton Candy grape crop is actually down from last year. You should still be able to find them but they wouldn't be quite as plentiful. The good news is that in 2019, a new vineyard of Cotton Candy grapes will come into production and supplies will go up again.
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Did You Know?
Did you know that Cotton Candy grapes go by the name of Candy Floss grapes in the UK?
Can You Buy Cotton Candy Grapes Online?
The only source I know of right now for online says is Fresh Direct. They mainly deliver in the New York metro area, but also parts of Nassau and Westchester Counties, New York; Fairfield County, Connecticut; Hoboken, Newark, and Jersey City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Washington, DC (source)
I hope that you will be able to find Cotton Candy grapes this year. Any trouble, leave a comment below, or join our mailing list above.
Where to Buy Grapery 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 , Sam's Club, Whole Foods Market, Publix, and the Fresh Market. Kroger has become a big Cotton Candy player now as well. If you got one of these stores nearby there is where I would start.
This list is meant to be for Cotton Candy grapes from Grapery. It doesn't include grapes from other growers.
If I hear a store has got them, I will try to add them 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.
You can expect to find Cotton Candy Grapes from Grapery from about August 10 to September 20.
Store Listings by State - Find Cotton Candy Grapes Near Me
Alabama
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Store, Confirmed Location
Publix
Rouses
Sam's Club
The Fresh Market
Whole Foods
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Alaska
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Store, Confirmed Location
Charlie's Produce (distributor)
Sam's Club
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Arizona
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Store, Confirmed Location
AJs
Kroger
Sprouts
Sam's Club
Whole Foods
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Arkansas
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Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Kroger
Sam's Club
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California
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Store, Confirmed Location
Sweet Surrender, Bakersfield
Sam's Club
Sprouts, Los Angeles | Redlands
Raley's
Nob Hill
Gelson's
Whole Foods
Ralph's
Sully's, Bakersfield
Bel Air
Vons/Pavilion
Bristol Farms
Nugget Market
Mother's Market
The Fruit Guys
Shasta Produce (Distributor)
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Colorado
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Store, Confirmed Location
King Soopers
Sprouts
Brush Grocery
Heinies Market
Sam's Club
Kroger
Whole Foods
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Connecticut
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Store, Confirmed Location
Big Y
Fresh Direct
Bozzuto's (Distributor)
Nathel & Nathel (Distributor)
The Fresh Market
Whole Foods
Stop & Stop
Sam's Club
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Delaware
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Store, Confirmed Location
TMK Produce (Distributor)
ACME
Sam's Club
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Florida
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Store, Confirmed Location
Boy's Farmer Market
Publix, Lake County | Cape Coral
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Kroger
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Georgia
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Store, Confirmed Location
Sprouts
Publix, Augusta | Jonesboro
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
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Hawaii
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Store, Confirmed Location
Whole Foods Market
Don Quixote
Foodland Hawaii
Safeway
Sam's Club
Times Supermarket
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Idaho
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Store, Confirmed Location
Yokes Fresh Market
Pacific Coast Fruit Company
Sam's Club
Fred Meyer, Meridian
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Illinois
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Store, Confirmed Location
Schnucks
The Fresh Market
Hy-Vee
Sam's Club
Mariano's
Jewel-Osco Food Stores, Melrose Park
Tony's Finer Foods
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Indiana
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Store, Confirmed Location
Kroger
Caito (Distributor)
Schnucks
Martins
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Whole Foods
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Iowa
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Store, Confirmed Location
Hy-Vee
Niemanns
Schnucks
Sam's Club
Hometown Foods
Big G Food
JW's Foods
Maynards Food Center
Super Saver
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Kansas
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Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sprouts
Hy-Vee
Sam's Club
Whites Foodliner
Apple Market
Hen House
Whole Foods
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Kentucky
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Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Kroger
Whole Foods
Meijer, Lexington
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Louisiana
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Store, Confirmed Location
Rouses
Robert Fresh Market
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Kroger
Whole Foods Market
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Maine
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Store, Confirmed Location
Sam's Club
IGA
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Maryland
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Store, Confirmed Location
Wegmans
The Fresh Market
Whole Foods
TMK Produce (Distributor)
Giant
Martin's
Sam's Club
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Massachusetts
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Store, Confirmed Location
Wegmans, Medford
The Fresh Market
Whole Foods
Big Y
Stop & Shop
Roche Bros.
Idylwilde Farms
4M Distributing
Sam's Club
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Michigan
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Store, Confirmed Location
Whole Foods Market
Kroger
Busch's
Hutch's Food Center
Nino Salvaggio International Marketplace
Rocky Produce (Distributor)
Papa Joe's Gourmet Market
Holiday Market
Plum Market, Ann Arbor
Vince & Joe's Market
Randazzo's
Sam's Club
Family Fare
Meijer
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Minnesota
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Store, Confirmed Location
Lunds/Byerlys
Hy-Vee
Target
Maynards Food Center
Lerbergs Foods
Festival Foods
Dietz Foods
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Mississippi
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Store, Confirmed Location
Rouses
Sam's Club
Kroger
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Missouri
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Store, Confirmed Location
Hy-Vee
Hen House Market
Niemanns
Schnucks
Sam's Club
Mac's Super Saver
Apple Market
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Montana
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Store, Confirmed Location
Sam's Club
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Nebraska
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Store, Confirmed Location
Hy-Vee
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
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Nevada
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Store, Confirmed Location
Sprouts
Smith's
Raley's
Sam's Club
Whole Foods
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New Hampshire
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
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New Jersey
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Store, Confirmed Location
Wegmans
Fresh Direct
Baldor
Fairway Market
Foodtown
Kings Food Market
The Fresh Market
Nathel & Nathel (Distributor)
TMK Produce (Distributor)
Stop and Shop, Sparta
Sam's Club
Whole Foods
Shop Rite, Galloway
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New Mexico
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Store, Confirmed Location
Sprouts
Sam's Club
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New York
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Store, Confirmed Location
Fresh Direct
D'Agostino
Foodtown
Kings Food Markets
Nathel & Nathel (Distributor)
Baldor
The Fresh Market
Wegmans
Whole Foods
Stop & Stop
Sam's Club
Price Chopper
Fairway
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North Carolina
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Store, Confirmed Location
Publix
The Fresh Market, Raleigh
Sam's Club
Whole Foods
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North Dakota
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
Sam's Club
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Ohio
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Giant Eagle
Kroger
Whole Foods
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Oklahoma
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Store, Confirmed Location
Sprouts
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Crest Foods
Country Mart
Apple Market
J B's Market
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Oregon
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Store, Confirmed Location
Roth's Fresh Markets
Pacific Coast Fruit Company
QFC
New Seasons Market
Charlie's Produce (Distributor)
Spokane Produce (Distributor)
Fred Meyer,
United Salad (Distributor)
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Pennsylvania
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Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Wegmans,
Fresh Direct
Foodtown
Sam's Club
TMK Produce (Distributor)
Giant, Camp Hill
Martin's
Giant Eagle
Altamonte's Italian Market
Iovine Brothers
Tops Market
Whole Foods, McCandless
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Rhode Island
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Store, Confirmed Location
Stop & Stop
Sam's Club
Whole Foods
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South Carolina
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Publix
Sam's Club
Kroger
Whole Foods Market
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South Dakota
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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
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Tennessee
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Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Kroger
Sprouts
Publix
Sam's Club
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Texas
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Sam's Club
Whole Foods
Green & Fresh
HEB
Sprouts
Central Market
Winco
Market Street
Kroger
United Supermarkets
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Utah
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Store, Confirmed Location
Sprouts
Harmon's
Sam's Club
Whole Foods
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Vermont
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Store, Confirmed Location
Tops Market
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Virginia
[table]
Store, Confirmed Location
The Fresh Market
Wegmans
Sam's Club
TMK Produce (Distributor)
Martin's
Whole Foods
Food City
Publix
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Washington
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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
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West Virginia
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Store, Confirmed Location
Martin's
Sam's Club
Kroger
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Wisconsin
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Store, Confirmed Location
Schnucks
The Fresh Market
Festival Foods
Clinton Foods IGA
Hy-Vee
Sendiks
Copps
Metro Market
Pick-n-Save
Sam's Club
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Wyoming
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Store, Confirmed Location
Luckys (Jackson Hole)
Sam's Club
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Washington D.C.
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Sam's Club
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Where to Find Cotton Candy Grapes in Canada
We don't want to forget you our Canadian readers. You can get Cotton Candy grapes too. Loblaws is going to be your best chance in Canada. Here is a list of stores to look at.
Alberta
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Loblaws
Freson
Calgary Co-Op
TGP - Warehouse Market
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British Columbia
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Loblaws
Charlie's Produce (Distributor) 1-206-625-1412 (customer service)
Urban Fare
Pacific Coast Fruit Company
Spokane Produce (Distributor)
Save On Foods
Thrifty Foods
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Manitoba
None
Newfoundland
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Loblaws
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New Brunswick
None
Northern Territories
None
Nova Scotia
None
Nunavut
None
Ontario
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Canadawide (Distributor)
Loblaws
Longo's
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Prince Edward Island
None
Quebec
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Canadawide (Distributor)
Loblaws
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Saskatchewan
None
Yukon
None
I found them at shop rite in Galloway NJ.
Yes! I am glad you found them. Thanks for sharing.
For those of you who are from So Cal, in the Inland Empire, I found them at Sprouts in Redlands, CA this morning. They got 2 crates in this morning.
In Connecticut Price Chopper ( aka Market 32) has them in stock. Bought a bag in the Torrington store this afternoon!
I live in Massachutetts. I found and bought them at stop n shop in Quincy Ma They were fantastic
Thanks for sharing! Glad you got them.
I am glad to hear you found them.
Glad you found them and thank you for sharing that.
As of September 17, I can confirm that Wholes on Westlake in Seattle has Cotton Candy grapes -- as well as moon drop grapes! Both are Grapery brand.
I have been looking for some of these grapes for the last month. Only place near me that I know carries them is Harris Teeter. I actually went in today looking for some and they were out. Was told that they are not sure when they will get them cause they order them but they aren't being sent. Wish I could find some!!
Your looking in the right place. Unfortunately the crop of Cotton Candy grape is very light this season and they just aren't as readily available. The season is coming to an end here now. So unfortunately you may not be able to find any. In 2019, there will be a much larger crop as a new vineyard of them comes into production. Sorry for not having better news for you.
I found Cotton Candy Grapes last week (early October) at Meijer in Fort Wayne Indiana.
We will be delivering Cotton Candy grapes from Peru to Sam's Club from late December to late January 2019. Visit us at https://www.facebook.com/OAGGlobal/ to find out more about Peruvian grapes. Feel free to send us a message for store location updates:)
Can confirm Piggly Wiggly, a chain grocery store in Alabama, carries Cotton Candy Grapes consistently.
Can I order the cotton candy grapes online i need these so bad I can never find them cause when my stores get them they sale out fast please let me know or can y mail samples of them for my family
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Bought my first Cotton Candy grapes at Harris-Teeter in Laurel, MD on December 13! These are fabulous!
Unfortunately they aren't available to order online. At this time of year they are only available imported from other countries as the US domestic season is over.
No store can carry them consistently because they are only available at certain times of the year.
Food Lion in North Carolina
Can I find them in Texas now?
Kroger in Warner Robins, Georgia carries Cotton Candy Grapes! Of course, they do sell out pretty fast. We LOVE them!