A beloved Cambridge confectioner is getting even sweeter.
Spindler Confections & Savory Delights is opening a second location at 1316 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge‘s Harvard Square, inside the historic Leavitt & Peirce tobacco shop. Founder Jeremy Spindler confirmed the expansion with What Now Boston, noting that the satellite shop is currently targeting a mid-August opening, though an exact date has not yet been set.
The new location will carry the shop’s full lineup of housemade chocolates, candies, and other confections, along with as many of its specialty sweet and savory products as the space allows. While the Harvard Square storefront will serve as a retail outpost, all production will continue at the company’s flagship North Cambridge location.
“As patrons will see, it is a very small space, but quite charming and has a character that will work well with our aesthetic,” Spindler said. “The whimsical atmosphere of our North Cambridge shop will be carried over into the new space to the best of our ability.”
Though modest in size, the upcoming location marks a major milestone for the experienced chocolatier, whose lifelong passion for candy-making led to an unexpected career in confectionery.
According to a report from his alma mater, Brandeis University, Spindler originally planned to work in academic administration and was employed in the university’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences office when he began making caramels, chocolates, and other confections from home. What started as a side business eventually grew into a storefront, with the original Spindler Confections & Savory Delights opening in 2015.
Today, the shop carries an extensive selection of local, imported, and domestic specialty sweets, savory snacks, beverages, and cocktail accoutrements alongside its handcrafted chocolates and candies made in-house.
Customers can also create fully customized bonbon boxes for weddings, birthdays, baby showers, and other celebrations, selecting everything from candy flavors and packaging to personalized graphics, messages, and twine colors.
The original Spindler is also home to the whimsical Museum of Chocolate & Confectionery, which explores the history, art, and science of candy-making with a special focus on Boston’s confectionery heritage. The museum currently showcases more than 600 artifacts, including vintage candy boxes, advertisements, molds, packaging, equipment, and store displays.
The Harvard Square location will also feature a scaled-down version of the museum. Spindler plans to install a “Mini Museum of Chocolate & Confectionery” above the shop’s shelving, highlighting the history of Cambridge and Boston’s candy industry. The exhibit is expected to debut in the spring of 2027 after the busy Halloween-to-Easter candy-making season.
Spindler Confections & Savory Delights is currently hiring full- and part-time retail associates for the new location. Once open, the shop will match Leavitt & Peirce’s hours: Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.
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