Your Local West Hartford Kilwins Store

West Hartford, CT Kilwins storefront

We’re the best chocolate, fudge, and ice cream store in West Hartford.

Kilwins has been making original, handcrafted confections since 1947. Our West Hartford chocolate store is famous for our wide variety of classic treats. Our handcrafted fudge, premium chocolates, copper kettle-cooked caramels, and perfect caramel apples are all gathered in our display cases, ready to sweeten your day.

Kilwins crafts premium-quality confections by combining traditional candy-making methods with modern processes. Our patrons line up for our Mackinac Island Fudge, which is paddled by hand on traditional marble slabs right here behind our candy counter. Take home an assortment of our Heritage Chocolate truffles or a sampling of chocolate-dipped cookies, pretzels, and fruit.

Whether you’re looking for dessert, a quick snack, or a place to make new traditions, reward yourself with a Kilwins treat today. Can’t pick a favorite? The friendly team members in our West Hartford ice cream store would be happy to serve you samples of our fudge and ice cream.

West Hartford is picture-perfect, with tree-lined streets, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival architecture, community spirit, and quaint charm. At Kilwins, we appreciate the emphasis on community and history!

The town is filled with scenic parks, shopping, and restaurants. Whether you’re enjoying a picnic at Elizabeth Park or exploring local trails, West Hartford is certainly a lovely place to call home.

Assorted chocolate candies and mint ice cream cone

Located at the center of Blue Black Square, our West Hartford chocolate store is an essential stop on any day out. Our treats make a great addition to the town’s cozy atmosphere.

Grab a slice of our Mackinac Island Fudge while you stroll down West Hartford’s Trout Brook Trail or shop the local boutiques. Alternatively, you can treat yourself and your loved ones to any of our assorted truffles after enjoying dinner in a local restaurant.

Since 1947, Kilwins has been crafting premium-quality sweets, starting with Don and Katy Kilwin’s vision to create high-quality sweets paired with great service. Our founders believed that warm customer service made their products even sweeter—a legacy we proudly carry on today at our West Hartford ice cream store.

We’re More Than Chocolate: Your Favorite Ice Cream Store in West Hartford

There’s nothing better on a warm, sunny day than the magic of good ice cream—and our kosher-certified Original Recipe Ice Cream is the best you’ll ever taste. Made from our own proprietary recipes since 1985, our ice cream comes in dozens of flavors. Cool down and savor the moment with a cone of ice cream from our West Hartford ice cream store.

Like our handcrafted chocolates and caramels, our Original Recipe Ice Cream is quintessentially Kilwins. It’s made from our original recipe, and you can find a wide variety of our authentic flavors in our West Hartford ice cream store. We’re proud that for decades, our ice cream is known for its signature, delicious taste and rich, creamy consistency. 

Old-Fashioned Ice Cream

Our West Hartford chocolate store offers handcrafted toppings to complement our ice cream. Customize your own frozen dessert by combining scoops of different flavors and adding your choice of toppings, like caramel or hot fudge. The caramel (and our caramels) are unique in that they’re made in old-fashioned copper kettles. 

Kilwins ice cream, sundae, and milkshake on counter

Besides using very high-quality ingredients, the copper kettle ensures an even heat distribution which gives the sauce its smooth, perfect consistency (and a touch of old-world charm).

Toppings and More

Finally, top it all off with one of our handcrafted waffle cones or waffle bowls. Make your ice cream even more special with our toppings for a dessert made your way.

Our ice cream is made using only the finest ingredients To give you the best quality, we store our ice cream in specialized ice cream containers and transport it to our West Hartford ice cream store in a temperature-regulated truck to preserve its texture and temperature. 

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