Fannie May’s traditional Buckeye – Ohio’s legendary candy with peanut butter cream center and milk chocolate - is a tad unique. Peanut butter cream, rather than hard peanut butter, is used.

The Fannie May stores -- a Chicago institution where candy lovers got their fix of almond bark, pixies, trinidads, vanilla caramels and mint meltaways -- are closing, some as soon as next week.

Chicago Chocolate Cafe 847 W. Randolph 312-738-0888 Growing up in South Bend, Indiana, Eric Moore looked forward to his traditional Christmas gift every year: Fannie May Mint Meltaways. He still ...