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Columbus Buckeye Treat Trail 2025 - 2026

Expiration: Aug 31st 2026

Our sweetest trail. It’s nearly impossible to find someone who isn’t nuts about buckeyes! Columbus is home to plenty of delicious buckeye treats (inspired by our state buckeye tree), and with the Columbus Buckeye Treat Trail, you can try them all. This iconic, chocolate-dipped, peanut butter confection will melt in your mouth with creamy perfection, whether it’s your first buckeye or you stopped counting.

Check in at the trail locations to try each unique take on buckeyes and other chocolate and peanut butter treats and earn prizes along the way. Plus, once a month, one lucky Buckeye Treat Trail passholder’s name will be drawn and treated to one year of membership to Chadwick Arboretum, a 30-acre nature and garden preserve location on the campus of The Ohio State University.

4 points = It’s More than Meets the Buckeye T-shirt
13 points = Penn & Beech custom Buckeye Treat Trail candle

Use #BuckeyeTreats to share your journey.

All check-ins and prize redemptions must be completed by August 31, 2026. Chadwick Arboretum yearly membership prize consists of one (1) personal membership for one (1) year only. Chadwick Arboretum membership details will be managed solely by Chadwick Arboretum.

Included Venues

See locations on an interactive map.

American Nut Company

Handmade, small batch nuts, popcorn and specialty goodies. Columbus based and woman owned. Located in the North Market.

Anthony-Thomas Candy Company

Anthony-Thomas Candy Company is one of the largest family-owned candy companies in the country. A proud member of the community since 1952. Our Peanut Butter and Chocolate Buckeyes are enjoyed by millions every year!

Anthony-Thomas Candy Shoppe

Anthony-Thomas Candy Company is one of the largest family-owned candy companies in the country. A proud member of the community since 1952. Our Peanut Butter and Chocolate Buckeyes are enjoyed by millions every year!

Anthony-Thomas Candy Shoppes

Anthony-Thomas Candy Company is one of the largest family-owned candy companies in the country. A proud member of the community since 1952. Our Peanut Butter and Chocolate Buckeyes are enjoyed by millions every year!

Brownie Points Inc

" Brownie Points delivers fresh baked happiness and the most extraordinary brownie flavors and gifts. We ship coast to coast. We bake the most brownie flavors on earth! We are brownie obsessed and have set the bar for gorgeous giftability. We offer gifts for individuals as well as gifts for the entire team and of course just for you!"

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C.Krueger's Finest Baked Goods

C.Krueger's gourmet cookies, brownies and baked goods are made from the finest ingredients to bring you the very best flavors! Try their Finest Peanut Butter Cookie with Fudge Icing, made with generous amounts of pure peanut butter, brown sugar, roasted peanuts and a hint of sea salt, then iced from edge to edge with a thick layer of creamy fudge icing.

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Chadwick Arboretum

Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens is an extensive, urban, green reserve of over 30 acres located within the 1,600 acres of The Ohio State University main campus in Columbus, Ohio. visit our gardens in person. The Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens are open year-round from dawn to dusk, and there is no admission fee.

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Chocolate Café

A local woman-owned coffee cafe that serves chocolates from breakfast to lunch to dinner. They offer hand-rolled buckeyes in an edible chocolate box.

Chocolate Café Express

A local woman-owned coffee cafe that serves chocolates from breakfast to lunch to dinner. They offer hand-rolled buckeyes in an edible chocolate box.

Donna's Delicious Dozen

They are a made to order donut shop and food truck! They specialize in delicious donuts, served warm, made the way you like them. They also provide catering for special events such as birthday parties, corporate events, and weddings.

Krema Nut Company

We manufacture and retail top quality, fresh Nuts, Candies, Nut Butters & Chocolates. Our retail store is open to the public Monday - Friday 9a - 5p and Saturday 9a - 2p.

Schmidt's Fudge Haus

Wafting through the air in Historic German Village are the sweet smells of Belgian Chocolate fudges and hand-crafted chocolates that include our Schmurtles — a chocolate peanut butter caramel-pecan delight. Voted fourth among the top ten fudges in America, we use the finest roasted, salted pecans and extra buttery caramels. Delectable offerings range from sea salt caramels to Penuche fudges to our award-winning liquor cream chocolates & buckeyes.

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Schmidt’s Sausage Haus Restaurant

This iconic German Village restaurant is the perfect place to celebrate with family and friends. For five generations, they have been serving authentic German food. Their sausage has become so famous that the Bahama Mama was voted one of the official foods of Columbus. Of course, for dessert, you can't leave without one of their award winning half-pound jumbo cream puffs, including their peanut butter fudge (buckeye) flavor.

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The Buckeye Lady

The Buckeye Lady is Home of the Stuffed Buckeye! Specializing in handcrafting the classic taste of Ohio, our peanut butter and chocolate confections come in over 80 different varieties including classic traditional buckeyes.

The Original Goodie Shop

The Original Goodie Shop (Tremont Goodie Shop) is a full-line, family-owned bakery nestled in Upper Arlington, Ohio. For 69 years, we’ve hand-made our products from scratch and served our customers – who are more like friends – with a smile. Our offering of baked goods covers every craving, from donuts to cakes, decorated cookies and more!

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The Yard Milkshake Bar

The Yard Milkshake Bar combines extreme milkshakes, ice cream, sundaes and edible cookie dough all in one.

Winans Coffee & Chocolate Short North

Winans is a family-owned coffee shop in its fifth generation and has been handcrafting chocolate and coffee since 1961. Your joy is their passion; and you can taste it.

Winans Coffee & Chocolate - German Village

Winans is a coffee shop with a chocolate heart. Their mission is to inspire moments of joy, every day, for everyone. Located in the heart of German Village at 897 S 3rd St, just steps away from historic Schiller Park, Winans is a family-owned business in its fifth generation and has been handcrafting chocolate and coffee since 1961. Your joy is their passion; and you can taste it.

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