Liberty Orchards Co

I have been a customer of Liberty Orchards over the years, mainly to provide a nice gift for friends at Christmas or Thanksgiving. Well received. This year I ordered in excess of $ 500 worth of their product. It did not arrive as scheduled. Customer service, when contacted, was generally rude. The explanation was that an unsuccessful attempt was made to contact me. I have no record of the call, no record of the call & no voicemail on my iPhone. I would ordinarily have just written this off as a mistake, however, the Liberty Orchards rep essentially said too bad without apology. I will take my business elsewhere in the future. Very unfortunate.

I started with Aplets & Cotlets. Then I moved on to Fruit Delights. I admit that I have a problem. I love these and I find that now they have become seasonal. I can only find my true loves at Christmas time.
It wasn’t always this way. I was able to buy these lovely treats year round. I am a fan of «locoum» and these are a bit sweeter and more tender. Seriously? I need to bide my time to enjoy one of the greatest «sweet-​ventures» around?
Love and cannot get enough of this product. I swell up and slowly lose my rectangular shape as my sweets are consumed. Life can be so harsh.

Aplets & Cotlets! It was an unexpected pit stop after seeing the sign on the road as we drove by. There were no tours at the time. Bummer! I would have loved to have seen that. However the store was the only one open. It’s a quaint little store with gift items, candy, etc. I purchased several boxes of Aplets & Cotlets, some of the Orchard Bars, and some fruit & nuts to munch on in the car. I have never tasted such fresh and crunchy fruit and nut mix before! The prices are much cheaper at their store than online or elsewhere. The staff was very friendly and helpful as well. I’d definitely stop here again if I were driving through the area.

The Aplets and Cotlets is a nice little store known for their fruit candy treats. It’s located in the town of Cashmere, Washington. (Btw, Cashmere is a quaint, tiny, little town). You actually can go on a free guided tour of their behind the scenes fruit and cotlet making, which is located in the rear of the store. It’s a quick 10 — 15 minute tour and then you can sample some fruit cotlets. Or you can buy cotlets as a gift, which they can ship to an address. Or you can simply take some home with you. I sampled a few treats and then had a combination box shipped to my parents in Florida for a small fee. But the store was worth exploring and tasting the applets and cotlets was a fun way to spend a small portion of my day.

It was a first time at this store on our recent day trip adventure. Have always seen the sign, but never had stopped. Soooo glad we stopped on our Tuesday adventure! What a cool store with yummy treats. There’s a tour of the room right next door where they make the candy. You can watch through the window! There’s the original stove on display in back of the store that’s a real piece of nostalgia. Prices are typical touristy prices, but it’s a good quality product. The sales clerks were really friendly and helpful. I highly recommend the Sparklers and tropical no-​nuts candies. The only downer is a parking lot a bit down the street with only 2 handicap spots. Parking across the street would have been closer for me to walk. Luckily, we got a spot on the street right in front of the door. I’ll definitely stop here more often.

I recently purchased the Pomegranate Sparklers and the Cranberry Sparklers for a friend. When the candies came I wrapped them and gave them to my friend for her birthday. She loves these, so I was thinking I was doing a good deed.
However, the cranberry ones had a thick «slime» on it, and smelled absolutely terrible. She didn’t eat them and threw them away. I’m not sure if the sugar melted and oozed, but they weren’t what we were expecting.
I emailed the company, letting them know, and I got a rude and it was the customer’s fault response.
Don’t waste your time. Go with a company who cares about their consumers, not just pushes them under the rug when someone goes wrong.

We unexpectedly enjoyed our pit stop at the legendary home to Aplets & Cotlets today. We’ve seen the signs off the freeway several times while up in this area and never detoured. Since my brother is a huge fan of the Pineapple Macadamia Cotlets we decided to stop and get some for him.
I’ve never liked Aplets & Cotlets, but since there were free samples I figured I’d give them a second chance. I was pleasantly surprised! I don’t know if it’s because they’re more fresh right at the factory or the fact you can try specific flavors versus an entire assortment box, either way I enjoyed them.
When I say «try them» I mean try them… there were options like walnut apple, blueberry almond, all the tropical Cotlets, orange jelly tracks covered in white chocolate, and peppermint ones too. The sample options are insane. I was sweeted out just with samples by the time I left and had to put on the breaks before I reached overload.
I had no idea and was impressed by the assortment of products Liberty Orchards distributes. They had homemade jams, chocolate covered everything: fruit, nuts, caramels, and espresso beans, soup mixes, coffees, teas, and all types of gummy candies. They also featured other products from vendors local to Washington.
We ended up leaving with bags full of goodies for many friends and family (more than just my brother). We even got a bag of the Blueberry Almond Cotlets (yum) for ourselves. We loved the fact that we didn’t have to buy an entire assortment box of flavors we didn’t like. Instead it was just a one pound bag of an individual flavors. This will definitely be a traditional pit stop whenever we’re taking a road trip in the area and have a sweets craving.

Not my favorite candy. I think their candies are overly sweet but it’s awesome how it’s a factory store! Definitely check this place out if you are on your way to Leavenworth.

I placed my order on Liberty Orchards 2 days ago and I received it this afternoon. I ran to the door to get my package and started ripping it open like a kid on Christmas morning! I had tasted the Aplets & Cotlets at a friend’s house — one last piece was left in the box and that’s all I needed to come home and place my order that night!
Excellent service! I wish they would reduce the shipping charges a bit so that I can order it frequently without thinking about it twice. Better yet, join hands with Amazon and make our lives easier! The products were excellently packaged, and I received a free sample of their orchard bar, which was a nice surprise. I had ordered a smaller box of the fruit delight, but they had upgraded mine to a bigger box without any extra charge, as the smaller ones were out of stock! Now that’s what I call service, and love of their customers! It made me think «If I ever owned a business, this is how I would like to run it!». Kudos, Liberty Orchards!
This is the first company which made me carve out sometime to write this review. I hope all of you have a similarly «sweet» experience :):) Let me get back to my Fruit Delights!
–Rama

Drove all the way out to Cashmere from Marysville to check this out with the kids and no tours today! They need to update the tour hours!
Disappointed kids and a long drive back!

A chance to stock up on stocking stuffers for that NW experience. As an outsider, I’m not in love with the aplets and cotlets (oh no, for SHAME…), but it’s a cute place in the middle of nowhere on the way to the big city. It would’ve been cool to watch the kitchen in action, but nobody was making the confections in the back. This store is more of a i’ve-been-there-so-i-can-check-it-off-my-list kinda place.

We stopped here for the second year in a row while out camping. Last year we took the tour and it was good, but this year they were actually making /​cooking candy and the smell alone was worth the tour.
The employees are great as are all the samples. Stop by and eat your fill and buy some to take home. They do have boxes of «seconds» that they sell ultra cheap. And if you can’t have sugar, they make sugar free candies, also.

So, we’re driving down the 2 and I see a sign for Aplets Way. I ask Erik if he’s ever had Aplets and Cotlets. He says no. I said we should go check out the factory. Then I say «Aplets and Cotlets are gross, but you should try them anyway». LOL, seriously! Since we don’t have to be at our next destination at any particular time and this is a road trip, we stop by. We walk in and the lady who’s working says there are samples over by the wall. So we head on over. I do sample some and decide they aren’t really that bad (or my taste buds have changed, who knows) and sample some chocolate covered bing cherries, apricots, blueberries and strawberries. Then, the lady who is working says we’re all going on a tour of the factory! Just like that! Well, I think someone in the store asked, but she thought it was a good idea. So, we all donned super sexy hair covers and went on the tour and got a good description of the company and how and when the factory works. It was really interesting and I’m glad we got to go on that impromptu tour.
We ended up buying some boxes of Aplets and Cotlets as gifts and I bought a package of the chocolate flavoured fruit I had sampled in the store, it was seriously the most delicious chocolate flavoured fruit I’ve ever eaten. If you happen to be on this side of the mountain, you should definitely stop by.

Aplets and Cotlets are about as Northwest a candy as you’re ever going to find. My kids eat them, I eat them, my parents ate them, my grandparents ate them… These days they have way more than just aplets and cotlets, like chocolate covered and pastries and just about every fruit flavor you can imagine. I know that people either love them or hate them, but you have to at least try them. Make the drive over the mountains to visit the factory. They’ll take you on a guided tour to watch the candymaking and they give out tons of free samples and you can shop their cute country store. Yeah, it’s way country, but take it in the spirit intended. This is a great weekend summer getaway.