Is Santa's Candy Castle Still Open? Man v. Food Update (Santa Claus, IN)

The Louisville episode closed in nearby Santa Claus, Indiana, at Santa's Candy Castle, a holiday-themed candy shop about a mile from the Holiday World amusement park. The shop was dedicated December 22, 1935, originally sponsored by the Curtiss Candy Company, maker of the Baby Ruth and Butterfinger bars, according to Southern Indiana's tourism listing for the site. Casey Webb took on a frozen hot chocolate challenge as part of the same segment that included a separate spicy popcorn challenge in the area, per coverage of the December 2017 episode.

Santa's Candy Castle continues to operate as a seasonal attraction, open May through December with weekend hours, according to a Yelp listing updated in September 2026 and the shop's own site, santascandycastle.com, which still lists old-fashioned and hand-made candy along with cocoa and frozen hot chocolate on its current offerings. Because the highway-style rural address could not be matched by the Census geocoder or OpenStreetMap's Nominatim service, coordinates are marked pending.