Last Saturday, my sister and I spent the day shopping. We hit up Lush where I got some Easter bath bombs for my boys, a jelly bath bomb for my oldest’s 4th birthday on Friday, and I got myself a facial moisturizer. And I walked away from MANY other products that I wanted to buy, but somehow had the strength to walk away from.

We spent the rest of the day checking out other bulk stores that we could find in the Montrose/Cuyahoga Falls area and went to several Goodwill stores also.

On the tip of a friend, we went to Mr. Bulky’s on Howe Road in Cuyahoga Falls. As the name suggests, Mr. Bulky’s is a massive bulk store specializing mostly in candy. In fact, when we first walked in, I was so overwhelmed by all the pretty colors and treats that I had trouble remembering why we went in there.

They have ALL sorts of candy in bulk – runts, jelly belly’s, chocolates, gumballs, rock candy, M & M’s – you name it, they probably have it. I remember going there as a kid (different location) and feeling like I had just stepped into Wonka’s Factory.

Total heave for a kid.

I don’t have a big sweet tooth though, and like I said – with the sweet, intoxicating smell of sugar in the air, I could not remember why we were there exactly until we made our way to the back of the store.

In addition to candy, Mr. Bulky’s also sells spices, flour, nuts, rice, etc. in bulk. As my friend had mentioned to me, you can buy plain white flour in bulk. Plain salt in bulk. And at REALLY good prices.

It’s the first place I’ve found where I can buy regular yeast in bulk for making bread (which we’re still doing and REALLY like it still):

Honestly, so far – it may be my favorite bulk store. Not only because they had such a wide variety of products that I currently use, but it’s also on my husband’s way home from work. So I’ll be able to send him in there. Which will be terrible because he has the BIGGEST sweet tooth ever and he will come home with loads of candy. Even my sister was saying as we got in the car, “You can’t send [husband] there – he’ll buy all the candy”.

Yes, yes he will. Just as long as he brings home the required spices and stuff, we’ll make it work.

You should see their sprinkle section in the back – they were oh, so so pretty!

And there’s a part of me that’s happy that I don’t have to make my husband stop buying sprinkles or candy. But we could seriously cut back too (right, dear?). I was ready to buy bulk candy for my kid’s Easter baskets, but then I remembered that Easter is a month away and it was silly to buy it now.

I also liked the Mr. Bulky’s seemed to have more “savory” treats in bulk, even if – as my sister put it, none of them looked any good. I think I’ll still be willing to give them a try (like the Corn Chips with Flax Seed!).

We also checked out the Giant Eagle Market District in Cuyahoga Falls which has a similar bulk section to both Fresh Thyme and Earth Fare – flours, grains, spices, teas, vinegars, oils, nut butters etc.

To me, Cuyahoga Falls is the place to go around here for buying in bulk. I can only hope that more stores will start to incorporate more bulk items – and then some! I found this saved on Pinterest and became immediately jealous that someone has this type of bulk store available to them:

And that’s to buy ingredients to make your own beauty products!! – I’d be happy just to find a refill station around here to purchase beauty products in bulk/refill form! My friend was telling me of a store in Montana where people donate their used containers (like cottage cheese, sour cream) and the store washes them, weighs them, and they set them out for their customers to use instead of using new plastic products. So cool!

What neat bulk stores can you find around you?