Sell from home — by food

Selling candy and confections from home

Widely allowed as shelf-stable confections. Products containing alcohol, CBD or THC are excluded everywhere.

50 of 51 state frameworks cover candy and confections for home sellers.

Examples in this category

Hard candy, toffee, nut brittle, fudge, chocolate-covered nonperishables, cotton candy

States where home sellers may sell it

Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming

States where it is NOT in the home framework

Missouri. In these states the legal doors are a shared kitchen or a permitted space — the food itself is fine; the home kitchen is the issue.

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Sources: The 51-jurisdiction home-food dataset on this site (state frameworks named on each state page). Dataset checked October 23, 2026. Where a fee or rule is set by a county or city, this page says so instead of guessing a number.