A display case inside Mindy’s Munchies in Falmouth. Courtesy of Mindy’s Munchies Mindy’s Munchies, a New-Jersey-based store specializing in chocolate-covered treats, opened its first-ever franchise location Saturday, in Falmouth. Located at 251 Route 1 in the Shaw’s supermarket plaza, the 2,100-square-foot space was formerly home to the Generator Supercenter of Maine.
Mindy’s Munchies launched more than 20 years ago in Norwood, New Jersey. The store opened a second location in Boca Raton, Florida, before starting to franchise this year, beginning in Falmouth. Falmouth franchise owner Marlo Murphy had been working as a practice manager in the medical field for three decades when she received an “eye-opening” cancer diagnosis.
Her cancer now in remission, Murphy said she learned about the franchise opportunity at about the same time, and “took it as a sign” to make a career change. “I was ready to move on to the next phase of my life – making people happy by providing chocolate,” Murphy said. Mindy’s sells a wide variety of chocolate-covered treats including pretzels, graham crackers, marshmallows and Oreos – all hand-dipped in the store – along with other chocolates and confections, sold by the pound.
The store also sells gift baskets and platters, wedding favors and small gifts, and ships its goods nationwide. Because she believed that Falmouth needed more coffee options, Murphy said her store also sells dark-, medium-roast and decaf coffee from .
