Buy Indian Sweets & Candies Online — Mithai, Churan & Chocolate
No festival, birthday or house visit in an Indian home ends without mithai, and GoDirect carries the whole sweets-and-candies shelf for same-day delivery across the Greater Toronto Area. Whether you need a box for a puja, a tin for guests dropping in tonight or a handful of childhood candies, it goes in the same cart.
The mithai counter is a tour of India. Bengal sends the chhena sweets — rasgulla, cham cham, rajbhog and rasmalai in elaichi, kesar, pista and mango. Uttar Pradesh sends Mathura peda and the ash-gourd petha that Agra is known for, dry and kesar. Rajasthan sends moong daal halwa and the dense milk cake of the Alwar road. Punjab sends gajar halwa, gur rewdi and till laddu for Lohri. Add kaju katli, besan burfi, malai badam burfi, boondi and motichoor ladoo, besan laddu, coconut laddu and soan papdi, and the box more or less writes itself.
The churan and candy side is pure nostalgia — anardana goli, imli twist and imli laddu, jaljeera candy, amla bites and amla candy, kachha and sweet mango candy, lemon and orange candy, paan candy, banarasi, calcutta and gulkand mitha pan, aam papad, chatmola, churan sticks and sugar-coated fennel to finish a meal.
For chocolate and confectionery we stock Cadbury Dairy Milk, Dairy Milk Crackle and Fruit & Nut, 5 Star, Perk and Nutties, Nestle Bar One, Milky Bar and Munch, Lindor, Lotte Choco Pie and Britannia Treat creme wafers in chocolate, hazelnut, orange, strawberry and vanilla — plus gums, mints and toffees like Center Fresh spearmint, Center Fruit, Polo, Pulse, Melody, Mango Bite, Kaccha Mango Bite and Kismi toffee. Shop Haldiram, Bikaji, Bikano, Bhikharam Chandmal, Nanak, Brar's, Savera, Apna Taste, Aman's, Jabsons, Cadbury, Nestle, Parle, Britannia, Lotte and VFC.
A quick guide when you are ordering for a function: dry mithai such as kaju katli, soan papdi, besan burfi and peda travel well and are the easy choice for a gift box, while milk-based sweets in syrup — gulab jamun, rasgulla and rasmalai — are best kept chilled once the tin or tub is opened. Keep churan golis and hard candies sealed in an airtight jar so they do not turn sticky.
Frequently asked questions
Which Bengali sweets do you carry, and what is the difference between them?
Rasgulla is a spongy chhena ball in light sugar syrup — BC Rasgulla and Haldiram Rasgulla. Cham cham is the oval, denser cousin, often coloured and rolled in khoya, sold as BC Cham Cham. Rajbhog is the larger saffron-tinted rasgulla with a nut filling, as in Bhikharam Chandmal Rajbhog. Rasmalai is a flattened patty served in thickened, sweetened milk — Nanak Rasmalai, Brar's Rasmalai Elachi, Savera Kesar Rasmalai and Brar's Mango Rasmalai.
Do you have Mathura peda and Agra petha?
Yes. BC Mathura Peda is the darker, slightly grainy khoya peda associated with Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, roasted a shade longer than the usual white peda. Petha, the translucent ash-gourd sweet that Agra is famous for, comes as BC Dry Petha and Bikano Dry Kesar Petha. Apna Taste Perra Pack is the milder milk-peda option.
What sweets are eaten at Lohri and in a Punjabi winter?
Lohri in Punjab means sesame and jaggery — Jabsons Till Laddu and Gur Rewdi are the two that go round the bonfire. Through the rest of the winter it is Brar's Gajar Halwa, the slow-cooked red-carrot halwa, and dense milk cake such as Nanak Milk Cake, Brar's Milk Cake or Apna Taste Khoya Milk Cake. Savera Moong Daal Halwa covers the Rajasthani side of the same season.
What should I put in a Diwali or wedding gift box?
Dry mithai travels best. Kaju katli is the safe centrepiece — BC Kaju Katli, Brar's Kaju Katli or Apna Taste Kaju Burfi — with Haldiram Soan Papdi, Bikano Besan Laddu or Jabsons Besan Laddu, Nanak Motichoor Ladoo and Aman's Coconut Laddu filling the rest. If you want something in syrup, order gulab jamun or rasmalai closer to the day and keep it chilled once opened.
What is churan and mitha pan candy?
Churan is a tangy-savoury mix pressed into golis, sticks or candies — anardana, imli, jaljeera and amla are the common flavours, eaten a piece at a time after a meal, and a fixture of every school gate in India. Mitha pan candy is the sweet paan-flavoured version, sold in banarasi, calcutta and gulkand styles, named for the two cities that made paan their own.
What box sizes do sweets come in, and do you deliver same-day?
Mithai is sold in 100 g, 200 g, 250 g, 350 g, 400 g, 454 g, 500 g and 1 kg boxes and tins, while candies, golis and toffees come in small 18 g to 50 g packs and larger sharing packs. GoDirect delivers same day across the Greater Toronto Area, so you can order the morning of a function and choose an available delivery slot for your city at checkout.