Lonavala
Lonavala's famous chikki — a brittle sweet made from jaggery and nuts — has been the town's signature export since the 1870s when Maganlal Aggarwal first invented it here. Today the market road is lined with over a dozen shops competing with increasingly creative flavours: peanut, cashew, chocolate, mixed dry fruit, and even sugarless varieties. Sampling chikki fresh from the stone slabs and picking boxes to take home is a Lonavala institution that no visitor skips.
Cooper's Chikki and Maganlal Chikki are the two most trusted original brands — avoid the lookalike stalls outside the station that sell inferior quality at inflated prices.