Sweet Stop Candy Shop

Year after year this family operated refreshment stand appears somewhere on the pedestrian portion of Main Street during the annual Mission Inn Festival of Lights. Year after year I seek them out for a rich cup of their fantastic hot cocoa (with marshmallows) and marvel at not burning the tip of my tongue or roof of my mouth. One thing that I like is they're constantly making carmel and candied apples throughout the evening so you can be sure that their selection is fresh and diverse. Prices are also reasonable so that's another draw. For 2018 they are situated at Main and University in front of the new condos where the band stand used to be.

We hired Sweet Stop to make sweets for my grandbaby's 2nd Birthday party (Mermaid Theme) and the chocolate was a hit! We got many compliments. Thank you very much for making my baby's party extra special.

This place is great. In terms of candy stalls and hot chocolate I would have to say that this is one of the better ones around downtown. If you're walking around enjoying the riverside light festival I would highly recommend this stall if you're craving for some candied Apple or hot chocolate! As a plus it seems that since this booth is located deeper in, farther than the main attractions downtown, the lines are not too bad at all. Price is a bit steep but in line with other comparable stalls - so if you were to pick one stall I would recommend this one.

Did a great job, everything tasted great and will definitely use them again. They were very professional and understanding about the needs that we had and were great about the timeframe, even though we called them with short notice they came through.

The candy here is great. A huge selection in the very center of Downtown Riverside. There are also a lot of great restaurants surrounding it and cool activities to do. It is really hard to locate and it took me a little while to find it. There is a big parking lot next to it. You get a cool view of Riverside as well.

Love it!!! We love the cookies, apples and hot xoxo bombs!!! Yummy and beautiful!!! Can't wait to get some more goodies!

I came to their stand last year for their candy apples. Not many places make their candy apples with fresh caramel and you could tell in the texture itself! I look forward to the Festival of Lights this year solely for their apples!