Village Candy Kitchen

The rocky road fudge is absolutely delicious, along with their raspberry and lemon drop cookies. The ladies who helped us out were very kind and friendly, and the store was clean and organized. I can't wait to go back!

I'm no Smartie expert but this candy shop is on the Sour patch side. The menu was a hand written paper sign. A small food selection of sandwiches to order which was a little confusing . Half of the candy shop was dark and cluttered with furniture. A mini maze to walk and look at the preserves on the back wall so I passed. I'm no dum-dum. So I lolly-gag my way over toward the chocolate. That was semi sweet. You can purchase a chocolate covered orange Rind. I Snickered at the thought. The sweet side was the service it was popping like Pop Rocks and Mentoes shook up in a Soda Can. The selection was Brittle just like the different kinds they sell. This place for me was bittersweet, but you might just go Nuts for it

This place is amazingly underappreciated! It was Bicycle Classic weekend and we were walking around the mayhem up on the parking structure around the bike course (BTW this a great event for people watching!). Suddenly, it became lunch time. So we went to Village Candy Kitchen: it was quite, serene and plenty of inside seating (we got the cushiony chairs). Now when you walk in, you're definitely in a candy and a fresh bread bakery. BUT ................ there's more: they make sandwiches. While not fancy gourmet sandwiches, but very tasty, made-to-order with tons of options. You fill out the sandwich order slip, select your options: bread, dressing, meats, cheeses, veggies and they'll bring it to you. You can eat in peace and quiet - even on Bicycle Classic weekend, one block a way. BTW, don't forget their chocolate and fudge.

If you're looking for a real-life Willy Wonka experience filled with all the childhood wonders candy has to offer, keep looking. The only thing that nudged my inner child was the fact that they sold candy. I had such high hopes. I walked in, eyes beaming at the wall to wall displays of sweet treats, almost expecting little orange men to come cartwheeling out of the back room. Instead, I was met by the ambassador of the working Gen Z. I don't even really blame ol' sauerkraut Christine. As a manager or owner of a *candy* store, you should probably hire people so sweet, they give more cavities than your product. But hey, what do I know. All in all, I would really only recommend this place to people who don't put their grocery carts away or stop the pay-it-forward train at Starbucks. Something tells me they'd fit in no problem.

What a gem of a find! I was strolling the downtown Redlands area and the word candy caught my eye.This is more than your typical candy shop -- lots of delightful looking chocolates! I don't really eat chocolate but something else caught my eye -- cookie! I ended up buying four cookies (three sprinkles and one shortbread) -- just over $2.Nice little snack to enjoy with my morning tea!Ample indoor seating. Note: what I was expecting was something like RocketFizz or Balboa Candy, but this is nothing like that.2023: 16/100

Been here several times now, and it always smells amazing! Sweet treats abound with chocolate covered everything. They also have a cafe + sandwich counter. I did a double-take at the size of the chocolate covered strawberries. Speaking of which, my Mini Me and I tried out the Iced Chocolate Covered Strawberry Latte, which I've never seen on a menu before. It mostly tastes like chocolate with a strawberry aftertaste. Nifty!The cases of chocolate treats are a sweet tooth's dream. They'd make a great host gift. A lot of the hand packaged hard candies, however, look like they'd appeal to more to old-school church ladies, which is fine for them but doesn't appeal to me. Jordan almonds, round primary-colored candy drops, etc.Sandwiches take kinda long to make. They taste good, but I'm not sure about all the food handling practices here tbh. I don't want to put anyone on blast, but I'll say I saw a few things that elicited minor cringes. Nothing I'd call the health department over, but definitely not best practices.That said, it's enough to knock it down to 4 stars but not enough to keep me away. I recommend giving this place a chance.

Their teas are GREAT. I normally get their mango tea because its not overly sweet and always refreshing. The samdwiches are made to order and you choose everything on it. Employees are always friendly and easy to talk to. Walking in, you feel that it definitely has mom and pop vibes.

There are bugs in the candy boxes even the health department now's about it the owner goes outside and smokes comes back in and doesn't was her hands instead she goes back to dipping chocolate with no gloves and nasty hands I let everyone know about this that I know and they say they will never go back in disgusting owners plus during the summer they don't turn on ac so everything is melted all the old employees will back me up on this

It took almost 20 minutes to get two burritos- personally I've never been to a place that had taken that long.

It's such a great candy shop! They also serve delicious sandwiches, coffee drinks! Tables inside to dine in.