I worked with Cal Coast Kettle Corn for a corporate event and they were great to work with. Very…read moreactive with communications up until the event date, showed up in a timely manner to setup, and had the whole place smelling like kettle corn before people arrived. Highly recommend for any sort of corporate event. All staff really enjoyed it!

This company is the BEST! Bev was a pleasure to work with to organize my employee appreciation…read moreevent for Adobe! When we ran out after 1000 they were ready to pop more! My employees loved it, they were the absolutely BEST and Adobe can't wait to work with them again! 1000% recommend!

I am in love with store! Best garlic products ever!…read more Had best lunch with Italian garlic sausages, garlic bread and garlic dip And finished it with garlic ice cream

Just meh. I'm glad we came, but if I wasn't a tourist, I wouldn't feel inclined to return…read more The garlic ice cream was cool for the novelty factor. There were all sorts of cool garlic things. I'd love it if they had some carry on size items.

I can never resist an apple from here whenever I'm in the area. The Pecan Bear, Peanut Bear and…read moreAlmond Bear are always such a sweet treat! I always look at the chocolates there and while it's pricey, it's definitely worth it, although I can never finish it in one sitting. Though like the apple, it can always be eaten over the course of a few days to extend the delightfulness! While the sweet treats are great, customer service is always a hit or miss and until you flag someone down, they won't come to help you unless you're by the register. Though on a slower day, they're a tad more pleasant. It's also a small shop with a huge bear inside so you can only fit so many people plus a stroller, so best to leave them out if possible.

$4.75 for the lemon truffle. Thick, hard chocolate shell, not great flavors. Overpriced Colorado…read morechocolate designed to be display stable instead of focusing on great taste. Absolutely worthless.

We were taking a late night stroll along the wharf when Richard noticed us staring longingly…read morethrough the windows at the sweet treats inside. We thought they had closed for the day, but Richard was kind enough to open the door, welcome us in, and share a little history about how this shop has been run by his family for decades. We got to try a couple pieces of salt water taffy and although I've never really been much of a taffy person, the taffy that they make in-house was perfectly chewy and we especially enjoyed the coconut caramel so we left with an assorted bag to try. We may have been converted into taffy people after this... but even if taffy isn't your thing, they have plenty of other sweets to choose from so make sure you stop by and say hi to Richard!

Racist owners…read more People infront of us were able to pick their own salt water taffy flavors even with a lot of customers waiting. When it came to us (asians) the owner kept telling us to buy from the outside pre-packed ones, while others were able to pick their own flavor. I wanted certain flavors as I do not like all of the flavors they have in the mixed taffy pack. I would not recommend coming here if you are asian. We ended up leaving empty handed because they were like "i have a lot of customers waiting" oh well, as if we were not customers. Don't open a business if you are treating your customers differently!

As a dark chocolate addict, I've been wanting to try San Jose Candy Kitchen for some time. I hadn't…read morehad any chocolate for several days, so I decided to have some delivered today. I ordered my favorite, dark chocolate almond clusters, as well as English toffee, chocolate peanut clusters, almond bark, and chocolate hazelnuts. It was delivered quickly and everything was nicely individually packaged. The two squares of English toffee I ordered were like two bricks. Massive and covered in powdery almond pieces. They tasted good, but were too hard and thick. I prefer smaller pieces of toffee rolled in larger pieces of almond. I wasn't too impressed with the almond clusters or bark, either. It tasted okay and had lots of almonds in each bite, but the dark chocolate was overly sweet and tasted like the type of chocolate used in grocery store candy bars, even though they make it right there. The dark chocolate peanut clusters were the best item. They had a wonderful touch of salt that was so delicious. I would definitely go back for more of those. Next time, I'd like to try a caramel apple and chocolate dipped strawberries. Both look scrumptious on their website.

It's out of the way for a casual stop. The store is off the street and up the alley. But it was…read moreconstantly rated highly for its Dubai chocolate bar and that's what I was looking for. Got there a bit early and even though they weren't due to open for another 10 minutes, the owner let me in so I could get one of those bars! How nice right? FOOD: The sweets in the display are all made by hand right there at the candy shop and they taste nice and fresh. They have a nice variety but since they are known for the Dubai chocolate I got one of those (which my daughter loved so it was all worth it) and a caramel apple which was so delicious. Nice and fresh and so big. Just what you want for the price. SERVICE: I can't say enough. So nice and thoughtful. It wasn't a huge store and the selection wasn't overwhelming but the quality was terrific and isn't that what you want? COST: Kind of expensive but hey, if you want homemade chocolates, that's just what it costs. And they were good.

After trying their snacks at a yelp event at STAK, we had to come through to get a few more…read moreflavors. We got the salted caramel and the cheddar popcorn and it is so well made! These make for a nice snack throughout the days to change things up and I love kettle corn.

We were given this popcorn as a gift again this year and love it!…read more So far we had had the cheddar and the Carmel. This year they also gave us some spicy chipotle lime which is also yummy and just slightly spicy. I love popcorn so much! I could probably eat this whole tin in one sitting.

We saw this popcorn stand at the local farmers market this Saturday and just thought it was going…read moreto be a basic kettle corn stand which they also have there however this young man had three gourmet flavors, kettle corn, popp'n churro & sweet white cheddar. They are $7 a bag He was pretty persistent on giving us a sample at first we were OK but because he was so nice we ended up trying it oh my goodness I'm glad we did! Of course I tried the churro right away because obviously it's churro and what is there not to love lol then he sold my hubby on a sample of the kettle corn we were super pleased with both of them he was telling us about the actual kernels which he also sells in jars separately if you wish to pop your own freshly at home. The thing is about these kernels I don't know if it's just because they are organic or maybe it's a certain corn that he uses I couldn't find it online however the kernels do not get stuck in your teeth and they are almost soft so it doesn't bother you. I know a lot of people refrain from eating popcorn due to the kernels being stuck in their teeth however if you order from this gentleman or hear to the local farmers market you will not be disappointed as you will not get little tiny kernels slicing your gums and getting stuck in your teeth. He mentioned that he does do delivery you can order online he's available on Facebook and Instagram however I did not see a website. We ended up buying one each of his flavors and while I have not tried the sweet white cheddar I am sure it's going to be delicious. I always love being able to support local owned and operated places especially a young entrepreneur like this,especially when the product is this good.

Helped my Dad build this wagon way back in the 60's, so happy that it is still around. It was an…read moreold farm wagon until he worked his magic on it.

On our bike ride from Santa Cruz to Capitola we stopped by this little place and had a hot dog…read more These hot dogs are not just any ole hot dog, they are deluxe! The sausages come from Corralitos Market & Sausage Co, which are renowned in Santa Cruz. Roy, who I am assuming was the owner was very nice to us and gave the kids some free licorice. The location was perfect, as we just stopped by had a little rest and then continued on our way. It was nice to watch the boats in the harbor and check out the little water taxi picking up and dropping off people. Back in the 60's it used to be called Bill of Fare, I think it's rather quaint that he keeps the name displayed. Next time we will try the ones with cheese.

I've only had one flavor, white cheddar and jalapeño, and it was bomb. Best cure for the munchies!…read more It's decent priced gourmet popcorn. $8 for two pounds. Highly recommended!

They were so friendly, definitely the hottest thing on the block! Make sure to check them outread more

What a fantastic cheese shop! Excellent customer service, beautiful products, extremely reasonable…read moreprices. It's my go-to in Santa Cruz. Next time I am getting the grilled cheese because I've heard it is out of this world. Thank you Jillian for your wonderful shop and incredible personalized customer service. It was very much appreciated.

Delicious grilled cheese, they also have a basic kids option. The tomato soup was also good though…read morethey skimped on the two we ordered (only poured about 3/4 of the way) - I suspect bc it was tail end of lunch rush and they were running out (we saw a sign saying they were out when we picked up). Two tables outside - I recommend ordering ahead and picking up to eat somewhere else.