Sweet On You

The moment you walk in to Sweet On You, you are greeted by the scent of… Italian herbs and cheese bread. Say wha?!? Sweet On You is located right next to Subway (you literally have to walk into Subway to get to the sweets shop), so the aroma of ready-​made Subway sandwiches wafts right in to tease your nostrils. Let me tell you, it is profoundly disconcerting to smell Subway sandwiches while viewing old-​fashioned candy ribbons and chocolate covered confections. Complete sensory confusion.
On the plus side, the displays of candy are cute and colorful, although a little sparse at the moment. Winnie the Pooh greeting cards are tucked in between bonbons and lollipops in baskets to the side of the entrance.
During the short time that I was here, I could not find any cashier in sight. There was a customer waiting patiently at the counter, but no one there to help her. Quite unprofessional, I’d say!
I’ll give Sweet On You another chance in the future, but frankly, this confectionery is lagging behind other well-​organized, nearby bakeries, like Sheng Kee.

I’m vegan so I rarely buy any sweets here for myself — but one time I bought a penguin in a box full of candy for my boyfriend. I’ve also bought multiple doll/​plushes there for my friends!
The cupcakes they started selling there, which I bought for my dormmates, are not that bad either.
Great service and the guy is always very friendly!

I’m a sucker for sweets so my friend and I come here every once in a while between classes to get our fix of chocolate and sour belts.
Each time it’s always the same guy that works there so he’s pretty much gotten in a routine of seeing us.
The place is like Willy Wonka’s factory squished into a bathroom-​sized room. They have these adorable little cases you can stash your goods in and there’s a bunch of candy ranging from chocolates to gummy candies and sour candy.
I have to give this place four stars because the guy is so friendly :)

While in Berkeley on business I saw this cute little candy store with a handmade sign. The gentleman behind the counter identified himself as the new owner and manager. He provided friendly and helpful service from selection of chocolate assortment, boxing it and wrapping it all for an amazing price. This is definitely a shop I’ll have pop into a few more times!

I love candy stores. It takes a lot to ruin a candy store for me and this place didn’t even come close. Sure, I don’t work here, nor would I, I have no intention of ruining the the joy of a candy store. The fact that I can get jelly bellies in bulk here and pick my own flavors pretty much makes my day. The bonus, they also have ice cream. No fro yo, gelato, sorbet. Ice cream — the real deal, for those of us who like things old school. I will definitely be back to get my sugar fill.

First off… I really loved Sweet On You when I was little since my big sis came here way back then… and so when I came to Cal, I had to work here… they have candies (chocolate gummy bears, gummies, seasonal candies, jelly belly, etc), handmade chocolate dipped confectionaries (like chocolate oreos, rocky road, chocolate almonds, you name it, they have it) and so, so many stuff animals (TY, Gund, Ganz) and other collectibles for your home :) the best were the selection of stuff animals, and all the Gund and TY you can possibly buy, and the employees are the sweetest people ever, and we ate candy all the time
BUT~~~after working there, man, there are so many bad things that goes on around there…1…the basement is deadly, there were many sewage leaks down there… meaning nasty sewage water, and sometimes stuff «grows» down there, and stinks up the store, but recently i heard they bleached that place, but trust me, the sewage WILL COME BACK! .2…there were a lot of rats, I saw one on my first day of work, running out from the counter, but now they are dead, but more will probably come back… 3… there are some stuff. that makes tiny
the hershey kisses, so just go to longs or walgreens to get packaged ones, please …4…I bought wood polish and painted the whole store during my precious spring break (and my ghetto manager never noticed, never thanked me, she never thanked me for much of the stuff i did for her), and the place is still dirty, there are stains from like the 30’s or something…5…some handmade stuff gets old and hard (like ginger and apricots, oreos)…some probably fell on the floor too…6…flies and horseflies sit on top of the chocolates during summer time, and it’s hard to get them out from the window…7., the manager thinks everyone steals, and accused me of stealing, but later realized I BOUGHT the CORRECT amount I had typed in… she didn’t even apologize and went away (she has no remorse), and she makes her employees clean up crap and sewage so she doesn’t get punished by the health inspector… we could’ve gotten E. Coli or something
some stuff animal may be hecka old…
better go somewhere else to get fresh candy, a place where candy is ACTUALLY soft and chewy

coming from someone who DIDN’T work here:
–superb selection of fruit-​flavored jelly bellies.
–the rest of the candy is located behind the counter, which makes it difficult to mix and match. there’s a minimum $ 1 purchase… reasonable.
–great selection of chocolate covered dried fruits, which i adore. i’ve tried the bing cherries and the apricots… but i’ve had better. doesn’t taste that fresh.
–pretty truffles, chocolate covered strawberries and such. sort of expensive though.
–there are some super-​cute gift items as well. definitely oriented towards females.
–the people who work here are pretty nice.

Yeah, I used to work here too. Sure, it’s candy, and candy is good. But the counters were almost never cleaned, and the dusty corners were REALLY never cleaned.
Oh, and I chased a rat across the floor with a broom once too.
On the upside, the manager dips everything in chocolate, which can only be a good thing. Also, a few employees who cared made sure that old displays were fixed up and old candy was dealt with — but I don’t know if that’s still the case.
The manager fired me because I wouldn’t clean sewage from the basement… I think perhaps I would recommend someplace else.
P. S. Some of the candy in the glass case is from Costco. No joke.