I make it a point to stop here when I visit my sister in Woodstock (it's about a 30 minute drive). It's almost tradition at this point and I love this Candy store so much. The chocolate covered strawberries are my favorite. And my husband adores the orange peels. They have superb customer service. I did purchase some berries yesterday and when I went to eat today they were fermented, (had a carbonated felling). This was the first time that has ever happened. The berries were kept in the fridge over night. I called the store to let them know and the lady who helped me was polite and they offered to take care of it for me. This is how you do business! Thank you riverside, for being a great and delicious business. You will continue to get ours. read more

So I've been driving by this place for months picking up and dropping my granddaughters and have wanted to stop forever but no time. Well, the other week I was early and finally stopped in. Very happy I did. I got the fat chocolate raspberry cups, a pound of dark chocolate strawberries, chocolate BACON and for good measure a delicious super rich chocolate ice cream cone. I forget the funny name but it was fabulous. Are it on the rest of the way to pick up the girls. They were very friendly and calling to the back what items they needed more of as they make all the chocolate goodies fresh on site. All was yummy and I waited the longest to eat the chocolate bacon since it lasts the longest (being kinda preserved by being sealed into the chocolate for a week). Anyhow...oh my lord! I could eat a million of the chocolate bacon. Although by the end I had trouble finishing. Lol I will definitely stop in again and again to this wonderful hidden gem!! read more

What a great place! You can't go wrong with the small batch ice cream creations! The chocolate treats are great! Worth the trip and easy to find! Coroner of Rte 120 & Chapel Hill Road! read more

I went in my husband is Mail carrier got cupón for this place I tried white chocolate is delicious worth it to try you won't regret price is excellent. read more

absolutely amazing! LOVVEEE going there. Staff is always polite!! candy always tastes great. the ambiance is also cool, kinda oldschool.

I have come here for years, the products offered are far from the issue. The issue is the customer service. It has been on the decline for a few years and today was finally the breaking point. Constantly waiting to be helped in an empty shop, rude employees. Disappointed it has come to this but I will not be back. read more

The chocolate covered strawberries tasted amazing and the chocolate frogs are absolutely adorable! read more

Riverside Chocolate Factory - Chocolate frog - Chocolatiers & Shops Near Me - McHenry, Illinois

Great stuff! They have sugar free candy and they are wonderful! I really like the product and I cannot way to go back!

I love that there's a chocolate factory right down the street from my mom. Even though she's been there for 9 years, I haven't been a super-frequent visitor nor sampled all of their offerings; rather, it's more of a stop to get treats for friends and family. Every Christmas my mom gets me a 1# assortment. It's SO GOOD, yet so sinful. You know when you say you're going to limit yourself to 1 or 2 pieces, and then it's so good that you rationalize with yourself - "Just one more"? And then before you know it you've eaten half the box? Yeahhhh, that's Riverside Chocolates. The chocolate covered + icing decorated Oreo is my absolute favorite and I save it until the very end! The fudge is also really great, and they have so many delectable flavors it's hard to choose which ones to get. We always stop in and get chocolate covered orange peel for great aunt Norma. IMO, they're better than Fannie May. I stopped in the other day and picked up 6 boxes of assorted chocolates as Thank-You/Happy Summer gifts for a friend, my aides, our secretaries, and my boss. They were already beautifully wrapped, which was awesome. (Saves me time, since I'm super OCD when it comes to wrapping things.) Prices are pretty reasonable when you consider it's all fresh and hand-made on site: $20 for 1#, $10 for 1/2#. I spied some chocolate covered bacon when I was checking out. Interesting, but I had to contain myself. I need to stop in and try a chocolate-dipped banana or something this summer as a treat after a bike ride! read more

The best treats ever! Go here for handmade sweets, ice cream, old fashioned candy and more. Best service and such a gem for the area. read more

Riverside Chocolate Factory - Sweetness - Chocolatiers & Shops Near Me - McHenry, Illinois

Nice chocolate shop out in the boonies of McHenry county. Check 'em out if you're ever in this neck of the woods. There's a Harley store across the road if you need more motivation, though fresh-made chocolates should be enough to lure you here. We ended buying a lot more than we anticipated, which lightened our wallets a bit but our stomachs were not complaining. read more

They have the best chocolate covered strawberries and bananas! They also have really good ice cream! The best ice cream ever!!! I always have to stop here whenever I'm in town. It's very delicious and reasonably priced! The people here are also super friendly! read more

Riverside Chocolate Factory - Chocolate covered strawberries - Chocolatiers & Shops Near Me - McHenry, Illinois

Clean store where chocolate happens! Very friendly and helpful staff, offering free taste samples. Affordable and delicious! Try the amaretto, chocolate cherry or caramel sea salt ice cream! read more

Riverside Chocolate Factory - Candy galore! - Chocolatiers & Shops Near Me - McHenry, Illinois

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Never disappointed! Always great service and the candy selection will take you back. From flying saucers to gummy red pennies, its all here. Their chocolates are all made there, chocolate dipped pretzel rods are a favorite (a guilty pleasure, even just one). read more

Our favorite spot to get ice cream!! It's our family's Sunday tradition! Lots of fabulous flavors, best butter pecan I've ever had, generous portions, very friendly staff, and all my favorite childhood candies!! Worth the drive from Chicago! read more

I received a box of assorted chocolates as a Christmas gift from a vendor of ours. I've been known to have a bit of a sweet tooth, so yes I've sampled a few chocolates in my days. These are some of the finest candies I've had the pleasure of eating. I will travel the distance (30 miles) from my home to get these chocolates again. Thank you for a wonderful treat!!! read more

Drove from Wisconsin & Waited 20 minutes for some chocolate turtles, and there was only 3 people there including myself. Maybe they were short handed? Chocolate was good but didn't taste homemade, someone told me they actually don't make it, just peddle it. read more

This place is wonderful and the people there have always been friendly in my experience. We find ourselves here at least once a week in the summer for ice cream. A true McHenry gem. read more

I'm so disappointed in the Chocolate Factory! Typically they are very good but seems like something has changed. The first thing I noticed is they have less candy that you can put in the little white bags they have and it's more expensive than it was just last summer. Secondly, I was craving a Bear Claw which is what brought me there on this visit. I ordered two and are one right away. I left the second one in the bag for later. My son just went to eat it but he can't. Why, you ask? Its stuck to the bag! The guy just put it in the bag without any wax paper to prevent this very thing from happening. What is going on???? read more

Riverside Chocolate Factory - Bear Claw or Bag Claw? - Chocolatiers & Shops Near Me - McHenry, Illinois

Riverside Chocolate Factory is our favorite place for ice cream! They have the BEST chocolate and ice cream! Decadence at its finest! And the folks that work there are so friendly and nice read more

What a fabulous place. It's tiny. I didn't understand the parking as it's awkward. Yet it all worked out. I parked and went in. Very nice people work here. Wish they made their own ice cream or at least made a couple chocolate flavors of ice cream in house. They serve the same as many other places in the area. So, let's get to the chocolate. Yummy! They have a variety of treats. The chocolate covered Ritz cracker with peanut butter and the bacon caramel chocolate covered treat was the best. Thanks for having this place and staying open late. I'm in the fan club. read more

Great selection of quality candies and good service. Highly recommend the chocolate covered strawberries.

How-freaking-'bout-it!!!!! Sorry, when it comes to places that deal in fresh chocolates and nostalgic candy, I sorta lose it. While I'd be the first one to point out that even at their best, chocolate-dipped strawberries are a tired, unappetizing cliche and, IMO, a waste of perfectly good chocolate -- everything else they do here is freaking wicked. From chocolate-dipped waffle cones (please make more of the white chocolate type for my partner!) ready to hold their excellent quality hand-dipped ice cream, to caramel turtles and dipped pretzels and toffees -- man! This is chocoholic ground-zero. Nobody knows the truffles I've seen... I really do kinda go nuts around this place. My cool "field biologist/lumberjack HMFIC" thing just goes right out the window. I'm suddenly ten years old and I want one of EVERYTHING!!!! I guess that's how a really good candy shop is supposed to make you feel. From the goofy architecture to the contents of the hand-made candy case, this place is what your Wonka-addled dreams have been asking for. read more

Super nice staff! Fun little shop. Brownie sundae w/a scoop of heap of love ice cream is amazing! Choc. Covered cherries are outstanding too. read more

Riverside Chocolate Factory - Brownie sundae topped w a choc covered cherry. - Chocolatiers & Shops Near Me - McHenry, Illinois

BEST chocolate and so many options! So fun to look around and pick out all the different candies, or even ice cream! Chocolate covered bananas are a must have!!! read more

Three words. Chocolate covered strawberries. If you haven't stopped in and tried them, you are missing out! Everything is great here! read more

I was hoping gnomes lived in this little hut. But it's okay because instead there is CHOCOLATE! Obviously, strawberries covered in chocolate are the big thing here. The other items are awesome as well. They carry a bunch of different candy that can be difficult to find. The price point for some of the items is a bit high, and they were not able to clearly tell me about which items contained gluten. Overall, you will love it! read more

Because Riverside Chocolate factory! An absolute must for any candy/chocolate freak! And they have scoop serve ice cream too!

Fantastic every visit! This little chocolate hut is dangerousness In a tiny package!! Wonderfully displayed housemade chocolate delectable treats! Everything I've ever purchased here for myself or a friend has been superb! It's hard to top Riverside by far!! Their fudge is wonderful and creamy! Their sea salt caramels are to write home about often! Chocolate covered marshmallows on a stick, you can't get much better than that!! Ice cream anything is heaven, but their housemade ice cream bars will be one of the best treats you've ever eaten or shared! Everything is so delicious!! The thing that makes riverside even better is their wonderful staff! Every member seems to be trained very well and anyone I've ever encountered has been friendly and helpful!! Love riverside and have to stop in whenever we pass by!! read more

So, I have always liked Riverside Chocolate factory, we have been coming for years. Today I stopped in for the first time since covid started. There was a sign requiring masks, so all good. Then I went inside. Out of 7 customers, exactly 2 were masked, and one of those was me. Also one of the staff members was not masked. I told them I had changed my mind because they were not following the Illinois guidelines. As long as covid is a threat, and they are this lax, I will not return. Extremely disappointed in them. I gave one star because I had to, but if I could I would have left zero. read more

This chocolate shop makes the most delicious chocolate covered strawberries. They also have amazing fudge and chocolate dipped raspberries. All the chocolate is made fresh daily and the quality is great! Such a hidden gem in a small town but if you live here or you're just passing by I'd highly recommend stopping here. read more

I have purchase 'many' boxes of candy each year for the last 10-15 years as gifts for business relations as well as family and friends. I am shocked and totally dissappointed. Today I opened a box of spare candy and realized it had changed from previous years. The cute little Christmas hand decorated candies had been replaced by very generic looking candy. My favorite piece...the big carmel - not in the box. What the heck! These boxes of candies has always been a unique gift -...we could of gotten this years candy selection from any candy store. Chocolate was ok...wondering why they changed...I will spend my 'several' hundred dollars somewhere else unless next year. Too bad.. read more

The chocolate factory was a gem of a find. It's small but it has everything! The ice cream was really good, and the candy shop was an added bonus -- lots of great finds. Very good chocolate and great staff! read more

Amazing customer service! They might be kids behind the counter but they are the nicest most friendly kids. We showed up 5 minutes before close the other night I know not nice ado have worked at store like these when all you want to do it out the close sign up at 5 minutes left. They weren't mad at all they were very helpful and pointed me to the hot Coco bombs I was looking for. THANK YOU excellent customer service we will be back! read more

So, I was in the area randomly this morning and had some time to kill - lucky me, they were open at 9:00 a.m. and I was the only person in the place. I wound up with a wonderful assortment of stuff - chocolate covered oreos on special for only $.75 each, a nice box of pecan caramel turtles and another pound of assorted creams - only $36. See's would be twice that - and forget about Long Grove Confectionary! I'm sad I won't be in this area for a while, but I will defnitely head back when in the area for more - and to try the dipped fruit next time when it won't have to sit in the car very long. read more

We stopped for the organic chocolate covered strawberries and ended up buying a lot of chocolate!! I didn't know chocolate covered bacon existed until I came to this store. The chocolate covered strawberries were really good as well as the amaretto balls and rum balls. This place was really crowded, now I know why! read more

Wanna step into a place that has all the candy from your childhood? This is that place!! Not to mention good, made In house chocolate and candies read more

C'mon now! This place is the bomb! Wall to wall candy, chocolate, fudge and ice cream. My wife and I have been stopping in weekly to indulge in all of the deliciousness Riverside Chocolate Factory has to offer. Always friendly and helpful staff on hand to answer our questions. Was just helped by Max and he turned me on to "sponge candy". When my attempts to try to taste it with words failed, he broke me off a sample and boom! Instantly hooked. Max was very helpful and had a great attitude. Not to mention he was able to answer all of my questions about the different items that were new to me. I look forward to further exploring this seemingly endless variety of sweet treats. read more

This place is like magic. Everything handmade right before your eyes. U can also get old school things like candy cigarettes, sugar daddies, dots etc. the building itself is a unique treasure and children love it. read more

This place is amazing. The chocolates are to die for and the ice cream is yummy too! Always treated well by the staff!