Left: Riverside Sweets co-owner Kelly Stover cooks a copper kettle of caramel to just the perfect temperature inside the downtown St. Charles candy shop. Below: Co-owner Angel Wiechens drizzles the hot caramel over freshly popped popcorn as the base of their turtle corn. Below: Riverside sells an assortment of housemade chocolates and hand-dipped items. While they encourage customers to order some items - like their chocolate-covered strawberries - a week or two in advance, Angela says they are blessed with the foot traffic that keeps downtown St. Charles vibrant. " We're really lucky with all that is down here, " she says. " People might visit one of our restaurants for dinner then pop in for just a piece of chocolate or ice cream for dessert. Or they might grab a bag of candy for them to take home. We have couples who are staying at a bed-and-breakfast in town and randomly find us and fall in love with the store after trying something. " Whether it's working the wooden paddle inside the hot copper kettle or saving someone's Valentine's Day with just the perfect chocolate-covered strawberry, Kelly says she feels at home in the candy store. " It's been what my family has done since I was 15 years old, so this has been most of my life, " she says. " It's awesome to be able to continue on what they built here, which was an amazing business. " For more information on Riverside Sweets, call 636-724-4131, visit www.riversidesweets.net or find them on Facebook.http://www.riversidesweets.net