Made in the shop · Vernal, Utah

Chocolate, dipped by hand

Some of it is made right here, a piece at a time. Raspberry chocolates, truffles, caramel apples in season, and the one we named the Stick in the Mud.

★★★★★ 4.7 stars on Google · the little white house with the red door
A chocolate-dipped strawberry, the kind hand-dipped at Little Sweet Pea
An illustration · ask for the real one at the counter
The one we named ourselves

The Stick in the Mud

home of the original

Every candy shop sells an assortment. We have one sweet that belongs only to us, thought up behind this counter and asked for by name ever since. It is the line our own sign leads with: home of the Stick in the Mud.

Twenty-one years later, the regulars still walk in already knowing which one they came for.

Ask for it by name
The case, a taste of it

On the candy counter

A label board of the lines Vernal comes in for. What is in the case changes with the season, so call ahead to ask what we have dipped today.

The Stick in the Mud

Ours

The one we named ourselves. Ask for it by name.

Raspberry chocolates

The one regulars call out first.

Truffles

Hand-dipped, some made right here in the shop.

Dipped strawberries

Fresh berries under hand-dipped chocolate.

Caramel apples

In season

Dipped by hand, in season.

Scottie Dogs & gummy bears

Chocolate-covered, just the way you remember.

We never had a website to find us through. Folks found us anyway, and kept coming back.

2005
The year we opened
21
Years on 700 W
4.7
Stars on Google
The shop

The little white house with the red door

You will know us when you see us. We are the little white cottage on 700 W, red door out front and an oval yard sign by the walk. Push the door open and the whole case is right there: hand-dipped chocolate, the caramel apples when they are in season, and the Stick in the Mud.

Most of the folks who come through that door have done it before. A lot of them tell us the same thing: they have been coming here for years.

Hand-dipped chocolate confections, drizzled and finished by hand
In their words

What Vernal says

★★★★★ 4.7 stars on Google
“I have been going here for years and they always have such good candy and treats.”
Tristan D. · Google· Feb 2026
“Adorable sweets shop! Great for gifts and treats. They make some of the in-house chocolate onsite.”
Kris P. · Google· Dec 2025
“Amazing people who make awesome tasting treats. The cookies are so tasty and the chocolates are worth seeking out.”
Rick J. · Yelp· Nov 2024
“A little gem, in the most unlikely of places.”
Michele B. · Yelp· Jul 2018
Good to know

Questions, answered

It is the sweet we named ourselves and the one Vernal knows us for. Our sign leads with it: home of the Stick in the Mud. Come in and ask for it by name, and we will hand you the original.

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