We took a tour of the Sweet's Candy Factory for a play group last week. It was such a great experience! The kids thought that their nifty hair nets were the bomb! They loved it!
The tour started out with a video about the candy factory! Some information that I didn't know: This is the only Sweet's Candy Factory in the world, they ship to all 50 states, Canada, and across the eastern countries. When you eat those yummy orange or raspberry sticks, they were made here! Before you enter, you have to check all your bags, remove ALL of your jewelry, and change out strollers for ones that they provide. It was hard for some of the ladies to agree to remove their wedding rings.
We got to go into the the factory and see everything. They have more than 1 million pounds of candy that is stored in a huge warehouse that is kept at 68 degrees (the perfect candy storing temperature!). They start making seasonal candy 5 months in advance, so guess what we passed by? Thousands and thousands of boxes of candy corn, candy corn taffy and devil shaped cinnamon bears!
We got to taste candy at each of the different rooms. Did you know that it takes 9 layers of 2 different types of sugar to cover a jelly bean? And that the sugar must be applied by hand? The jelly bean makers are trained for over a year before they are allowed to make actual batches! We got to taste fresh jelly beans that hadn't been to the polisher yet. They were so soft and chewy, and covered in cornstarch to keep them from sticky to each other. Alexis, silly girl, was the only one to grab a black licorice jelly bean, which I than had to carry half chewed in my hand for the rest of the tour.
We also learned that the molds they use to make the shapes of all the candy is actually cornstarch. I know, it blows the mind, but when you see how they do it, it makes sense.
At the end of the tour you get a bag of fresh taffy in delicious flavors (really, it is the best taffy I have ever had!)
We passed by tons of trays of fresh candy! It smelled so good! You could see the devil shaped cinnamon bears, the regular cinnamon bears, peanut clusters, and more! We had a blast!
4 comments:
Why have I never been to this place? I must make a trip up there just for that! Looks like so much fun!
I definitely want to go there too! That sounds SOOOOOO cool.
I LOVE the chocolate orange sticks.
What a neat thing to do for a playgroup. Super sweet!
That sounds like so much fun! I was watching one of my recorded Studio5 episodes this morning and they were talking about Sweets.. Maybe it's a sign that I need to go take a tour of this place! I don't know if I've ever seen cinnamon devils before. I'll have to keep my eye out!
yummy, yummy, yummy i will ave to make a trip up there too you have cute kids and are always doing fun stuff i love reading your blog
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