Kids have a big appetite for chocolates. Well, keeping their love and craze for chocolate in mind, it is a great idea to take your kids to a chocolate factory tour. Your chocoholic kids will enjoy and relish this delightful idea to the core. Let your children watch where and how their favorite chocolate is made. Checkout the 10 best chocolate factories to visit with your kids.
1. Hershey Chocolate World, Hershey, PA
The Hershey Chocolate World houses a theme park specially made for the visiting families. While you tour the factory, the chocolate making process goes on. Hershey offers a free tour, wherein you can watch the step by step process of chocolate making. The factory allows children to get indulge in packing their favorite Hershey Kisses.The Really Big 3D Show in the factory theme park is worth a watch for the visitors.
2. Jelly Belly Factory, Fairfield, CA
The Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield, CA was established in the year 1869. Offering free tour to its visitors, this factory also lets you taste more than 150 flavors of jellybean. It takes more than a week to create the Jelly Belly jellybean. The factory’s 40-minute visit reveals how the jellybean is made. The factory offers tour from Monday to Saturday and the timings are 9am to 4pm.
3. Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Waterbury, VT
Fenced by Vermont’s Green Mountains, this ice cream factory offers a 30-minute walking tour to its visitors. Watch along with your kids how their favorite Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is manufactured and produced. After the visit, the factory offers flavor of the day for you to taste which becomes the most exciting part of the tour. The factory has a special Flavoroom made for the visitors. If you are visiting during summers, you will get to visit Flavor Graveyard. The gift shop and ice cream parlor remain open in all seasons. The visiting hours are between 9am to 9pm. The tour to Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream doesn’t come for free. It costs $3 for adults, however, for children below the age of 12, it is absolutely free. Shelling out this little amount for a great tour isn’t a bad deal at all.
4. Hammond’s Candies, Denver, CO
Hammond, the popular candy maker, has served people since 1920. If you ever visit the mile-high city of Denver, don’t forget to take a tour to the Hammond factory. The factory offers free tours from Monday to Friday. The tour timings are from 9am to 3pm. After taking a 30-minute tour, you can buy candy sticks, chocolates and lollipops from the factory shop.
5. The Candy Factory, Columbia, MO
Candies are made by hands at the Candy Factory in Columbia. During your tour to the factory, pass through the candy lane and see how the candies are made using traditional process. The factory also lets you taste the candies. If you are touring in group, you need to take an appointment, however the viewing rooms remain open everyday.
6. Blue Bell Ice Cream, Brenham, TX
The Blue Bell Ice Cream factory doesn’t offer a tour for free but the prices are affordable and it is worth a buy. The tours are offered by Blue Bell at their Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama factories. The price per tour for adults is $5, for children between 6-14 years is $3 and it’s absolutely free for kids below six years. You also get to watch a short video which tells you about the company and its ice cream samples. You can also click pictures with the cow that is made of chocolate.
7. Wolfgang Chocolate Factory Tour, York, PA
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This chocolate maker has been dishing out chocolates since 1921. The Wolfgang Chocolate Factory Tour offers to visit a special Visitor Center and a Museum. The Museum houses antique factory items, jars and molds. The factory offers the tour from Monday to Thursday and the timings are 10am to 2pm. You get a 45-minute walking trip inside the factory but there are few rules. You need to reserve your trip, you need to wear sleeved shirts, enclosed toe shoes and hairnets. The factory provides you the hairnets.
8. Morley Candy Makers, Clinton Township, MI
The candy makers have been producing delicious sweets since 1875. The factory offers “Stop & Shop” tours. Watch how the chocolates are made with hand. You also get to sample them. The factory offers tour from Monday to Friday but you need to reserve your trip in advance. And yes, it’s a free tour.
9. Sweet’s Candy Company, Salt Lake City, UT
This factory has been serving people since 1892 and dishes out a variety of sweets. The factory offers a 40-minute tour which takes you through the production of over 250 varieties of candies made by the company. It offers a free tour from Monday to Thursday and the timings are 9am to 3.30pm. But make sure to take an appointment before your visit. You can also buy some candies for your tots from the factory’s gift shop.
