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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
Sigh. Back in the 1970's , you used to be able to tour the Hershey Chocolate plant, in Hershey, PA. You were on separated walkways, but you could see the huge vats of chocolate being stirred .... see the conveyor belts making kisses or portioning bite sized candies into bags.
Nowadays, that's too unsanitary I guess. The tour is through a completely separate building, and it's more like a DisneyWorld tour. You sit in a little car seat (like a roller coaster car) and are slowly trained past lots of movie screens showing the cacao being picked, roasted, etc.
But you don't get to SMELL it, or really see it, like you used to. Except for the fact that the whole town smells of chocolate, and that the tour dumps you into the Hershey Gift Shop at the end (well, that part's the same!), that's as close as you get to the real product.
As it should be, I suppose. I'm happier as a consumer, but I do miss the tours!
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We were just at Hershey Park in September. They now pump in the smell of chocolate during the "factory" ride.
I also miss the Crayola factory tours. They opened an attraction in Easton called "The Crayola Factory" which the kids enjoyed. It has since been named "The Crayola Experience" -- I have no idea what it's like now.