Factory Tours

Hershey, Mars, Breakfast Cereal, Frozen food and more

The History Channel’s The Food That Built America is a great series celebrating the people, ideas, inventions and technology behind many of our most famous American food products. M&M’s®, Hershey® chocolate, Butterfinger® and Baby Ruth® candy bars and more. Click to see the episodes at the History Channel....
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Learn Local!

Has your school switched to online? Learn about confectionery companies, American manufacturing and sweet brands in your community and across the county! Click to see NCA’s Sweet Life video tours of the candy manufacturing companies making Elmer’s Valentines chocolates, Peeps® brand marshmallows, Spangler candy canes, Smarties® candy, Madelaine Chocolate Company’s...
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Vote for Southern Lehigh Middle School today!

…for their visual factory tour of Just Born Quality Confection’s PEEPS® and MikeandIke® brand candies. Scroll down the competition page. Vote for and click the video created by Southern Lehigh Middle School for the annual What’s So Cool about Manufacturing contest. Purple PEEPS® brand marshmallow candies? Check it out! Voting...
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Register for NEW Bean to Bar Chocolate class

Register now for June 10-14, 2019 chocolate processing class in Utah State University’s Aggie Chocolate Factory Learning and Research Center. Kick off your summer with learning how to make delicious chocolate. To register and see the schedule for this very special, limited enrollment hands-on course. This is a great class...
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Plan a Spring Candy Break

Looking for fun excursions during spring break? The Confectionery Foundation’s map of candy factory outlet stores and candy factory tours showcases great American companies that create many of your favorite treats. Visit our Plan a Trip Map tab and enter your zip code to discover more than 120 destinations across...
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Which are the oldest candy companies in America?

American Candy makers have produced delicious treats for more than 150 years. Which is the oldest candy company? Ghirardelli Chocolate in California? Mars in Virginia? Brown & Haley in Tacoma, Washington? Hershey in Pennsylvania? Fannie May in Chicago? Palmer’s in Iowa? Sweet Candy Co in Salt Lake City? Mars Wrigley...
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YUMMYCLUB celebrates our Candy Tour Map

Thank you to Yummy Club for promoting Confectionlink.org. Your team of candy curators handpicked our Candy Factory and Outlet Store Map! YUMMYCLUB is a candy of the month club. Truly yummy....
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