<<< Just 45 minutes outside Milwaukee, Somebodyisfromhere.com and a friend went
all Laverne & Shirley at the Jelly Belly Warehouse in Wisconsin.
Pleasant Prairie, a quaintly named town full of warehouses and other nondescript officey
type places, hosts the Jelly Belly Factory. The factory is easily accessible off I-94. I-94
will take you from Chicago through Milwaukee and on the Wisconsin side, you'll see such
Badger State oddities as a farm spray painted "4: Go Jets" (think Favre) and the Mars
Cheese Castle.
Once inside the Factory, you'll have to wait inside the lobby for the next tour to begin.
We waited a harmless five minutes before ours took flight. There were about eight of us
were in our group. Two were South Africans (who were polite and further support my
hypothesis that South Africans are the happiest people on Earth).
The tour is a "train" that drives around the warehouse. The train/group that got in before
us was full of children; obviously the demographic that they were going for. Our train
comprised of adults only.
all Laverne & Shirley at the Jelly Belly Warehouse in Wisconsin.
Pleasant Prairie, a quaintly named town full of warehouses and other nondescript officey
type places, hosts the Jelly Belly Factory. The factory is easily accessible off I-94. I-94
will take you from Chicago through Milwaukee and on the Wisconsin side, you'll see such
Badger State oddities as a farm spray painted "4: Go Jets" (think Favre) and the Mars
Cheese Castle.
Once inside the Factory, you'll have to wait inside the lobby for the next tour to begin.
We waited a harmless five minutes before ours took flight. There were about eight of us
were in our group. Two were South Africans (who were polite and further support my
hypothesis that South Africans are the happiest people on Earth).
The tour is a "train" that drives around the warehouse. The train/group that got in before
us was full of children; obviously the demographic that they were going for. Our train
comprised of adults only.
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As per health regulations, they make you wear a paper hat which makes you feel weird. Rest assured, however, you chose to
go to a jelly bean factory. You already are weird.
The train goes around the perimeter of the warehouse and stops every 75 (?) yards or so to make you watch a giant TV
(monitor?). During these stops, they show you how jelly beans (and taffeys) are made. You also learn, among other things,
that there are over 49 flavors.
They show you trucks full of sugar pulling into the plant and then show you how many layers of sugar go into each bean.
They tell you each bean only has four calories. At first, you think, sure that's low, but if you eat enough of them... Still, a
serving is about 30 beans and after multiplying that by four, it really isn't so bad.
Around the warehouse they have artwork made of jelly beans. It's kinda cool in a I wouldn't want to own it kind of way. They
revere Ronald Reagan at Jelly Belly. He, it seems, legitimized jelly beans by bringing them with him to the White House (I think
Telly Savalis with a lollipop, only you know, the leader of the free world).
The tour concludes where it started, that is to say, conveniently near the Jelly Belly store. They give you a fairly generous
supply of free samples, but again, you went to a jelly bean factory, and I'm sure they know you aren't going to leave without
going to the register with something.
go to a jelly bean factory. You already are weird.
The train goes around the perimeter of the warehouse and stops every 75 (?) yards or so to make you watch a giant TV
(monitor?). During these stops, they show you how jelly beans (and taffeys) are made. You also learn, among other things,
that there are over 49 flavors.
They show you trucks full of sugar pulling into the plant and then show you how many layers of sugar go into each bean.
They tell you each bean only has four calories. At first, you think, sure that's low, but if you eat enough of them... Still, a
serving is about 30 beans and after multiplying that by four, it really isn't so bad.
Around the warehouse they have artwork made of jelly beans. It's kinda cool in a I wouldn't want to own it kind of way. They
revere Ronald Reagan at Jelly Belly. He, it seems, legitimized jelly beans by bringing them with him to the White House (I think
Telly Savalis with a lollipop, only you know, the leader of the free world).
The tour concludes where it started, that is to say, conveniently near the Jelly Belly store. They give you a fairly generous
supply of free samples, but again, you went to a jelly bean factory, and I'm sure they know you aren't going to leave without
going to the register with something.
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Posted by Jenny on Sep 12, 2008 10:15 PM:
Fun read, thanks.
Fun read, thanks.
Posted on Sep 14, 2008 9:22 PM:
Great article on your trip to Jelly Belly! It's something I'd like to utilize on my site under "Been There - Done
That; Blogs & Journals from the road". Would you mind if I republished it with a link back to your site?
Safe Travels,
Melissa
RoadTripJournal. com
Great article on your trip to Jelly Belly! It's something I'd like to utilize on my site under "Been There - Done
That; Blogs & Journals from the road". Would you mind if I republished it with a link back to your site?
Safe Travels,
Melissa
RoadTripJournal. com