The Sweet World of Chocolate

Yesterday we went to Hershey.  The first place we went to was The Hershey Story museum.  Milton Hershey started out as a caramel candy maker in Lancaster.  He started making his chocolate in that factory.  He sold his company for over a million dollars and went looking for a spot to build a new factory to make his chocolate.  He decided on Hershey because of its proximity to the dairy farms.  He also started building homes around the area for his workers.  He encouraged them to purchase the homes and even held the bank notes on them.  He wanted a community that was well rounded so he also built a theater, sports complex and community building.  When he died he left a majority of his fortune to the Hershey Technical School which was an orphanage for boys. 
Here is the secret that makes his chocolate so smooth…its called conching!                      
The chocolate is mixed with these granite rollers for 3 days! The whole museum was very interesting.  We must have spent a couple of hours there just reading about making chocolate. 
We also went to Hershey’s Chocolate World.  This a fun family place with a 3D movie and a ride that tells about Hershey’s Chocolate and of course there is a store with all the candy they make. 
      
That’s one LARGE candy bar! No we did not buy that but we did buy our share of chocolate.
I really liked the street lights on Chocolate Avenue.

Fun Day!