Sunday, June 17, 2018

South Bend Chocolate Company Tour

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   South Bend Chocolate Company, founded in 1991, is such a small business that it’s hard to believe they have 15 retail stores. The tour starts with a visit to the mixing room, moves onto molding and decorating, and finishes in the packaging department. Everyone gets a piece of chocolate and a plastic spoon to dip in a vat of melted chocolate coating.  Exhibits on how chocolate is made and a museum with many cool old candy boxes and signs rounds out the experience. If you’ve already been to a chocolate candy factory you can skip the tour and just visit the free museum.

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   The store sells boxed candy plus loose chocolates that are seconds and therefore half price. They also have discounted holiday candies from as far back as Halloween! :-O We bought 1/2 pound of seconds and while they were good they certainly weren’t the best we’ve had.

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   The museum and tour are accessible.

   The parking lot is large enough for any RV. Tour  41.66444, -86.29625

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