The Travel Channel has a series called “Food Paradise” and one of their episodes featured the Top Ten Factory Tours in the country (open and free to the public which included Hersheys PA and Krispy Kreme).   I did not see the complete episode but I happened to catch the tail end of the segment about one in Denver, Colorado — Hammond’s Candies!

Hammond's Candies signage

The gift shop was no Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory but it had enough candy.

Gift Shop

You won’t find factory prices in here…

The tour started with a 5-minute video and then, consisted mostly of going down this corridor.

Corridor down the Factory

Looking through the glass windows.

Mary looking in

At the factory workers, handling very hot candy made out of corn syrup, sugar and water.

Workers working the candy

They did bring out samples off the factory line, in the end.

Candy samples

Mary enjoyed the orange-flavored sweet.

MAry enjoying sweet

The tour was interesting and worth driving down to Denver on a beautiful Friday afternoon— once! If I have out-of-twon visitors looking for things to do around Denver, I would probably mention this, for the novelty, especially if they have kids.