Jelly Belly Days

So we took a free tour of the Jelly Belly factory in Kenosha, WI. It was fun, would be more fun if we had kids. I learned that the first candy Jelly Belly marketed was Candy Corn in the early 1900's. They are a family owned company to this day and at their factory retail store you can try and buy flavors like snot, vomit, skunk, macaroni and cheese, toenails, baby wipes and lots of disgusting ones that reminded me of those candies from Harry Potter!

We also learned what a Belly Flop is in Jelly Belly Land. A belly flop is the beans that don't make the cut because they aren't the perfect size for their standards. Some of them are two stuck together or lopsided etc. They sell belly flops in their retail store for less. We bought a 2lb bag and are enjoying them immensly. They also make some fabulous malt balls which we inhaled.

I made the mistake of finding this road that runs along lake michigan that I thought would be a great scenic drive on the way down to Kenosha. It ended up being an awful drive, not scenic at all, going 25 mph through small towns and you got to see the lake for maybe a 1/4 of mile and it just kept weaving you back and through these towns. There was road construction along the way. Needless to say it took us 2 hours to get there and about 40 minutes to get back via the major highway. So we have learned to better investigate those so called "scenic routes" better and any time I say scenic route Matt sort of growls now... I spent most of the day telling him I was wrong.. But we got over it and had fun while we were there.