Lollipop Factory

The Spangler Candy Company is located about an hour from Fort Wayne. One day last week we took a trip there to see how they make their candy (they are best known for making dum-dum lollipops, but they also make candy canes).

We rode in a trolley inside the factory and got to see the different steps in making lollipops. It was neat to see all of the lollipops zooming along the conveyor belts to their different stations in the factory. The kids liked learning that the company makes some unusual lollipops, such as pizza or bacon flavored. They also thought it was really funny to wear hair nets during the tour. At the end of the tour, we got the check out the gift shop where there were tons of free samples of candy canes and lollipops.

Spangler makes regular candy canes and flavored ones. One of the flavors is Smarties candy flavor. The kids thought this joke the tour guide told was really funny: "As you visit the gift shop, buy some of our dum-dum lollipops and some of our Smarties candy canes, and then maybe you will turn out normal." We didn't buy any smarties candy canes, but the kids did talk me into buying a GIANT bag of the lollipops, so if you are our guest anytime soon, be prepared to be offered a lollipop since we now have a million.

The pictures below show them posing with a giant version of the dum-dums mascot, and then with the trolley. We also had some time to kill between when we arrived and when the next tour would leave, so the last picture is from a park we found where we ate lunch.