Jelly Belly Factory by Exotic Chicken

On our West Coast trip we visited the Jelly Belly jelly bean factory near San Francisco. Our family did the self-guided tour on the factory overlook.
The whole thing was like a "How it's made" episode, giant drums tumbling,conveyor belts spinning and robotic spider arms racing to pick up the on coming candy. After the tour we raced to the sampling bar and tried as many kinds of jelly beans as possible, my two favorite kinds of Jelly Belly's are Buttered Popcorn and Chili Mango.  At the end we bought three whole bags of Belly Flops (jelly beans that don't meet the standards). Even though the beans look funny they still taste the same and that makes all the difference.  YUMMY!!!

                                               entrance to the factory

                                       my sister and me with our chef hats

                                                packaging department

                                                     spider arms

                                    tumbling drums were beans are flavored

                                                transferring the beans

                                   Three crates at once! crazy cool robot

                                      beans getting ready for packaging

                                                Jelly Belly art...Tasty

                                        Jelly Belly official vehicle

                                       us with six pounds of Belly Flops