Jelly Belly Warehouse - Tour and President Reagan Stuff
We found ourselves near the Jelly Belly Warehouse up in Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin recently and decided to take the two youngest kids on a tour and stop at the factory store. The tour is free and is a nice way to spend an hour. They put you on a little tram ride that takes you around the facility and shows you how they make the beans. But...this isn't a factory. It is a warehouse. And we went on a Sunday when the place was shut down. Still was fun, though. They also have an in-house bean artist that does displays like the one you see above with Mickey and Minnie Mouse made entirely out of Jelly Belly jelly beans. Here's the non-operational warehouse: One aspect of the tour is the wait for the tram to arrive. There's only one tram and if it is out on a tour, you have to wait for it to come back into the station for the next tour. They have you wait - not in the warehouse - but in a separate spot. The waiti...