If you have a sweet tooth, this is a place you have to visit. If I had a choice, I'd pick chocolate over a piece of hard candy or a lollipop any day but Hammonds Candies (http://www.hammondscandies.com/) has pretty much everything: candy canes, ribbon candy, lollipops, and chocolates. And what makes it special is it's all hand-pulled and hand made.
I'd never been on a factory tour of a candy maker so I thought this would be fun. And, altho
ugh it wasn't technically a tour (you stood behind Plexiglas to see into the warehouse where they make the candy) it was interesting to see. While I don't really like to eat hard candy, it's really interesting to see them make it: how it get pulled, colored, and twisted is kind of mesmerising.
ugh it wasn't technically a tour (you stood behind Plexiglas to see into the warehouse where they make the candy) it was interesting to see. While I don't really like to eat hard candy, it's really interesting to see them make it: how it get pulled, colored, and twisted is kind of mesmerising. I actually had never heard of Hammond Candies until a friend told me about it last year (thanks Christine!) even though it's been a Denver company since 1920. It has apparently move around a bit but is now located in a cluster of warehouses north of Denver. The "tours" are free, include
a free sample of the hard candy, and happen every half hour. My suggestion is to go as early in the day as possible. They don't open until 9 a.m. during the week and 10 a.m. on Saturday but they start making the candy at 5 a.m. and there is probably more to see than the 1:30 p.m. "tour' we took. And for those on a budget, they have an Oops Room with discounted candy (nothing wrong with it other than maybe the color didn't come our right or they made too much).
a free sample of the hard candy, and happen every half hour. My suggestion is to go as early in the day as possible. They don't open until 9 a.m. during the week and 10 a.m. on Saturday but they start making the candy at 5 a.m. and there is probably more to see than the 1:30 p.m. "tour' we took. And for those on a budget, they have an Oops Room with discounted candy (nothing wrong with it other than maybe the color didn't come our right or they made too much). So if you're hunkering for something sweet take a drive up north to Hammonds.
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