South Bend, Indiana ~ Notre Dame and the Chocolate Factory

The part of the Notre Dame campus we saw was beautiful.  We could not drive through a lot of it.

The South Bend Chocolate Factory

This a small factory with only forty people working there most of the time. During the busy candy seasons, they double their work force.

Notice the cacoa fruit grows on the trunk of the tree.

Sheets of caramel for turtles

This is there largest candy that they make.  It is 3 feet tall and solid chocolate.

We really enjoyed the tour. We learned that the cacao is a fruit. So when you eat chocolate, you can tell yourself that you are getting a serving of fruit!  We also enjoyed all the samples we tried.