Day 11 - Cadbury Factory Tour

We started the morning with a two minute walk from the motel to the Cadbury factory for our 10am tour. Deb was like a kid in a chocolate factory, wide eyed, smiling at everything and constantly sniffing the air.





As the tour began we were all given a goody bag with one chocolate bar in it...and a pink hairnet. We were told we would fill the bag up throughout the tour, oh, and no photos on the tour unforutnately. At the first stop the tour guide asked various trivia questions about the chocolate making process as we wandered through the factory. Deb was quick to answer the first question and got a chocolate bar for her troubles. And then the second question, another chocolate bar. Lucky she was paying attention to the various displays in the foyer. Then she was quiet so at to let everyone else answer.




We had about 15 people on the tour. I was one of three people who like milk, white and dark chocolate - apparently that makes me a bonafide chocoholic. I got a chocolate bar for volunteering this information.

The tour was much more interesting than the Tassie tour we did a couple of years ago, but Deb said it reminded her of the first 2 tours she had done in Tassie. About half way through we had 'morning tea'. We were given 3 chocolate bars and if we wanted to eat one we coulf swap the empty wrapper for a new bar - of course we did this. We both tasted a caramel chew bar. Towards the end of the tour we got to have a 'shot' of liquid chocolate. Deb and I finished ours, so got to have a follow-up 'double shot'. Mmmmm chocolatey.

One of the really impressive parts of the tour was going into the top of one of their silos. The silo isn't actually used during the chocolate making process but it does house a chocolate fall. The tour guide pressed a button and 1 tonne of liquid chocolate came gushing down in a sheet from the ceiling. Awesome!

We finished the tour with quite a little takeaway bag of chocolate, but still we needed to purchase at the shop. Blocks of chocolate for NZ$3 - bargain. Deb bought a couple of knick-knacks and then we headed back to the apartment with bellies full of chocolate!

A great morning was had by all. Looking forward to the Speights Brewery tour tonight!