There are chocolate give-aways! I like the peppermint bark chocolate besides the dark chocolate and the chocolate with pecans. Hmmmm. Educational self-guided tour. One wall had a history of chocolates and information about the origin of chocolates coming from cocoa beans. Aptly, it is the "food of the gods". Rich in flavor and beneficial to health. The chocolate tour is short, just watching through glass windows. It is a live action viewing of chocolate factory attendants in the process of making chocolates in the midst of chocolate-making apparatus and equipments. The tour ends in the Gift Shop. Of course, chocolates sold at the gift shop. A variety of chocolate flavors in a variety of packaging. Just be prepared to dish out some bucks if you really got have it. But they are delicious, you know it. A Souvenir Shop before entering the Chocolate Factory Tour sells various chocolate-inspired items. I thought I would have a handful of chocolates but not! It's like stepping into a simplified "Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory".
The Chocolate Factory is adjacent to a Cactus Garden which is a sight to see throughout November into the Christmas Season and through the first week of January. My Mom & I attended the Cactus Lighting Ceremony with Zowie Bowie and comedian Louie Anderson hosting the show. A youth choir sang Christmas carols. Santa and his elves entertained the young ones. Photo opportunities abound with each child taking turns sitting on Santa's lap and making their Christmas wish. Christmas lights, plastic deers, angels, elves, faux Santas on a see-saw, large-size M & M characters adorn the cactus garden and lit with colorful Christmas lights. Best seen at night than daytime. It felt like a child's walk into a magical lighted forest meandering through large trees and cactus landscape. And then back to the parking lot, which is also in the vicinity. Have a chocolate-y time!