INTRODUCTION People in our world like, sometimes love, candy and its delicious variety of textures, taste, creaminess, stickiness, and reasonably low cost. Most only know candy from what they purchase in the stores, and therefore have no idea of the complexity, or simplicity of how it is produced. KINGS & QUEENS Sweets have been around for centuries and at one time were only available to kings and lords. Today we have all sorts of candy available in most grocery, drug, and other stores as well as by mail order on the Internet. If you have been to Portugal or Europe you will find some of the wildest candy shops there are. MADE IN AMERICA This manual provides the reader with the names of dozens of high quality candy and chocolate manufacturers in the United States, many of which provide tours of their facilities so that you can witness how their candies are produced. UNDERSTANDING CANDY This manual not only guides you to the candy / chocolate factories, but also supplies you, the reader, with terminology and manufacturing insight that can help you to better understand what you shall see on many of the factory tours. CHOCOLATE MAKING PROCESS The manual includes many of the processes and terminology that are used in the candy industry, and an entire chapter on how chocolate is produced.