Over the weekend, Daniel and I took a trip to Hershey, PA to partake in all things roller coaster and chocolate related.
To everyone back in Georgia (or anywhere else) who might be confused about the roller coaster part, Hershey is home not only to chocolate but also to Hershey Park which is a theme park based on the sweet treats produced by the company. Daniel and I were able to snag some discounted tickets through his mom's work, so we drove the 45 minutes to Chocolate Town, U.S.A. and made a day of it.
The roller coasters at the park were so much fun. It was nice to ride coasters that I've never been on before. Daniel had only been to Hershey Park once before and it was when he was in high school so the coasters were almost new to him as well. The nice thing about the discounted tickets was that it was for a day when the park was opened outside of regular hours, so we didn't have very many times where we had to wait to ride. In fact, we road 3 roller coasters within the first hour of being there, and on one of them we were the only ones on the ride/the first riders of the day!
I also tried my luck at a crane game to prove to Daniel that I have certain crane skills that allow me to win more often than not. I was able to prove myself and win a cute little kiss doll much to Daniel's surprise.
Of course, no trip to Hershey would be complete without some type of chocolate consumption. So we ordered the best they had to offer. Deep-fried candy!
I ordered the fried Kit Kat (pictured above) and Daniel ordered the fried Reese's.
After riding nearly (we didn't ride the Super Dooper Looper) every roller coaster in the park, Daniel and I called it a day before the masses decided to exit at park closing. Since we still had some time left, we decided to check out some shops. I was also determined to find some of the oversized candy I had heard about. We wound up finding our way to Hershey's Chocolate World which is just outside the amusement park. There we went on the free Chocolate Tour and found huge amounts of oversized chocolates. There was also cool chocolates like macadamia nut kisses!
After such a great day, we ate in a restaurant in downtown Hershey called Chocolate Avenue Grill and got to drive down by the actual Hershey Factory. One of the coolest thing about downtown Hershey is that the lights are Hershey Kisses!
We had a wonderful day exploring such an iconic town. I can't wait to go back!