We stopped by the Blue Bell Factory in Brenham for a factory tour yesterday. No cameras were allowed on the tour (you can't even pull out your cell phone on the tour or they'll confiscate it). The tour lasted about 45 minutes and cost $3 ($2 for young children and $2 for seniors). They start the tour off with a brief video of the history of the Blue Bell company. Then we toured the facility - we got to see where they make the ice cream, how they add the flavorings into the ice cream mixture, and how it gets packaged. We also got to see how their ice cream sandwiches and novelty products were made. It was pretty neat.

And they really do make all they can eat and sell the rest. It seems that employees get all the free ice cream they can eat at work. My sister said she was quitting her job and applying to work for Blue Bell immediately.