Anderson Pretzel Bakery in Lancaster, PA

Anderson Pretzel Bakery in Lancaster, PA is a delicious experience you don't want to miss if you are in the area. You can sign up for a free tour of the facility where you will see quite a few things like some exhibits which depict Anderson Pretzel Bakery's history through pictures and even its products.

As a tour visitor, you will get to see the world's largest bakery of pretzels. You get a birds-eye view from a specially built catwalk overhead of all the action. Learning how a pretzel is made it quite an interesting process and the bonus is that it smells really good! You will see the automatic mixtures working the dough while pre-programmed machines work to cut and twist the pretzel dough into shape. Afterward, the pretzels are baked and then after they cool, other machines work hard to bag and seal them up.

You get to see how the employees handle all the huge machinery as well as how they conduct tests on them for quality control. The cool part of the tour is receiving a Bavarian Dutch pretzel for free. If you want to linger around, there is even a snack area open with drinks and hot pretzels for sale as well as hot dogs, sandwiches and other easy foods you can eat by hand. These tours are typically accommodating from April to November. There is also a retail store attached to the Anderson Pretzel Bakery so that you can stock up on your favorite pretzel goodies.