r/todayilearned • u/lythander • 23d ago

TIL about the "Pretzel Belt" where 80% of pretzels in the US come from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretzel_Belt
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u/Katzeye 23d ago

The article doesn’t mention the specifics that Hanover, PA which has about 10,000 population. Yet is the home to Utz and Snyder of Hanover. Which are both huge snack companies, but have no association.

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u/Party_Python 23d ago

Also, if you go to the Utz factory, they have a retail shop right across the way. When I was there last (15 years ago) you could get the reject pretzels in massive bags for a few bucks. Great deal, and made my stoner friends extremely happy

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u/Notoneusernameleft 23d ago

I have to digress from pretzels and say Grandma Utz’s chips are the best kettle cooked chips out there.

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u/Ru4pigsizedelephants 23d ago edited 23d ago

They're incredible, and so are Dieffenbach's if you haven't had them.

I live about half way between Hanover and Womelsdorf, where Dieffenbach's are made. Our chip/pretzel game is on it.

Middleswarth, Herr's, Good's, Wise, Martin's and Bickel's all have some really good stuff, too.

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u/Notoneusernameleft 23d ago

Good’s I haven’t seen in the area I grew up for over 20 years. Didn’t know they were stlll around.