Jelly Belly's Mountain Gift — Restaurant in Maggie Valley

At Jelly Belly's we ordered ice cream, purchased fudge, and bought a souvenir. The ice cream was okay, the banana sunday was heavy on sunday but light on ice cream. The chocolate fudge was good but the portion was smaller than the cookies and cream fudge, which was very heavy on the cream side. Anyone should expect to pay a premium when visiting any tourist area but that was not the case at all at Jelly Belly's. A large coffee mug, similar mugs in other tourist areas sell for $30, cost $10-$13. Overall it's a great place for souvenirs and you might as well get some ice cream and/or fudge while...

ICE CREAM! That is all. No just kidding... I'm not sure if the place next door is essentially the same, but they have this seriously awesome selection of chocolates and fudge too! I don't like white chocolate, the heath and the butterfinger were meh, but the salted nut roll was divine! But seriously... the ICE CREAM-we went back the next night too. The staff didn't even give us the stink eye even though we came in at the last minute. And actually, one of them came out onto the front sitting area when they were about to lock up and said if we needed anything else just to knock. GREAT...

We were there 6/26/23 & bought coconut patties for $6.99 that tasted like mold. When I checked the package it is dated May 10 2023. We live 3 hours away and couldn't return them so I have contacted the store & let them know they are selling out of date items. Maybe they can check dates better so no one gets sick. Normally I wouldn't care if something is a month past date but the fact that it tasted like someone's basement needs to be addressed and I didn't think to look in the store because I assumed everything would be fresh.our total purchase...