What better way to celebrate a week off school than a Spring Break visit to the cheese factory!  We have lots of tasty new treats for you to try – Tillamook specialties you can’t get anywhere else.  How scrumptious does this sound:

Two new sandwiches at the Creamery Café

• Grilled Turkey & Swiss Pesto:  Lots of Tillamook Swiss Cheese and fresh turkey breast, spread with pesto and topped with roasted red peppers, then grilled to perfection on sourdough bread.

• Chicken Club Wrap:  Our Medium Cheddar generously sprinkled on grilled chicken breast with bacon, cucumber, tomato and romaine, then topped with pesto mayo all wrapped up in el grande flour tortilla.

Two new Tillamook Fudge flavors:

• Candy Bar Bliss:  Layers of chocolate and vanilla fudge, with a generous swirl of caramel and pecan throughout, topped with lots more pecans.

• Drew-licious:  Created for Loafy’s good friend Drew Carney of KGW News in Portland.  Layers of dark chocolate fudge, peanut butter fudge and rich caramel, with plenty of dark chocolate chips thrown in.  Let the decadent eating begin!

And to make it even more enticing to have some fudge, donate $2 or 2 non-perishable food items to the KGW Great Food Drive at the fudge counter this week, and when you buy a pound of our fudge you will get ½ pound FREE!  Feeding your fudge sweet tooth and helping out a great cause all at the same time.

But we all know Spring Break is not complete without that creamy and delicious waffle cone filled with Tillamook Ice Cream.  Try our tempting new flavor, Vanilla Chocolate Chip.  Or opt for the new and improved Chocolaty Chip Cookie Dough, one of our best sellers.  You will begin to believe summer is right around the corner!

We’re looking forward to seeing you in Tillamook!

By Susan P.

From fine dining to fast casual, it seems grilled cheese sandwiches are the “It Girls” of the moment.  Everyone is meltin’ and grillin’ and servin’ up unique and delicious grilled cheese recipes.  So why should the café at the Tillamook Cheese Factory be any different?  Especially during April – after all, we are celebrating National Grilled Cheese Month!

Every week this month, the café is featuring a specialty grilled cheese sandwich certain to make your mouth water with anticipation of the creamy, gooey, melty goodness of your favorite Tillamook Cheese stuffed between two slices of bread, with… well, check out our specials below!

April 3 – 9
Spinach Artichoke Dip Grilled Cheese – Fresh spinach and marinated artichokes with our Tillamook Vintage White Medium Cheddar and a special garlic cream cheese sauce, grilled on thick garlic parmesan crusted bread.
(OH NO –  time’s run out on this one.  But believe us, it was delicious.  So good, in fact, that it will definitely make a frequent special appearance on our menu!)

April 10 – 16
Pepperoni Pizza Grilled Cheese – Pepperoni and Italian sausage smothered in pizza sauce and paired with Tillamook’s award-winning Monterey Jack Cheese, grilled on thick sourdough bread.  Served with fries and a side of warm marinara for dipping.

April 17 – 23
Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese – Crispy chicken pieces with our award-winning Tillamook Monterey Jack Cheese, blue cheese crumbles, and a couple (or more, if you like it hot!) splashes of Franks Red Hot sauce.  Served with fries.

Don’t forget to finish off your scrumptious grilled cheese meal with your favorite flavor of Tillamook Ice Cream.  Maybe, if you have all your family and friends with you, you’re up for the challenge of the 38 Flavor Ice Cream Tour.  One scoop each of all the creamy, delicious flavors of ice cream that we make – give it a try!

We’re looking forward to seeing you and your appetite at the Cheese Factory this month!

By Susan P.