Saturday 27 October 2012

History of Candy ~ Random Facts

Who is getting ready for Halloween?


What are you giving out this halloween?  Chips, lollipops, chocolate, or candies????
Today I was reading the Toronto Star, "Candy through the ages" and I found a few things interesting.
This is just a little recap of the article from the Toronto Star, "Candy through the ages", Saturday Oct 27, 2012 newspaper.

1880s
The candy corn was born.  Oct 30th is National Candy Corn Day.

1890s
Tootsie Roll. During the Korean War, "tootsie roll" was code name for 60mm mortar ammunition. But there was a mistake and someone actually shipped out Tootsie Rolls instead of ammunition.  Ha!

1910s
Life Savers - known as the "summer candy".

1920s
Fruit gelatin was invented - giving birth to gummy bears.
In Austria, the Pez was launched.
Dubble Bubble was created around this era too.

1940s
There was no candy production during the war but afterwards came the Jolly Rancher

1950s
The red-hot candies and The Lucky Elephant Pink Candy Popcorn

1960s
Tic Tac and the Blow Pops

1970s
Gobstopper was created but didn't last long because a little girl got burned by biting into it after left in the sun.
My favourite, the Jelly Belly!!!!

1980s
Nerds and Sour Patch Kids

1990s
Worms, ants, crickets that are trapped in clear hard candy.  OK, who has eaten these?

2000s
Remember Juicy Fruit, Spearmint, and Doublemint gum.  These were given to soldiers during WWII.  Discontinued when the war has ended.  Then 57 years later they re-launched the products.

Have you eaten any of these?





4 comments:

  1. As a kid I loved The Lucky Elephant Pink Candy Popcorn. This was the 80's though, not the 50's!

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  2. A great article and very interesting. I didn't realise that candy production was halted during WWII, nor that PEZ was so old. Thanks for this blog, I really enjoyed reading this.

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  3. I HAVE TO SAY LIFESAVERS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITES. GROWING UP WITH A LIFESAVER PLANT DOWN THE ROAD WAS AMAZING. YOU COULD TELL WHAT FLAVOUR THEY WERE MAKING BECAUSE OF THE SMELL THAT PERMEATED THE AIR

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  4. This was fun to read! I didn't know that about lifesavers!

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