Fun Fact About Candies

Fun Fact About Candies Less than two percent of the calories in the American diet are supplied by candy.

In Europe during the middle ages, the high cost of sugar made sugar candy a delicacy available only to the wealthy.

Candy is simply made by dissolving sugar in water. The different heating levels determine the types of candy: Hot temperatures make hard candy, medium heat will make soft candy and cool temperatures make chewy candy.

Chew gum until the sugar is gone to blow a bigger bubble. Sugar does not stretch and can cause the bubble to collapse early.

Tootsie Rolls debuted in 1896, introduced by Leo Hirshfield of New York who named them after his daughter’s nickname, “Tootsie”.

Milton Hershey of Lancaster, PA introduced the first Hershey milk chocolate bar in 1900.

Pastel-colored candy disks called NECCO wafers first appeared in 1901 named for the acronym of the New England Confectionery Company.

Milton Hershey of Lancaster, PA introduced the first Hershey milk chocolate bar in 1900.

The Baby Ruth candy bar was first sold in 1920, named for President Grover Cleveland’s daughter – not the famous baseball player.

The Milky Way Bar is the first of many candies to be introduced by the Mars family in 1923. It was created to taste like a malted milk that would be available anywhere, anytime.

Hershey’s Kisses appeared in their familiar foil wraps in 1906.