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We stock candies your local store is missing - thousands of selections available directly through our warehouse! <br> <br> <br> <br> You are guaranteed satisfaction. Customer care and long-term customer relationships are top priorities at Candy Company. <br> <br> FAST Delivery! All orders shipped promptly to your home or office. LIVE humans answer our phones 8:30 AM - 5 PM PST, Monday - Friday. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Tons of candy choices! From Sky Bars to Wax Lips we carry them! Check out our 50's Candy Box or 60's Candy Box and our 70's Candy Box. Nostalgia candy brings back memories of your childhood while fresh candy ideas make your day brighter! Enjoy our Salt Water Taffy - Bazooka Gum - Zagnut Bars - BB Bats - Hot Tamales - Clark Bars - Charleston Chew - Good & Plenty - Sugar Babies - Pop Rocks - Rock Candy - Junior Mints - Try this new Sour Powder in a wide variety of flavors. These Wonka Bars and Zero Bars are amazing too <br> <br> Try the hottest candy on planet Earth!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Copyright Š 1997-2007 Candy Company, Inc. All rights reserved <br> <br> <br> <br> Sweet Choice <br> Corporate Accts<br> Your Comments<br> Refer a Friend<br> About Us<br> Webmasters <br> Kids under 14<br> Gift Certificates <br> <br> Retro Candy<br> Licorice Snaps<br> French Chew<br> Peerless Candy<br> Twinkle Pops <br> <br> <br> Contact Us<br> FAQ <br> Track Order<br> How to Order<br> Return Policy<br> Guarantee<br> Welcome Message<br> <br> HISTORY OF CANDY<br> <br>  </p> <div id="lyrSiteCont"> <div id="lyrPageCont"> <div class="col1offset" id="col1" style="HEIGHT: 882px"> <h2>1800s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1854</span> The first packaged box of Whitman's chocolate debuts. </li> <li><span class="time">1868</span> Richard Cadbury introduces the first Valentine's Day box of chocolates. </li> <li><span class="time">1880s</span> Wunderle Candy Company creates candy corn. In 1898, Goelitz Confectionery Company began making candy corn and has made this Halloween favorite longer than any other company. </li> <li><span class="time">1893</span> William Wrigley, Jr. introduces Juicy Fruit gum and Wrigley's Spearmint gum. </li> <li><span class="time">1896</span> Tootsie Rolls debut, introduced by Leo Hirshfield of New York who named them after his daughter's nickname, "Tootsie". </li> </ul> <h2>1900s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1900</span> Milton S. Hershey of Lancaster, PA introduces the first Hershey milk chocolate bar. </li> <li><span class="time">1901</span> The King Leo pure peppermint stick candy was developed and trademarked. The stick has been in continuous production since then and is still offered today in old-fashioned gift tins with the King Leo Lion motif by its current manufacturer, Quality Candy Company, Inc. </li> <li><span class="time">1901</span> Pastel-colored little candy disks called NECCO wafers first appear named for the acronym of the New England Confectionery Company. </li> <li><span class="time">1902</span> Necco makes the first conversation hearts - tiny Valentine's Day favorites with messages printed on them. </li> <li><span class="time">1905</span> The Squirrel Brand Company of Massachusetts creates the first peanut bar. </li> <li><span class="time">1907</span> Hershey's Kisses chocolates appear in their familiar foil wraps. </li> </ul> <h2>1910s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1912</span> Life Savers, the candy named for its ring shape with the hole in the center is introduced in peppermint flavor. It would be 22 years before the popular five-flavor roll is introduced. </li> <li><span class="time">1912</span> The Whitman's Sampler box of chocolates is born when the company president decides the needlework sampler hanging in his home would make beautiful packaging. It is the the first box of chocolates to include a now-famous index showing the filling in each candy. </li> <li><span class="time">1913</span> Goo Goo Clusters, a Southern favorite, was the first bar to combine milk chocolate, caramel, marshmallow and peanuts. </li> </ul> <h2>1920s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1920</span> Fannie May Candies opens its first candy shop in Chicago producing a variety of chocolate enrobed buttercreams and caramels. </li> <li><span class="time">1920</span> The Baby Ruth candy bar is first sold, named for President Grover Cleveland's daughter - not the famous baseball player. </li> <li><span class="time">1921</span> Chuckles - colorful, sugared jelly candies are first made. </li> <li><span class="time">1922</span> Goldenberg's Peanut Chews are first made in Philadelphia and soon became popular along the East Coast. </li> <li><span class="time">1922</span> Hans Riegel invented a chewy candy called the "dancing bear". Later this confection became known as gummi bears. </li> <li><span class="time">1923</span> Mounds, the double candy bar, offered a coconut filling enrobed in chocolate. </li> <li><span class="time">1923</span> M&M/Mars Milk Way Bar is the first of many candies to be introduced by the Mars family, created to taste like a malted milk that would be available anywhere, any time. </li> <li><span class="time">1925</span> Bit-O-Honey debuts, the honey-flavored taffy bar made with bits of almond. </li> <li><span class="time">1926</span> Milk Duds are introduced as bite-size caramel morsels covered in chocolate. </li> <li><span class="time">1928</span> Crunchy Heath Bars appear, offering chocolate covered toffee. </li> <li><span class="time">1928</span> Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, named for the man who created them, are a peanut butter-chocolate combination among the most popular candy bars today. </li> </ul> <h2>1930s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1930</span> M&M/Mars introduces the Snickers Bar, named for a favorite horse owned by the Mars family. It is the number-one selling candy bar in the U.S. today. </li> <li>1930's Ferrara Pan Candy Company introduces Boston Baked Beans. Ferrara has the ability to make 38,600 pounds of Boston Baked Beans per day. </li> <li><span class="time">1931</span> Tootsie Roll Pops are introduced and soon widely advertised as the lollipop that offers two candies in one - flavored hard candy on the outside and chewy Tootsie Roll center inside. </li> <li><span class="time">1931</span> Valomilk, the creamy marshmallow center candy bar, was created by accident when a candymaker at Sifers Candy Company forgot about a batch of cooking marshmallow and it remained runny when cooled. Combined with chocolate, it made a wonderful, gooey treat. </li> <li><span class="time">1932</span> MARSŽ Almond Bar introduced by M&M/MARS </li> <li><span class="time">1932</span> Katherine Beecher Butter Mints are melt-in-your mouth butter mints perfected by Katherine Beecher in her Manchester, PA candy company where they are still made today, according to the original recipe. </li> <li><span class="time">1932</span> Red Hots are made by Ferrara Pan Candy Company. These fiery little candy pellets are flavored with cinnamon. </li> <li><span class="time">1932</span> M&M/Mars debuts the 3 Musketeers Bar, originally made as a three-flavor bar featuring chocolate, vanilla and strawberry nougat. In 1945, it was changed to all chocolate nougat. </li> <li><span class="time">1936</span> The 5th Avenue Bar was originated by the man perhaps best known for his cough drops - William H. Luden. It was made from layers of peanut butter crunch coated in milk chocolate. </li> <li><span class="time">1938</span> Bartons was founded, they are the maker of "Almond Kisses", two almonds surrounded by caramel. They are now owned by Cherrydale Farms/Haddinton Farms. </li> <li><span class="time">1939</span> Hershey's Miniatures chocolate bars debut. </li> </ul> <h2>1940s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1941</span> "M&M's" Plain Chocolate Candies are introduced in response to slack chocolate sales in summer. Fifty-nine years later, M&M/Mars changed the name of this popular candy item to "M&M's" Milk Chocolate Candies. </li> <li><span class="time">1942-1945</span> Women working on the Whitman's Sampler production line secretly slipped notes to soldiers in those boxes destined for military shipment. The notes resulted in several long-term friendships and even a few marriages. </li> <li><span class="time">1949</span> Junior Mints offered soft mint centers drenched in dark chocolate. </li> <li><span class="time">1949</span> Smarties small pastel candy disks are introduced, followed by the Smarties Necklace nine years later. </li> <li><span class="time">1949</span> El Bubble Bubble Gum Cigars are the first five-cent bubble gum. In the mid-1980s, the same company began to make pink and blue bubble gum cigars to celebrate births. </li> </ul> <h2>1950s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1954</span> Marshmallow Peeps are introduced by Just Born, Inc. in the shape of Easter chicks. Today, Peeps come in a variety of seasonal shapes and more than 2 million Peeps are made each day. </li> <li>1954 Atomic Fireballs are introduced by Ferrara Pan Candy Company. </li> <li><span class="time">1950</span> Bobs Candy Canes, sold under the Cris Cringle brand, are introduced nationwide. Legend has it that candy canes were originally created by a German choirmaster. </li> </ul> <h2>1960s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1960</span> M&M/Mars Starburst Fruit Chews are introduced and later fortified with 50 percent of the daily value for Vitamin C. </li> <li><span class="time">1960</span> Blammo becomes the first sugar free, soft bubble gum introduced by Amurol Confections. </li> <li><span class="time">1962</span> Lemonheads are created by Ferrara Pan Candy Company, later inspiring the introduction of Grapeheads, Appleheads, Orangeheads and others. </li> <li><span class="time">1963</span> SweeTarts The candy pellets with the original sweet and tart flavor combination are introduced. </li> </ul> <h2>1970s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1970</span> Snickers Munch Bar introduced by M&M/MARS </li> <li><span class="time">1976</span> Introduced by Herman Goelitz Candy Company, Jelly Belly Jelly Beans offer consumers fun and unique flavors in a tiny jelly bean. </li> <li><span class="time">1978</span> Hershey's Reese's Pieces bite-size candies are introduced and four years later made popular by the blockbuster movie E.T. </li> <li><span class="time">1979</span> TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars introduced in the U.S. by M&M/MARS </li> </ul> <h2>1980s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1980</span> Goelitz introduces the first American-made gummy bears and gummy worms. Formerly, these candies were imported from Europe. </li> <li><span class="time">1981</span> A European favorite since 1974, SKITTLES Bite Size Candies are introduced in the U.S. by M&M/MARS </li> </ul> <h2>1990s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">1992</span> DOVE Dark Chocolate Bar and DOVE Milk Chocolate Bar introduced nationally by M&M/MARS </li> <li><span class="time">1994</span> Blitz Power Mints are one of several strong mints introduced in the 1990s as the breath freshener category grows. </li> <li><span class="time">1994</span> STARBURSTŽ Jellybeans introduced by M&M/MARS </li> <li><span class="time">1996</span> Zingos, another one of several strong mint introductions, is created by Brown & Haley. </li> <li><span class="time">1998</span> Holopops become the first hologram lollipops introduced by Light Vision Confections. The design on their etched surface appears to change as you move the pop. </li> <li><span class="time">1999</span> Sound Bites Lollipops from Cap Candies is the first radio-lollipop combination in the growing interactive candy segment. </li> </ul> <h2>2000s</h2> <ul> <li><span class="time">2001</span> "M&M's"Ž Dulce de Leche Caramel Chocolate Candies introduced to tap into growing Latino market </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <p><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <font color="#6F2D00" face="Arial" size="2"> <a href="http://www.candyco.com/sponsors.php" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">C</font></a><a href="http://www.candyco.com/sponsors2.php" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">o</font></a><a href="http://www.candyco.com/sponsors3.php" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#000000">p</font></a></font><font face="Arial" size="2">yright 2008 </font> <font color="#6F2D00" face="Arial" size="2"> <a href="http://www.candyco.com/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">The Candy Company</font></a></font><font face="Arial" size="2"> at CandyCo.com.  All Rights Reserved.<br> Domain name registration and web hosting provided by </font> <font color="#6F2D00" face="Arial" size="2"> <a href="http://www.gloryweb.com" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#000000">GloryWeb</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2">.</font></font></p>