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The history of candy dates back to the caveman who created the idea of candy by eating honey combs and honey. Candy can be traced back as far as 1500BC to the ancient Egyptians who used honey and made candy by adding figs, nuts, dates and spices.
1880s – Wunderle Candy Company creates popular Halloween treat candy corn. 1891 – Doscher Brothers Confections starts working on famous French Chews. 1893 – William Wrigley, Jr. creates Juicy Fruit Chewing Gum and Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum. 1893 – Thomas Richardson introduces Pastel Mints.
History and Origin of Candy The origin of candy can be traced to the ancient Egyptians who combining fruits and nuts with honey. Around the same time, Greeks used honey to make candied fruits and flowers.
The History of Candy. It is generally believed that the idea of a sweet treat was first conceived by cavemen, who liked honey from beehives. Before they had sugar the Egyptians, the Chinese, the Indians, the people of Middle East, and then the Greeks and Romans combined fruits and nuts with honey to make candy.
The History of Candy Cane. The original candy cane was made 350 years ago. Over time the candy cane has become a symbol and tradition during the Christmas holiday, used as a decoration for Christmas trees. The first candy cane was not made in the shape of a cane. It was white, completely straight and only flavored with sugar.
In the early-20th century chocolate and candy bars production grew most rapidly. In 1900 the Hershey Company produced the first wrapped chocolate bar, the Hershey bar, which is still produced. A lot of candy bars developed in that era still exist in relatively unchanged form.
Candy can be traced back as far as 2000BC to the ancient Egypt and it could be said that Egyptians were the first people who made candy. In ancient Egypt candy was used in ceremonies for worshiping their gods and goddesses.
Candy Wrappers History and Origins. Nobody knows when or where first candy wrapper came from, but we can safely assume the reasons which forced the candy makers to embrace wrappers as one of the most important parts of their product.
One of the most famous people who've done so was American candy maker George Smith who created first modern variant of lollypop in 1908. According to his confessions, he named this candy by his favorite race horse which carried a name Lolly Pop.
Candy is made by dissolving sugar in water or milk. The type of candy depends on ingredients, sugar concentration, and the size of the sugar crystals, aeration, temperature, color and type of sugar used.