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= The History of Lollipop Candy =

17 MAY 2012


 * The first incarnation of the lollipop was probably created by cave people thousands of years ago**who collected honey from beehives with a stick. Not wanting to waste the sweet nectar, they most likely licked the stick, thus inventing the world’s first lollipop. Good for them (good for us). Archaeologists believe that ancient Chinese, Arabs, and Egyptians all produced fruit and nut confections that they "candied" in honey, which serves as a preservative, and inserted sticks into to make easier to eat.


 * [[image:http://www.candyfavorites.com/shop/images/catalog_history_lollipops.jpg caption="We carry a large assortment of lollipops including Charms Blo Pops, Tootsie Pops and much more!"]] ||
 * We carry a large assortment of lollipops including Charms Blo Pops, Tootsie Pops and much more! ||

In the 17th Century, as sugar became more plentiful, the English enjoyed boiled sugar candy treats and inserted sticks into them to make them easier to eat, too. Linguists say the term ‘lolly pop’ literally means ‘tongue slap’ (which we find hilarious) since the word for ‘tongue’ is ‘lolly’ in Northern England and ‘pop’ means ‘slap.’ London street vendors may have coined this term as they peddled the treat, which was soft rather than hard, but still considered a possible forerunner to the modern lollipop.

If the 17th Century English version doesn’t count as the first modern lollipop, you could look to the Civil War era for another early forerunner, when hard candy was put on the tips of pencils for children. The early 20th Century was the era of automation, which is when the birth of the lollipop as we now know it begins in earnest, but there are still discrepancies as to who is the true creator.

As early as 1905, the owner of the McAviney Candy Company may have stumbled upon the lollipop by accident. The company made boiled hard candies that were stirred with a stick, and at day's end, the owner brought the sticks covered with the candy home for his kids to enjoy. It wasn't until 1908 that he began to market these "used candy sticks."

Also in 1908, in Racine, Wisconsin, the first automated lollipop production was brought about by the Racine Confectionary Machine Company that introduced a machine that put hard candy on the end of a stick at the rate of 2,400 sticks per hour. Owners of the company believed that they could produce enough lollipops (although they weren’t called that yet) in a single week to supply the nation's demand for an entire year.

In approximately 1912, Russian immigrant Samuel Born invented a machine that inserted sticks into candy. The machine was called the Born Sucker Machine and the City of San Francisco considered it so innovative that they awarded him the keys to the city in 1916. George Smith, owner of a confectionary company called the Bradley Smith Company, took credit for inventing the modern version of the lollipop which he began making in 1908, and in 1931, he trademarked the term ‘lollipop,” borrowing the name from a famous race horse named Lolly Pop, which is when the term lollipop finally connects back to the 17th Century phrase (‘tongue slap,’ remember?).

As you can see, the development of the lollipop took its time and there is some competition for the title “creator of the lollipop,” but regardless who gets credit for it, it’s here to stay and it’s currently one of the most popular candies in existence. Modern companies such as the [|Spangler Candy Company] (creator of [|Dum Dums], [|Saf-T-Pops] , and other favorites) can produce up to 3,000,000 per day, which still hardly satisfies the nation's sweet tooth.

Lollipops today come in all shapes and sizes, and [|we offer more than 100 varieties]. Whether you want a [|Charms Lollipop], a [|Tootsie Pop] , or a [|lollipop with a cricket inside] , our selection is second to none. So go ahead and order yourself and your loved ones a ‘tongue slap,’ and then enlighten them with all of your new knowledge; they’ll be so impressed. Finally, if we may end our History of the Lollipop with a lesson: when you don’t know what else to do, put a stick in it.

= HISTORY OF CANDY BARS: 17 MAY 2012  =


 * For a while, the Maya and the Aztecs were the only ones enjoying the fruit of the cacao tree,**something they had done for thousands of years. In the 16th Century, Spanish explorer Hernan Cortez paid a visit to the Aztecs and when he met their leader, Montezuma, he got a taste of the spicy, chocolate drink that was a local treasure.


 * [[image:http://www.candyfavorites.com/shop/images/catalog_history_candybar.gif align="center" caption="Nothing beats a Hershey KitKat Candy Bar"]] ||
 * Nothing beats a Hershey KitKat Candy Bar ||

Cortez returned to Spain with the recipe (we like to imagine it scribbled on a Post-it note) and a stash of cacao beans and the chocolate drink quickly became a favorite delicacy in the aristocratic circle.

For a while, the rich Europeans had all the fun, but over the next couple of centuries, cacoa and sugar became widely traded in Europe and North America, filling the growing demand for the chocolate drink among all the classes. In 1847, Englishman Joseph Fry figured out a way to create a chocolate paste to press into a mold, thus creating the candy bar. Nice going, Mr. Fry.

In 1875, Henry Nestle realized that adding milk to the chocolate mixture makes it less bitter, another major milestone in the world of chocolate, soon followed by an even bigger one. The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair featured chocolate making machines that caught Milton Hershey’s eye (he was already rich from making caramel, but saw even more opportunity in chocolate, smart man). One year later, the world got the first chocolate bar from Hershey, marking the beginning of the mass-produced American candy bar.

The candy bar genealogy from that point goes something like this: Clark Bar (1916), Oh Henry! (1920), Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (1922), Baby Ruth and Milky Way (1923), Mr. Goodbar (1925), Snickers (1930), 3 Musketeers (1932), Kit Kat (1933), and Nestle’s Crunch (1938) (for more juicy details, check out our [|Candy Timeline] ).

With mechanized candy bar production that began in the 40’s, the market became flooded with new and inventive candy bar creations, to the tune of 40,000 over the years. We don’t have quite that many candy bars on our site, but we do have a lot, and surely there are some you haven’t tried. Call it a history lesson and dive into our [|Candy Bar] selection and fill in those gaps.

HISTORY OF AMERICAN CANDY INDUSTRY, 17 MAY 2012

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packaged box of Whitman's Chocolate, the first candy corn, wee created

1800s

 * 1848 John Curtis produces the first branded chewing gum, made from tree sap, called The State of Maine Spruce Gum
 * 1854 The first packaged box of Whitman's Chocolate hits the scene
 * 1868 Richard Cadbury makes the first Valentine's Day box of chocolates, starting the tradition that continues today
 * 1879 William H. Thompson creates [|Thompson Chocolate] with the stated goal to "make only quality products"
 * 1880s Wunderle Candy Compan, y creates [|candy corn], still a best-selling Hallween candy
 * 1890 The [|Piedmont Candy Company], manufacturer of [|Red Bird Peppermint Puffs] ,is founded in Lexington, North Carolina
 * 1891 Claus Doscher opens [|Doscher Brothers Confections] and a few years later, after tasting taffy in France, the company introduces the famed French Chews
 * 1893 Milton Hershey attends the World's Colombian Exposition in Chicago and watches chocolate being manufactured. Impressed, he purchases the new manufacturing equipment at great expense and has it shipped from Germany to his factory in Pennsylvania
 * 1893 William Wrigley, Jr. introduces [|Juicy Fruit Chewing Gum] and [|Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum]
 * 1893 Thomas Richardson, creator of [|Richardson Brands], introduces [|Pastel Mints] at a department store in Philadelphia, PA
 * 1894 Milton Hershey creates what is known as the first "American" candy bar, although his famous Milk Chocolate Bar won’t be invented for a few more years
 * 1896 Leo Hirshfield, New York confectioner, introduces [|Tootsie Rolls], named after his daughter's nickname, "Tootsie"
 * 1899 The Jenner Manufacturing company is created. The name changes to Judson Atkinson 45 years later

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1900s

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1900 A very important year as Milton Hershey introduces a variation of what will eventually become the [|Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1901 The King Leo pure peppermint stick candy is developed
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1901 Multicolored candy disks called [|NECCO Wafers] first appear. The name stands for New England Confectionery Company
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1902 New England Confectionery Company (NECCO) makes the first [|Conversation Hearts] which are still a thriving Valentine’s tradition
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1904 Emil Brach starts [|Brach's Candy], his second attempt at the candy business. The first product was [|Wrapped Caramels] which sold for $.20 a pound
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1905 The Squirrel Brand Company of Massachusetts creates the first peanut bar known as the [|Squirrel Nut Zipper] . It was, sadly, discontinued in the late 1980’s, but resurrected in the 1990's
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1906 Spangler Manufacturing Company, know now as [|Spangler Candy], is created. The company got its start manufacturing baking soda products, but added candy to their repertoire in 1908
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1906 [|Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses] appear in the iconic silver foil wrapping and a town in Pennsylvania called Derry Church changes its name to Hershey

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1910s

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1907 After the great success of the Milk Chocolate Bar, Hershey introduces the beloved Hershey's Kisses. The original Hershey's Kiss were called Silvertops and sold as individual units (this first incarnation was discontinued in 1931)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1908 Hershey's adds almonds to its already famous Milk Chocolate Bar
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1911 Ethel and Frank Mars open a candy company in Tacoma, Washington. The company, later Mars, Inc., would become one of the largest, privately owned candy companies in the entire world
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1912 [|Life Savers], reportedly named because of their resemblance to life preservers, are introduced in [|peppermint flavor] . The five-flavor roll isn’t marketed for another 22 years
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1912 The Whitman's Sampler box of chocolates debuts and is the first box of chocolates to include an index for chocolate lovers to pick exactly which piece they want to eat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1913 [|Goo Goo Clusters], which will become a Southern favorite, is introduced, the first candy bar to combine milk chocolate, marshmallow, caramel, and peanuts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1914 The [|Heath Bar] is introduced by L.S. Heath & Sons
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1917 Goldenberg Candy Company, in Philadelphia, PA, creates the [|Goldenberg's Peanut Chews] as a high-protein energy ration for WWI troops (they aren’t available to retail customers until 1921, however). The company sells and is renamed [|Just Born] in 2003.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1920s

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1920 Fannie May Candies opens its first retail candy store in Chicago
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1920 Williamson Candy Co., introduces the [|O'Henry! bar]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1921 [|Chuckles], colorful, sugared jelly candies, hit the scene
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1921 Hershey automates its production process and Hershey's Kisses are now machine-wrapped and adorned with a small "flag" on top
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1922 H.B. Reese makes the first peanut butter candy coated with Hershey's Milk Chocolate, which we now know as the [|Reese's Peanut Butter Cup]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1922 [|Goldenberg's Peanut Chews], made in Philadelphia, PA, are introduced and soon take on a cult status with East Coast candy aficionados
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1923 The [|Baby Ruth] candy bar, named for President Grover Cleveland’s daughter, is introduced by Curtiss Candy Co.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1923 The [|Mounds Chocolate Bar], coconut filling coated in milk chocolate, makes its debut. Invented by Peter Paul Halijian, it sells under the name Peter Paul Mounds since Halijian is too difficult to pronounce
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1923 Mars introduces the [|Milky Way Candy Bar], designed to taste like malted milk. It’s one of the first candies with a nougat center
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1923 [|Hershey's Kisses] become so popular that the Hershey Company registers the name for federal trademark protection
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1925 Hershey continues to innovate and introduces the first Milk Chocolate Bar with Peanuts, called [|Mr.Goodbar]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1925 The honey-flavored taffy bar made with almond bits, called [|Bit-O-Honey] ,is introduced
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1926 [|Milk Duds] are first sold
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1927 McKeesport Candy Co. was established. Although not as important as the introduction of a new candy bar, we couldn’t resist including ourselves as we are one of the oldest wholesale candy companies in the nation!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1928 [|Primrose Candy Company] is established, focusing on manufacturing hard candies
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1928 [|Heath Bars] appear, the first chocolate-covered toffee bars. These were originally only offered for home delivery since they were sold by a dairy salesman
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1928 An important year for any candy lover as the beloved [|Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups] are first marketed. They are still one of the best-selling candy bars of all time

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1930s

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1930 M&M Mars introduces the [|Snickers Bar] ,named after the Mars family’s beloved horse, and it is still one of the best-selling candy bars ever
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1931 [|Tootsie Roll Pops] are introduced, which some consider the first novelty candy since they combine two candies in one
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1931 A lucky accident involving marshmallow at the Sifer’s Candy Company leads to the creation of the [|Valomilk Candy Bar], originally known as Valomilk Dips
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1932 M&M Mars introduces the MARS Candy Bar, later renamed [|Snickers Almond Crunch] in the late 1990’s (but the formula never changed)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1932 Charles Howard creates Violet Mints in a New York industrial loft. The product was first sold on New York street corners and the company later changed its name to [|C.Howards Company]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1932 Ferrara Pan Candy Company, located in Chicago, introduces [|Red Hots]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1932 M&M Mars debuts the [|3 Musketeers], featuring chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry nougat. This flavor combination will last 13 years
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1936 Breaking from tradition, William Luden, one of the creators of cough drops, introduces the [|5th Avenue Candy Bar]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1936 Marpo offers the first non-meltable ice cream cone called [|Marpo "Yum Yum" Marshmallow Cones]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1938 Hershey introduces a candy bar that combines milk chocolate with Rice Krispies, called the Krackel Bar
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1939 [|Hershey's Miniatures] chocolate bars debut
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1939 Overland Candy Company introduces chocolate-covered malt balls called Giants
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1939 Blommer Chocolate Company opens a huge factory in Chicago which will become the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1940s

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1941 Bruce Murrie, the President of Hershey Chocolates, joins forces with Forrest Mars and opens a company called M&M Ltd
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1941 [|M&M's Plain Chocolate] candies are introduced in response to depressed chocolate sales during the summer months (these candies will melt in your mouth, not in your hands). 59 years later, M&M Mars shortened the name to M&M’s
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1940 Hershey produces a special chocolate bar called the D Bar which is high in calories and has a high melting point, designed as a survival ration for soldiers. It is wrapped in wax paper so that it will be impervious to poisonous gas, and to prevent soldiers from eating it too quickly, the flavor is bittersweet
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1942-1945 To help maintain wartime morale, women at the Whitman’s Candy Company slipped notes to soldiers in boxes of Whitman’s Chocolate Samplers set to ship to the troops. The notes resulted at least a few friendships and even a couple of marriages
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1945 M&M Mars decides to change the formula for the [|3 Musketeers Bar] to one that’s all chocolate
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1947 Peter Paul introduces [|Mounds]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1947 [|Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company] is founded in Philadelphia, PA
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1949 [|Junior Mints] are introduced
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1949 [|Smarties candy roll wafers] are introduced, often called “candy pills”
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1949 [|El Bubble Bubble Gum Cigars] are the first five-cent bubble gum
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1949 Leaf Confectionery changes the name of a popular chocolate-covered malted milk ball from Giants to Whoppers

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1950s

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1950 Sam Altshuler creates The Annabelle Candy Company, named for his daughter. His first product is the [|Rocky Road Candy Bar]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1954 Just Born introduces [|Marshmallow Peeps] in the shape of Easter chicks
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1950 Bobs Candy Canes are introduced, sold under the Cris Cringle brand
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1958 [|Candy Necklaces] are introduced, an enduring retro candy classic today

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1960s

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1960 Looking to create a healthy candy, M&M Mars introduces [|Starburst Fruit Chews] ,which are later fortified with Vitamin C
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1960 Amurol confections introduces the first sugar-free bubble gum. They called it Blammo
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1960 Ferrara Pan Candy Company introduces Lemonheads and, later this same year, [|Apple Heads,] [|Grape Heads], and Orange Heads
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1962 Hershey begins to sell Hershey's Kisses in colored wrappers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1963 [|Sweetarts] hit the market
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1963 The Hershey’s Chocolate Company acquires the H.B. Reese Company for the handsome sum of $23 million
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1966 The Campbell Soup Company acquires the Belgian Choclatier Godiva
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1968 [|Zotz] are introduced, one of the first "sour fizzy" candies

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1970s

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1970 M&M Mars introduces the [|Snickers Munch Bar]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1970 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups become so popular that the Hershey Food Corporation doubles its production in order to meet worldwide demand
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1973 Hershey opens the first candy-related theme park known as Hershey's Chocolate World
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1973 Hershey becomes the first candy company to offer ingredients and nutritional information on wrappers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1976 Herman Goelitz Company introduces individually-flavored jelly beans called [|Jelly Belly]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1976 Hershey decides to tweak the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and offers a version with peanuts called Reese's Crunchy
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1977 Hershey introduces a new variation of the "Great American Chocolate Bar" called Golden Almond
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1978 Because of the massive success of Reese Peanut Butter Cups, Hershey’s introduces [|Reese's Pieces]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1979 M&M Mars introduces the [|Twix Caramel Cookie Candy Bar]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1980s

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1980 Herman Goelitz Company introduces the first American-made [|gummi bears] and [|gummi worms], which up to now had been imported from Europe
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1981 After their success in Europe, M&M Mars introduces [|Skittle Bite Size Candies] to the United States
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1983 [|Albanese Candy] is founded with the aim of producing the world's best gummi products
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1988 Hershey’s Chocolate Company is renamed Hershey Chocolate USA
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1989 Hershey introduces the [|Symphony Bar] ,a combination of almonds, toffee, and milk chocolate

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1990s

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1990 Hershey sends 144,000 heat-resistant candy bars to soldiers in the Gulf War. The formula is identical to what they sent to soldiers in WWII
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1991 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups continue to be a worldwide favorite and the recipe is improved with three times the amount of peanuts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1992 M&M Mars introduces the [|DOVE Dark Chocolate Bar] and [|DOVE Milk Chocolate Bar]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1993 Hershey introduces Miniature Hershey's Kisses as well as white chocolate kisses called Hugs
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1994 M&M Mars introduces Starburst Jelly Beans

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As a memorial of sorts to candy that is no longer with us, we keep a list of [|Discontinued Candies], candies that are gone but not forgotten. We bet you remember some of these gems, too.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please note that this timeline is for entertainment purposes only and while we strive for accuracy and like to think we know it all (our mothers think we’re pretty smart), we cannot guarantee all of the information here. We would like to extend our thanks to the National Confectioners Association for sharing information contained in the Timeline.



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Candy has changed a lot since the 70s. A lot of prices have changed to. Did you know that a piece of candy used to be 15cents,talk about cheap. To this very day we are still eating candy from the 70s.Here is some of the candy you used to eat as a kid and still do today. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">In the 70s loved these suckers. Blow Pops are still around today and they are still very popular. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> Look its Fun Dip. A very popular candy of the 70s and its still popular today. Lets just say the cover has changed a lot and there are more yummy flavors of it! <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">These two candies were and still are very popular. Candy makes children all over the world happy. In the 70s there was always some room for a little sweet treat. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Bottle Caps candy were popular back-then but now they aren't so popular. Bottle caps are a candy that are flavors of different sodas like, root bear, fruit punch, orange soda, cherry soda, and grape soda. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Candy buttons were little sugar dots that would peel off the paper (shown in picture). Candy buttons were basically just a solid dot full of sugar. They came in three different colors like blue, pink and yellow in the 70s, but now they have a few more of the basic colors. you can look at some information on candy and junk food that people ate in the 70s at this site: [] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">This is a picture of all the candy that people from the 70s ate and many still do today. Some of the candy has gone out of style, but most of them like the Laffy Taffy, Fun Dip, Nerds, Skittles, Pop Rocks, Smarties, Lemonheads, and Razzles are the main candies that we still eat today just like they did in the 70s! This link tell you all about the candy that you ate in the 70s and do today <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[]

The role of candy have changed in order to improve ou society, I had investigated and see that candie prices not only increased by the pass of the years most of the cases is stays the same price, BUT what change is the size, it become smaller and smaller each day faster and faster. Here we can prove that the way candies had change have improve companies, because it help them win a lot of money by not increasing the prices but by making the candies smaller, this help them because in mayor cases costumers doesn't realized about this. In the followeenyou can see how the SIZE but not the PRICE of each candie have changetrough time.

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Isabella Osorio, Maria Jose Perez 17 May 2012
yes it can be changed, we can replace candies with other things and it will cause multiple changes in our society. we wont get fat, other people will earn more money then the candie's factories workers.