Good & Plenty is an American brand of licorice candy. Good & Plenty was first the Quaker City Confectionery Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1893 and is the oldest branded candy in the United States. Warner-Lambert purchased Quaker City in 1973 and sold it to Leaf Candy Company (owned by Beatrice Foods) in 1982. It is now produced by Hershey Foods, which purchased Leaf in 1996. Beginning…
The origin of the candy cane goes back over 350 years, when candy-makers both professional and amateur were making hard sugar sticks. The original candy was straight and completely white in color. The first historical reference to the familiar cane shape goes back to 1670, when the choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany, bent…
The folks over at the Purple Cat sure have mastered a taste sensastion. If you don’t have a jar of their famous Jalapeño Pepper Jelly then you ought to stock up now! Sold at both Touch the Moon locations: 8 S. Phelps St. Downtown Youngstown -and- 345 Oak Hill Ave. Oak Hill Renaissance great served…
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The U-No bar started off as a West Coast candy, dating from the 1920s and invented in a kitchen in the suburb of Oakland called Alameda. The kitchen was in the home of a man named George Cardinet, whose candy company soon grew enough to merit its own factory on the East Bay mainland, Cardinet…
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Candy corn has been around for more than a century. George Renninger of the Wunderlee Candy Company invented it in the 1880s. It was originally very popular among farmers and its look was revolutionary for the candy industry. The Goelitz Candy Company started making candy corn in 1900 and still makes it today, although the…
Touch the Moon Candy Saloon officially opened its newest branch at the East Branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. We offer hot dogs, pretzels, soda and snacks, and all your candy favorites including Tootsie Frooties, Mary Janes, and Whatchamacalits. Stop by and see us Monday-Wednesday 11-7, Thursday & Saturday 11-6.
The Classic Reese’s is a perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter! Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were created in 1928 by H.B. Reese, a former dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton S. Hershey. Reese was inspired by Hershey, so he left dairy farming to start his own candy business. Bonus Facts: May 18 is…
The Hershey Company first introduced the unusually-named candy bar, Whatchamacallit, in 1978. Since 1987, Whatchamacallit has been manufactured with a layer of caramel. In Canada, an identical candy bar is marketed by Hershey’s as Special Crisp, but does not have the wide distribution in Canada that the Whatchamacallit has in the United States.
