SWEET FACTS
Hear are some candy highlights from the last 500 years:
1519: Cacao, the base ingredient for chocolate, is
discovered by Spanish explorers in Mexico.
home.
States.
1896: Tootsie Rolls debut.
1898: Candy corn created.
1912: Life Savers roll out.
1920: Fairy floss renamed to Cotton Candy.
candy that melts in the summer time
1963: SweeTarts introduced to puckered mouths everywhere.
1994: A California woman blows a world-record 23-inch
bubble.
TODAY: Americans spend about $51 per person on candy each
year.
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