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The History Of Candy!!Candy, also called sweets or lollies, is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy. Vegetables, fruit, or nuts which have been glazed and coated with sugar are said to be candied. Physically, candy is characterized by the use of a significant amount of sugar, or, in the case of sugar-free candies, by the presence of sugar substitutes. Unlike a cake or loaf of bread that would be shared among many people, candies are usually made in smaller pieces. However, the definition of candy also depends upon how people treat the food. Unlike sweet pastries served for a dessert course at the end of a meal, candies are normally eaten casually, often with the fingers, as a snack between meals. Each culture has its own ideas of what constitutes candy rather than dessert. The same food may be a candy in one culture

and a dessert in another.

Between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE, the Persians, followed by the Greeks, discovered the people in India and their “reeds that produce honey without bees”. They adopted and then spread sugar and sugarcane agriculture.Sugarcane is indigenous to tropical South and South-east Asia, while the word sugar is derived from the Sanskrit word Saccharum.Pieces of sugar were produced by boiling sugarcane juice in ancient India and consumed as Khanda, dubbed as the original candy. Before sugar was readily available, candy was based on honey. Honey was used in Ancient China, Middle East, Egypt, Greece and the Roman Empire to coat fruits and flowers to preserve them or to create forms of candy. Candy is still served in this form today, though now it is more typically seen as a type of garnish. Before the Industrial Revolution, candy was often considered a form of medicine, either used to calm the digestive system or cool a sore throat. In the Middle Ages candy appeared on the tables of only the most wealthy at first. At that time it began as a combination of spices and sugar that was used as an aid to digestive problems. Digestive problems were very common during this time due to the constant consump-tion of food that was neither fresh nor well balanced. Banquet hosts would typically serve these types of ‘candies’ at banquets for their guests. One of these candies, sometimes referred to as a ‘chamber spice’, was made with cloves, ginger, aniseed, juniper berries, almonds and pine kernels dipped in melted sugar.

The Middle English word candy began to be used in the late 13th century. The first candy came to America in the early 18th century from Britain and France. Only a few of the early colonists were proficient in sugar work and were able to provide the sugary treats for the very wealthy. Rock candy, made from crystallized sugar, was the simplest form of candy, but even this basic form of sugar was considered a luxury and was only attainable by the rich.

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ave man made candy out of honey by drying it and forming a taffy-like concoction to satisfy their sweet tooth. It is believed that Indians were the first to use the sweet juice of sugarcane about 3000 years ago and that they were the first to make brown sugar. 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. The Egyptians used honey to make candy by adding figs, nuts, dates and spices. Around the same time, Greeks used honey to make candied fruits, stems and flowers and they discovered how to make syrup out of figs and dates. The Romans and Chinese made barley sugar candies with honey that were heated or cooked in an oven. Other forms of candy were slowly developed in other parts of the world. The spread of sugarcane, over the next few centuries, would have a major impact especially on the confectionary habits of China. In order to make new confections, the Chinese sweetened all their traditional favorites includ-ing ginger, licorice root and nuts with sugar. By the 950 A.D Arabs had invented caramel, which was originally used for hair. They built the first sugar refinery in the world. The Indians were the first to make sugar candy about 250 A.D. In the 14th century, Venetians began to import sugar to make candy.

During the middle Ages, sugar candies became very popular. The candy was categorized and sold as a drug. Candies were exclusively for the wealthy people as sugar was very expensive.Aside from sugar, candy was also made by combining sugar and honey with nuts. Fruit candies were made by combining fruits with sugar and sweets. Cacao was invented in Mexico in 1519 and was brought back to Europe by the Spaniards in the country who uncovered it. But, it is recorded that Mayan people were growing cacao as early as 1200BC, but according to the new evidence cacao may have been cultivated even before that. In the 14th century, ‘’chocolatl’’, usually served in liquid form, was a favorite treat of the Aztecs. Christopher Columbus brought cocoa beans to Europe. The invention of rock handy, also called sugar cane, happened in the 18th century and was used as a medicine, at first. During this time mass production of candy began to be introduced, as sugar got cheaper and machines got more efficient.

The First Candy Ever Made!!

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Established in 1927, we have seen many candy trends come and go, and we are often asked about the history of candy and the current craze for retro candies.Perhaps we could say that the fascination with candy, and with chocolate in par-ticular, first occurred in 1502 when Christopher Columbus returned home from his

fourth voyage of the “Americas.” Although he was not partial to this bittersweet treat, his benefactors in Spain found it fascinating, and 500 years

later the love of chocolate continues stronger than ever Although it would be impossible to present an

exact history, this timeline illustrates the development of the American candy

industry from the 1800’s onward. As you will see, many retro

candies and their found-ing companies have come and gone, but it is interesting to note that 65 percent of

American candy bars have been around for more than 60 years. We hope you enjoy the journey The origin of candy bars depends on the type of candy bar

being discussed. According to the History of Candy (see References below) early humans made candy out of honey by drying it and forming a

taffy-like concoction. However, most people think chocolate when talking about candy bars, and the chocolate candy bar was invented less than 200

years ago. Prior to that time people drank chocolate but did not seem to consider solidifying it. Today, most candy bars are made of chocolate; however, mint, peanut, jelly and taffy are also common ingredients of candy bars. In 1849, John Cadbury created a chocolate bar for his company. Those early chocolate bars were made of bittersweet chocolate. How-ever, that changed in 1875 when Henry Nestle and Daniel Peter invented milk chocolate. Rudolph Lindt added cocoa butter back to

the milk chocolate mix in 1879 and created the first chocolate bar that would snap apart and melt in your mouth.

In 1849, John Cadbury created a chocolate bar for his company. Those early chocolate bars were made of bittersweet chocolate. However, that

changed in 1875 when Henry Nestle and Daniel Peter invented milk choco-late. Rudolph Lindt added cocoa butter back to the milk chocolate mix in 1879

and created the first chocolate bar that would snap apart and melt in your mouth.

In 1893, Milton S Hershey saw the candy making machinery at the World’s Fair in Chicago and decided to add this machinery to his factory. By 1894, he began mass-produc-

ing the first candy bars in his factory in Lancaster, Pa.

With the advent of World War I, the U.S. Army bought and distributed candy bars to troops fighting in the war. When those troops returned from the war, they wanted candy bars at home, so candy

companies took up mass production and added more varieties of candy bars. Today, there are thousands of different kinds of candy bars available for sale in the U.S.

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How Candy Was Made!!

y definition candy is a rich sweet confection made with sugar or other sweeteners and often flavored or combined with fruits or nuts. Dessert refers to any sweet dish for example: candy, fruit, ice cream, or pastry, served at the end of a meal. The history of candy dates back to ancient peoples

who must have snacked on sweet honey straight from bee hives. The first candy confections were fruits and nuts rolled in honey. The manufacturing of sugar began during the middle ages and at that time sugar was so expensive that only the rich could afford candy made from sugar. Cacao, from which chocolate is made, was re-discovered in 1519 by Spanish explorers in Mexico. The price of manufacturing sugar was much lower by the seventeenth century when hard candy became popular. By the mid-1800s, there were over four hundred factories in the United States producing candy.

The art and mystery of candy-making is one that in former days was easily summed up. Its essential elements used to be skill and sugar. But very many other things enter into candy fin de seicle. Flowers and fruit add flavor and fragrance, and color too, to simple sweetness. The berry tribe--the strawberry and raspber-ry--blush anew in pink bon bons. Pistachio nuts supply green, dark or light. Annatto, the root of butter color, is the source of yellow, as cochineal is of scarlet.

Fine candies are made from the best refined sugar. It is put, a barrel at a time, into big, deep copper kettles, with more or less water, according to the consistency of the candy to be made of the syrup. The cooking is done by steam, which is turned into the jacket two-thirds hight around the kettles and soon has everything inside hissing hot without danger of burning. These candy kettles are watched all the time, and the steam shut off the very instant the syrup is cooked enough. If it is to be creamed, it goes to the creaming mill, where big curved iron arms, moved also by steam, whirl and toss it until it is a white foamy mass. If colored cream is wanted, the clear candy, before undergoing the creamery process, has been turned out on a large marble slab, and coloring matter and flavoring kneaded through it. The cream is packed down in big earthen vats and carefully covered with damp cloths until it is to be "made up." Usually that time is some distance ahead. Nobody quite knows the reason, but cream in bulk improves mightily by keeping. Indeed, in a great manufactory, you might see tons of it stored. This, however, is not surprising when you remember that any one of the leading candy makers uses over half a ton of chocolate daily, with sugar and other things in proportion.

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