Origins of Your Favorite Candy Shop Candies

Just mentioning the word "candy" is enough to make many people's mouths water. Forget cakes and cookies, candy is the way to many hearts. What other food product takes center stage during holidays like candy does around Valentine's Day and Easter? There is a reason why sweet treats are so popular and everyone has their favorites.

People like candy for the sweet taste created by its sugar content. The flavor is rich and the treats come in different types. Their consistency attracts many people and whether you prefer hard, crunchy, or chewy candy, it is not difficult to find. In the earliest form of candy, cave people sucked honey from beehives. Spanish explorers discovered cacao, the main ingredient used to make chocolate, in 1519.

Gummy candy has been a favorite for decades. Gummy bears were the first gummy candies created, made during the 1920s by Hans Riegel, owner of Haribo German candy company. However, it was not until 1982 that gummies began being manufactured in the U.S. by Haribo. Trolli candy manufacturer actually beat its German competition to the punch, making the first gummy worm candy in 1981. Gummy worms are now the most popular gummy candy.

An edible gelatin forms the basis of gummy candy. This ingredient is also used to make licorice, soft caramels, and other sweets. It provides elasticity, chewiness, and extends shelf life. People have been using gelatin since the era of Egyptian Pharaohs, making it a longstanding staple in food preparation. Cornstarch, sugar, corn syrup, flavoring, and food coloring are the other ingredients used to make gummy treats.

Many chocolate lovers head straight for candy store display racks holding M&Ms candies. Most of us know the company slogan by heart and are very thankful that Forrest Mars developed the recipe for this delicious chocolate in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. The first M&Ms chocolate was made available for public consumption in 1941. Peanut M&Ms were introduced in 1954, the same year the slogan and adorable M&Ms characters made their appearance. Vegetable dye is used to imprint the letter "m" on each piece of candy.

While some people stick with these sweets, others go for one of the many novelty candies available. Pez is particularly popular and was initially created as a substitute for cigarettes. The first Pez candy was peppermint-flavored and the word "Pez" stems from the German translation, pfefferminze. Who knew that candy shop candies had such an interesting history?

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SNICKERS® - "Peanut Butter Squared"

If you like peanut butter and chocolate, you'll love peanut butter and SNICKERS®. Try SNICKERS® Peanut Butter Squared.

A Short History Of Snickers

Snickers chocolate bar is made and marketed by US based Private Corporation called Mars, Inc. It is peanut butter nougat with caramel and peanut topping and dairy milk chocolate. Snickers is a popular chocolate bar sold around the globe and its annual sales is over 2 billion dollars.

In the early 1920s, Mars Inc made a very successful chocolate bar called Milky Way. It was the most popular chocolate bar in America between 1927 and 1929. It also allowed the company to develop new recipes for chocolate candies. It took more than three years to develop Snickers and was released in the market in 1930.

Snickers bar was named in the memory of a favorite horse at a farm of Mars family named Snickers. The horse sadly died couple of months before the new product was launched. The farm was named Milky Way Farm and it seemed suitable that the name of the farm should be given to the next chocolate bar.

Snickers was initially made by hand but later machines were used to increase the volumes and old way was no more practiced. During those times, the price of the first Milky Way bar was in 1920 for only 5 cents and the price of the Snickers bar was 20 cents in 1930 when it was first released.

There was not too much change in the Snickers brand during its first forty years. Mars were inspired to produce the Snickers mini candy bar in 1968 which were labeled 'fun size' and were which sold in bags having dozen or more.

Since Snickers was first introduced to the market in the 1930s, it had been known as Marathon chocolate in UK. However in the 1990s, Mars Inc consolidated branding exercise for bringing all of the corporations products under unified Mars branding that would not only be recognized locally but also globally.

The Marathon bar in line with global naming was to become Snickers. It featured the phrase 'Internationally known as Snickers' for a period of 18 months. Since then, all Marathon candy were branded Snickers in the British Isles.

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Check Us Out!

Julz Ice Cream and Candies, formerly known as Naidu’s Ice cream has been a family owned business in West Sacramento for the past 23 years. We are a wholesale Novelty warehouse specializing in brand names like Blue Bunny, Good Humor, Its It, Nestle, Haagen Dazs, Wonder, Foster Farms, Ben & Jerry’s, M & M Mars, Delicias, and Rich’s to name a few.  We serve the local ice cream truck vendors, mini marts, schools, Churches, Company picnics, and General Public in any event that needs ice cream. 

My father, Mr. Naidu started as an ice cream vendor on the streets of Dixon, California, 30 years ago.  We all grew up selling ice cream on the streets of Dixon.  As soon as we got our driver’s license, our father gave us an ice cream truck to teach us responsibility and the value of a hard earned dollar.  Even till this day, we are known as THE ICE CREAM family in Dixon.  I remember throwing candies out from the trucks at the Dixon Mayfair Parade.  Good times!!!

Today our pride and joy is this wholesale novelty warehouse, which is operated by husband Ravi, my two son’s Shivam and Avineet and myself, Julz.  We are open seven days a week from 8am to 1pm, weather permitting.  Our hours change for the winter months. But whether hot or cold, ice cream is a treat that everyone loves to eat, stop by and check us out!!!!

Best Deep-Fried Ice Cream Recipe

A few years ago, frying in deep fryers was the rage. People were frying everything from Thanksgiving turkeys to whole chickens, to even squash and, believe it or not, ice cream.

We've looked at lots of recipes, but we think this is the best recipe we have found for frying ice cream at home. Best of all, you get to choose the flavor.

What You Need for Frying

Here is a list of the items you'll need to ensure your deep-fried ice cream works out well. You'll need:

• 1 pint of your favorite ice cream
• 1 loaf of fresh, soft, white bread (when it is easily able to be sculpted)
• 6 to 8 cups of canola oil for frying and a deep-fry thermometer
• Instant pancake mix -- the type where you just add water.

With these bits in hand, you are ready to begin the real work. This is something that takes patience, so be ready to savor all the work you do because it will take at least a day or more before you are ready to go.

Getting Ready, Frying and Serving

1. Put a large sheet pan in the freezer for at least an hour, but it is much better if it is overnight
2. Using a scoop, scoop out 4 to 6 standard-sized balls
3. Place the scoops on the sheet pan and return it to the freezer for at least two hours
4. Next, taking two piece of white bread per serving, slice the cruses off the bread
5. Place the scoop between the piece of bread and then flatten them out with a rolling pin
6. Hurrying slowly (it can be done, it just means you are concentrating) so you don't end up with a soggy mess, form it back into balls, like you are making a snowball
7. Once you have completely covered the scoop, back into the freezer it goes for a longer period. It must be at least brick hard before you move on
8. Get the pancake mix ready by adding water and if the ice cream balls are ready, drop them into the mix so they are completely covered
9. Take a medium sauce pan and add 6 to 8 cups of canola oil or about 3 inches. Use the frying thermometer to make sure it gets to 365 degrees.
10. Assuming everything is one schedule (you can always put the melty ones back into the freezer again)
11. Now, with the oil at the right temperature, be sure to lay the balls into the oil -- making sure that they are being put in away from you, toward the back of the stove
12. As it fries, turn the balls so they get the same golden color on all sides and when they are done, drain them on paper towels
13. Provide several types of garnish -- caramel, fudge, strawberry, coffee -- and serve.

That proves you can deep fry anything, including ice cream and enjoy it.

Whoever said you couldn't fry ice cream really didn't know what he or she was talking about. We found what has to be the best fried-ice cream recipe on http://www.bestyummyrecipes.com. This is a great resource for the adventurous cook who really doesn't have time to take all day to do things.

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2. Jolly Rancher Watermelon cup 6oz
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4. Big Dipper Cookie n Cream cone 4.3oz
5. Big Dipper Chocolate cone 4.3oz
6. Big Dipper Strawberry Burst cone 4.3oz
7. Big Dipper Vanilla cone 4.3oz
8. Bomb Pop Jolly Rancher 4.5oz
9. Bomb Pop Tear Jerker 4.5oz
10. Bomb Pop Tongue Splash 4.5oz
11. Bomb Pop Watermelon 4.5oz
12. Bomb Pop Fudge 4.5oz
13. Bomb Pop RWB 4.5oz
14. Bomb Pop Jr. Sour Power 2oz
15. Cherry Banana Split 3oz
16. Champ Cone Variety pack 4.6oz
17. Chill Cherry Explosion cup 11.5oz
18. Chill Double Lemon cup 11.5oz
19. Vanilla Crunch bar 3oz
20. Face Batman 4oz
21. Face Bratz
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25. Face Pink Panther 4oz
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27. Face Shrek 4oz
28. Face Sonic the Hedgehog 4oz
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31. Fudge bar 3oz
32. Big Double Strawberry Sandwich 6oz
33. Big Mississippi Mud Sandwich 6oz
34. Big Neopolitan Sandwich 6oz
35. Big Vanilla Sandwich 6oz
36. Jolly Rancher Ice pop 4oz
37. Looney Rainbow Push Up 4oz
38. Lucas Chamoy bar 3oz
39. Lucas Limon bar 3oz
40. Lucas Mango bar 3oz
41. Lucas Pelucas bar 3oz
42. Orange Dream bar 3oz
43. Sour Wower Blue Raspberry bar 3oz
44. Watermelon Whirl bar 3oz
45. Sundea Crunch Strawberry bar 3oz
46. Sundea Crunch Chocolate bar 3oz
47. Small Neopolitan Sandwich 4oz
48.  Small Vanilla Sandwich 40z
49. Birthday Party Sandwich 4oz

 

 

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4. Classic Chocolate Eclair 4oz
5. Classic Strawberry Shortcake 4oz
6. Cookie n Cream bar 4oz
7. Premium Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich 4.5oz
8. Face Dora the Explorer 4oz
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10. Face Spiderman 4oz
11. Face Sponge Bob 4oz
12. King Kone 4.6oz
13. Cyclone bat 2.7oz
14. Lick-a-Color pop 3.5oz
15. Oreo bar 4oz
16. Pop Shots Lime 3.7oz
17. Scribbler pop 2-pk 2.4oz
18. Magnum Double Carmel bar 3.3oz
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M & M Mars Products

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2. M & M Cookie sandwich 4oz
3. Snickers bar 3.33oz
4. Twix bar 3.13oz
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Ben & Jerry’s Novelties

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2. Half Baked bar 3.72oz
3. Vanilla milk chocolate bar 3.72oz

Delicias

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2. Esquimal de Vanilla 4oz
3. Arroz Fruit bar (Rice pudding) 4oz
4. Buter Pecan Fruit bar 4oz
5. Coconut fruit bar 4oz
6. Jamaica Fruit bar 4oz
7. Lime Fruit bar 4oz
8. Mango Fruit bar 4oz
9. Pepino Fruit bar 4oz
10. Pineapple Fruit bar 4oz
11. Strawberry cream fruit bar 4oz
12. Strawberry Juice Fruit bar 4oz
13. Tamarindo Fruit bar 4oz
14. Van Cream Fruit bar 4oz
15. Watermelon Fruit bar 4oz
16. Bolis Rompope 7oz

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Wonder

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3. Snow Cone Jolly Rancher Rainbow 7oz
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5. Dino sour push up 2.75oz
6. Chocolate sundae cups 5oz
7. Strawberry sundae cups 5oz
8. Bubble gum sundae cups 5oz
9. Candy Blast Cup 10oz
10. Snow Storm Cup 10oz
11. Cookie Dough Cup 10oz
12. Apple Pie Cup 10oz
13. Peach Cobbler Cup 10oz
14. Strawberry Shortcake Cup 10oz
15. Malt Cup Chocolate 10oz
16. Malt cup Vanilla 10oz
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Nestle Dreyer’s Products

1. Crunch Bars 3.0oz
2. Butterfinger loaded bars 4oz
3. Drumstick Variety 4.6oz
4. Drumstick Supreme King Cone 7.0oz
5. Toll House Cookie Sandwich 6oz
6. Itzakadoozie Ice pop 3.3oz
7. Dibs Singles 4.0oz
8. Haagen Dazs Bars3.0oz

Rich’s Products

1. Sour Cherry bar 4oz
2. Wacky Watermelon bar 4oz
3. Sour Raspberry Bar 4oz
4. Cookie and Cream Bar 3oz
5. Creamy Crunch Bar 3.0oz
6. Fudge Frenzy Bar 3.0oz
7. Orange Cream Pop 3.0oz
8. Neapolitan Ice cream sandwich 6oz
9. Vanilla Ice Cream sandwich 6oz

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