Happy Hard Candy Day!
Today is National Hard Candy Day for 2024! It is all so delicious. . .Hard candy makes the world go ’round! How yummy. . .
Happy National Hard Candy Day ! ! !
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A Brief History:
Origination: The recent Hard Candy Day celebrated the origin of hard candy. People celebrate every day with hard candy, and special occasions like anniversaries, birthdays and a great day, to go alongside. The history of hard candy and its creation can be traced to B.C. ancient times, from the Ancient Egyptians for cult purposes. In ancient times, Egyptians, Arabs, and Chinese made candies with fruits and nuts that caramelized with honey. Getting it hard so that is doesn’t have to be chewed has also came around in the past few centuries. The historical roots of licorice are found in the early years of man’s appearance.
MY HARD CANDY! courtesy of Openverse
More Recent Evolution: The past millennium has had hard candy evolve out of the ancient heritage, but came around within the past few centuries!
The Last Few Centuries: In the last few centuries, hard candy has evolved into an industry that involves employment opportunities, the building of factories, holidays based off the industry, and a lot of sweet things! Unfortunately it does keep dentists in business as well, as because on the downside, the sugar is a direct decay factor to tooth enamel and also a breeding ground for bacteria that eventually causes plaque and makes the teeth come from the whiteness that teeth need to be considered “brilliant”.
Photo by Daria-Yakovleva courtesy of Pixabay
More Recently: Today, hard candy is still the very delicious dessert that it has always attained from back in the old days every year. Every year, countless companies come out with a new variation, and present companies introduce different renditions and even “limited edition” variations of the recipes used to produce hard candy and other hard confectionary products. More and more renditions and recipes have arisen in more recent years.
Celebrated: December 19th every year!
A Few Facts:
I am sharing a few facts, and more, some trivia, some not trivial. . .
Jill Wellington at Pexels
The Evolution of Candy:
| Hard Candy History by Each Decade | |
| Year |
Hard Candy |
| 9th Century |
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| 9th Century | Rock Candy |
| 1670’s |
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| 1670 |
Christmas candy canes |
| 1780’s |
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| 1781 |
Peppermint Altoid |
| 1810’s |
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| 1817 |
Butterscotch Candy |
| 1840’s | |
| 1847 |
Necco Wafers |
| 1850’s | |
| 1850 |
Peppermint Candy |
| 1870 | Root Beer Barrels |
| 1890’s |
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| 1893 |
Good ‘n Plenty |
| 1897 |
Cotton candy |
| 1900’s | |
| 1900 | Chiclets |
| 1902 |
Necco Hearts |
| 1907 |
Tootsie Roll Pops |
| 1908 |
Jawbreakers |
| 1908 |
Lollipops |
| 1910’s | |
| 1912 |
Life Savers |
| 1920’s |
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| 1920 |
Candy Cigerettes (Retired 2009) |
| 1924 | Boston Baked Beans |
| 1924 |
Dum-dums |
| 1925 | Goobers |
| 1926 |
Butterfinger |
| 1926 |
Sno-Caps |
| 1927 |
PEZ Candy (Australia) |
| 1928 |
Heath Bar |
| 1930’s |
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| 1932 |
Mentos |
| 1932 |
Red Hots |
| 1938 |
Chick-O-Stick |
| 1939 |
Whoppers |
| 1940’s |
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| 1941 |
M&Ms |
| 1946 |
Almond Joy |
| 1949 |
Jolly Ranchers |
| 1949 |
Smarties |
| 1950’s |
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| 1950 |
Hot Tamales |
| 1952 |
PEZ Candy (US) |
| 1954 |
Atomic Fireballs |
| 1954 |
Peanut M&Ms |
| 1955 |
Chick-o-Sticks |
| 1956 |
Pop Rocks |
| 1958 |
Candy Necklace |
| 1960’s |
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| 1962 |
Lemonheads |
| 1962 |
Now & Later |
| 1963 | Astro Pop |
| 1963 |
SweeTARTS |
| 1966 |
Razzles |
| 1970’s |
|
| 1972 |
Bottle Caps |
| 1973 |
Blow Pops |
| 1973 |
Fun Dip |
| 1978 |
Reese’s Pieces |
| 1979 | Ring Pops |
| 1979 | Skittles |
| 1980’s |
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| 1982 |
Runts |
| 1986 | Push Pops |
| 1988 |
Good ‘n Fruity Original |
| 1990’s |
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| 1990 | SweeTARTS (Giant) |
| 1992 |
Good ‘n Fruity 2nd Recipe (Retired 2018) |
| 1993 |
Warheads Sour Candy |
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The Present:
People all over the world, including the U.S. are enjoying their hard candy, every day!
The Future:
Let’s give thanks and enjoy hard candy this great year and in the years to come. . .
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National Hard Candy Day
