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• Kimmerle, Beth

Remember stopping by the five-and-dime on your way home from school to get a handful of your favorite sweet treat? Candy: The Sweet History covers the goodies of yesteryear: Pay Day candy bars, Candy necklaces, Lemonheads, Necco Wafers, Chic-O-Sticks, Abba-Zaba, and many more selected for their nostalgic packaging, yummy tastes, and wonderful stories. Inside this tasty tome are more than 85 sensational candies, including those hard-to-find local favorites made by small, family-owned factories relying on handed-down recipes and old-fashioned techniques. Colorful and tempting photos show standout nostalgic candies—some in production for more than 100 years—and the text describes the fascinating stories behind key candy makers and pays homage to our favorites that are no longer available.

With 240 never-before-published photographs and images from the largest candy makers.

Contains classic recipes for old favorites such as taffy, nougat, gumdrops, brittle, marshmallows, and hard candies.

Featuring “Fun Facts” about all of the candy makers profiled in the book.

With a detailed timeline that shows the evolution of candy.

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