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REVERE, Mass. - So tonight we bought some Necco Wafers, one of the classic American candies. And we were shocked when we looked at it when we saw new packaging. Gone is the classic Necco that you see in the picture below. In its place is a jazzy package that looks like junk.
Furthermore, some of […]

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So why is that everything American has to be made out of the country? Last weekend in White Stone, Virginia, we saw some nieces and nephews having fun with a bag of Dubble Bubble, and had to check the back of the package. It was there that we noticed that it was Made in […]

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Made by F.B. Washburn
BROCKTON, MASS. - Among (and apparently) the nation’s oldest candy makers is F.B. Washburn, founded in 1856. One of the first products of the company was the Waleeco Coconut Bar (associated with Red Sox baseball) and the Wasburn Peanut Bar.
They also made a number of hard candies, including ribbon candy and a […]

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Once an institution in New York, Bartons Confections candy is still around.
Founded in 1898, their site says that it was in 1938 that the company was started by Viennese chocolatier Stephen Klein. He started Bartons Salon De Chocolat Shops in the New York area.
We are fans of their peppermint bark.
Sadly, they don’t appear to […]

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KANSAS CITY - It started at a wedding reception in Kansas City, Missouri in 1945.
Walter Bogdon rolled hard candy into sticks, and then decided to dump them into chocolate. Thus was born Bogdon’s Reception Stick.
Many other products of the Bogdon Candy Company Inc. have since been introduced including Mint Double Dips (a spun sugar stick […]

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Nestle Wins Annual Trick-or-Treat Survey
SARASOTA - Looking at the candy that comes in after trick or treating is always a thrill, because there is usually something good in there to steal from your children.
Another reason why we like to look at what comes in is to figure out how candy companies are doing for market […]

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A reader writes:

“I remember Fancy Fruit Life Savers being my favorites as a boy and I cannot seem to find them anywhere … Discontinued? What’s the story? I’ve seen Tropical Fruits available but rarely … Hmmm”
Yes,  you are not imagining things, dear BrandlandUSA Reader. Life Savers are a declining brand, and it has nothing to […]

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