Comment | October 29, 2010 | By Jessie Cacciola
“Taste the Explosion,” the ads for this fizzing candy told us… But just don’t mix it with Coke or your tummy will explode (urban legend, we hope). In 1956, General Foods chemist William A. Mitchell first patented the melted-pressurized-then-cooled sugar-lactose-corn…
Comment | October 28, 2010 | By Jessie Cacciola
These hard, lifebuoy-like candies were once pushed on the diner circuit, where waitresses were told to make sure customers had a nickel in their change so they could get one to go at the counter. And for more than 60…
Comment | October 27, 2010 | By Jessie Cacciola
Okay, we’re kind of cheating on this one — Junior Mints are currently produced by Tootsie Roll Industries (originally from New York City, now in Chicago) and were born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but it all started on Broadway. Still there?…
Comment | October 26, 2010 | By Jessie Cacciola
Bazooka gum might be something your grandma gives out at Halloween, and indeed it does have post-World War II Brooklyn written all over it. Literally. Ever notice the red, white and blue stripes? Yep, that’d be pride of the bazooka,…
Comment | October 25, 2010 | By Jessie Cacciola
This week, we thought we’d take a cavity-taunting diversion through standby Halloween candies with a New York past. We were first befuddled to learn we have no stake in Baby Ruth or the 5th Avenue bar, but think we’ve found…