There's A Lot Of History Behind Candy Hearts You Might Not Know
by N/A, 10 years ago |
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Turns out, the origins of these little hearts ISN'T just to hyper-commercialize one day of the year!
The type of candy that we associate with candy hearts actually came about as a result of trying to perfect the process of making lozenges.
In 1847, a pharmacist named Oliver Chase wanted to create an extremely efficient way of creating lozenges, in order to get a leg up on other pharmacists. But when his lozenge-wafer creating machine was a total success, he realized he'd invented the first candy making machine. He gave up on the medical field and started what would end up being the New England Confectionary Company (NECCO).
It has been suggested that the tradition of sending "messages" on candy wafers started when these NECCO wafers became very popular to send to troops fighting in the Civil War.
It was around this time that Oliver's brother Daniel realized what a cash cow his brother had and decided to get involved.
Daniel saw that the Valentine's Day Card business was booming, and he thought there was a lucrative way to combine this with the success of his brother's candies. What if people could print loving messages ONTO pieces of candy?
The rest is history!
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