Inventors
Dates
Type of Candy
100

who invented Hershey chocolate?

Milton S. Hershey

100

What is the oldest candy that is still around today?

Good & Plenty

200

Who invented the payday candy bar?

Bouns: What company did he join?

Frank Martoccio

The Hershey Company family in 1996.

200

What is the newest candy?

Push pop gummy pop it

300

Who invented Carmel?

Henri Le Roux

300

What is the oldest candy?

The Chocolate Cream bar created by Joseph Fry in 1866 is the oldest candy bar in the world. Although Fry was the first to start pressing chocolate into bar molds in 1847, the Chocolate Cream was the first mass-produced and widely available candy bar.

300

How many flavors of push pops are there?

Bouns: What are the flavors

5

Strawberry, Blue Raspberry, Berry Blast, Cotton Candy, and NEW Cherry Watermelon!



400

Who invented the first candy made?

Egyptians

500

Who invented chocolate, and what was it used for?

What civilzations?

The Olmec, one of the earliest civilizations in Latin America, were the first to turn the cacao plant into chocolate. They drank their chocolate during rituals and used it as medicine.

500

What was believed to be the first candy made?

Bouns: What was it made of?

It is believed that candy dates back to the ancient Egyptians at around 2000BC. 

The first ''candies'' were made from honey mixed with fruit or nuts. Sugar candy was invented by the Indians about 250AD.

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