Candy Hearts Origins
This holiday is most associated with candy hearts.
What is Valentine’s Day?
The first printed candy hearts were popular at this type of event.
What are weddings?
The company that first created and sold official Sweethearts candy.
What is Necco?
This language was used for a new line of candy hearts, expanding their audience.
What is Spanish?
This major event caused a one-year gap in candy heart production.
What is Necco being sold to Spangler Candy?
The first conversation heart candies were created in this century.
What is the 19th century (1800s)?
The Chase brothers developed a machine that could press these onto candies.
What are messages?
The decade when Necco began producing candy hearts in molds instead of stamping them.
What is the early 1900s?
The two decades Necco targeted a younger audience.
What are the 1950s and 1960s?
True or False: Customers loved the new flavors introduced in 2010.
What is false?
Oliver Chase’s original candy, made in thin, flavored disks.
What are Necco Wafers?
One of the original printed wedding heart sayings was “Married in pink, he will take a drink.” True or False?
What is true?
This change in production allowed Sweethearts to become more affordable.
What is mass production using molds?
This technology-inspired phrase was added to candy hearts in the 1990s.
What is “Fax Me”?
The controversial change Necco made to the candy’s formula in 2010.
What is changing the texture, color, and flavors?
This type of candy inspired Oliver Chase to create his candy-making machine.
What are lozenges?
Before smaller candy hearts became common, these larger candies were cut into custom shapes for special occasions.
What are scallop-shaped lozenges?
Necco eventually produced up to this many pounds of candy hearts per day.
What is 100,000 pounds?
A candy heart message inspired by 1950s teen culture.
What is “Let’s Dance” or “Dreamboat”?
The reason Spangler Candy was unable to release Sweethearts in 2019.
What is lack of time to produce them after buying Necco?
The pharmacist who invented the first American candy machine.
Who is Oliver Chase?
The year Oliver and Daniel Chase first began printing messages on candy.
What is 1866?
By peak production, Necco was making this many candy hearts each Valentine’s season.
What is 8 billion?
The company once invited the public to submit ideas for candy heart messages. How many responses did they receive?
What is 10,000?
In what year did Spangler Candy purchase Necco?
What is 2018?