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Want to know the story of your favorite sweets and treats? Then visit True Treats’ timeline. You’ll find the backstory of sweets and treats favorites from the first chewing gum to the lollipop invented by rocket scientists.
Here’s some of what you’ll discover. What to try for yourself? Or give a gift with unique and authentic products – plus the story on an historic gift card? You can purchase direct from our timeline!
Amazing! Did you know:
***Humans need sugar! If we don’t have sugar, we die.
*** Sugar started as a medicine used to treat sore throats, stomach upset, and more – and still is today.
*** Less than 10% of the sugar we eat and calories we gain comes from candy.
Did you know: First in History:
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The first chewing gum was made of tree resin, used clean the teeth? And that tree resin was used as the basis of most chewing gum until World War II – and is still used in chewing gums today.
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The “honey” in the Bible actually was made of date, fig, or grape syrups, as well as honey from the bee?
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Turkish Delight, famous from its role in Chronicles of Narnia, started as a medicine around 900 CE, became the parent to the gum drop and jellybean in the 1800s, and the gummy family of candy in the 1920s.
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Native Americans used boiled barks, leaves and roots, among others, to get sugar.
Early U.S. History:
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“Sugar plums” as seen in the “Sugar Plum Fairy” were invented around the late 1500s and were the parent to the 1800s favorite – the Jaw Buster.
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Many of the spices used by the Colonists, such as cinnamon, were thought to have aphrodisiac qualities (and still do today)
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Coffee and chocolate drinks were used the Revolutionaries in place of British tea
The 1800s:
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Circus Peanuts really were made for traveling circuses. They were so popular, they became a prototype for the Lucky Charm cereal.
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NECCO Wafers were invented in 1847 by a pharmacist who used a lozenge cutter he had invented to shape them. About 20 years later his brother invented conversation hearts.
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Kids chewed licorice roots as a “candy.” Many stores still carry the roots today.
The 20th Century:
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Sour balls were an important part of the foods sent to fighters during World War II. The U.S. government sent literally tons overseas.
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Popcorn was used as a cereal and garnish for soups and salads, among other things, in the early 1900s.
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The candy Satellite Wafers were originally made with communion wafers. Many people still notice similarities today.
Wasn’t that exciting? We release NEWhistoric content daily on our Social Media and each week on our blog!
Until Next Time!
True Treats Team
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