Discover The Fun Facts On Your Favorite Candies
Candies have been here for more than a hundred years already and they’ve contributed much to our world’s history and its got a very interesting history too.
Candy really has transformed into so many variations and great flavors over time and this sweet treat has become this very familiar portion of our lives as well as in our most special events. Below are some really great and informative candy trivia that you might find useful during your gatherings or parties.
The Consumption Of Candies
The majority of candies usually are being sold when it’s Halloween time and then during Easter holidays, then followed closely by Valentine’s and Christmas holidays. So it goes to show that candy is a very big hit during holidays and other marked occasions.
Chocolate Candy History
The term chocolate actually is taken from an Aztec term “xocoatl”, meaning “bitter water”. This fact is explained with the Aztec’s fondness for any kind of chocolate-flavored drinks that have been blended with lots of different spices.
Annually, the US produces around 7Billion lbs of candies and chocolates. The Americans love their sweets & based on a study they favor the chocolate flavor. Companies that manufacture chocolates use about 40 percent of almonds that the world produces and also 20 percent of nuts throughout the world as well. That’s heavy business.
Did you wonder why your chocolate candy bar melts inside the mouth? It can be answered with the fact that cocoa butter’s melting threshold is below the temperature in humans. Cocoa butter is chocolate’s biggest ingredient.
Fun Candy Trivias
1) “The Three Musketeers” candy bar name was thought initially to have been named since people thought the candy bar was large enough for sharing with 3 persons but in fact the reason it’s named as such was really because originally it had 3 sections: vanilla, chocolate & strawberry.
2) “Snickers” is actually the name of a real horse which was owned then by the “Mars family”, the producers of this candy bar.
3) “M&M’s” actually does stand for its company owners names. Their names were Murrie & Mars. In the early 1970’s, they stopped manufacturing their red candy because of health issues but then these red M&M’s made their comeback in the 1990’s.
4) “Pop Rocks” was created by some chemist named William Mitchell. He was trying to come up with a product that will create carbonated soda pop instantly with the use of tablets of hard candies. He didn’t achieve this but instead discovered “Pop Rocks”.
5) “Baby Ruth” chocolate candy bar is named from a very popular ball player – “Babe Ruth”.
6) “Twix” was known then as “Raider bar” before the name was changed to “Twix” during 1991.
7) “Pez” was taken from a German term “pfefferrminze” which meant “peppermint”. Eduard Haas was its inventor and he was so much anti-smoking and he thought this candy was going to be that good replacement for smoking a cigarette.