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DD_ConfectionaryTimeline.sTitle = "Daily Diversion: Sweet treats, then and now";
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DD_ConfectionaryTimeline.appFooter = "Source: National Confectioners Association";
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DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1854 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "The first packaged box of Whitman's chocolate debuts.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1868","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Richard Cadbury introduces the first Valentine's Day box of chocolates.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1880s","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Wunderle Candy Company creates candy corn. In 1898, Goelitz Confectionery Company began making candy corn and has made this Halloween favorite longer than any other company.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1893","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "William Wrigley, Jr. introduces Juicy Fruit gum and Wrigley's Spearmint gum. ";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1896","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Leo Hirshfield of New York introduces Tootsie Rolls, which he named after his daughter's nickname, \"Tootsie.\"";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1900s","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Milton S. Hershey of Lancaster, Pa., introduces the first Hershey milk chocolate bar.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1901","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "The King Leo pure peppermint stick candy is developed and trademarked. The stick has been in continuous production since then and is still offered today in old-fashioned gift tins with the King Leo Lion motif by its current manufacturer, Quality Candy Company, Inc.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1901","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Pastel-colored little candy disks called NECCO wafers first appear, they are named for the acronym of the New England Confectionery Company.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1902","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Necco makes the first conversation hearts - tiny Valentine's Day favorites with messages printed on them.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1905","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "The Squirrel Brand Company of Massachusetts creates the first peanut bar.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1906","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Hershey's Kisses chocolates appear in their familiar foil wraps.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1912 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Life Savers, the candy named for its ring shape with the hole in the center, is introduced in peppermint flavor. It would be 22 years before the popular five-flavor roll is introduced.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1912","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "The Whitman's Sampler box of chocolates is born when the company president decides the needlework sampler hanging in his home would make beautiful packaging. It is the the first box of chocolates to include a now-famous index showing the filling in each candy.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1913","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Goo Goo Clusters, a Southern favorite, becomes the first bar to combine milk chocolate, caramel, marshmallow and peanuts.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1920 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Fannie May Candies opens its first candy shop in Chicago, producing a variety of chocolate enrobed buttercreams and caramels.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1920","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "The Baby Ruth candy bar is first sold, named for President Grover Cleveland's daughter - not the famous baseball player.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1921 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Chuckles, colorful, sugared jelly candies, are first made.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1922","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Goldenberg's Peanut Chews are first made in Philadelphia and soon become popular along the East Coast.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1923","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Mounds, the double candy bar, offers a coconut filling enrobed in chocolate.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1923","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "M&M/Mars Milk Way Bar is the first of many candies to be introduced by the Mars family, created to taste like a malted milk that would be available anywhere, any time.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1925","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Bit-O-Honey debuts, the honey-flavored taffy bar made with bits of almond.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1926","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Milk Duds are introduced as bite-size caramel morsels covered in chocolate.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1928","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Crunchy Heath Bars appear, offering chocolate covered toffee.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1928","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, named for the man who created them, are a peanut butter-chocolate combination among the most popular candy bars today.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1930","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "M&M/Mars introduces the Snickers Bar, named for a favorite horse owned by the Mars family.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1931","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Tootsie Roll Pops are introduced and soon widely advertised as the lollipop that offers two candies in one - flavored hard candy on the outside and chewy Tootsie Roll center inside.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1931","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Valomilk, the creamy marshmallow center candy bar, is created by accident when a candymaker at Sifers Candy Company forgot about a batch of cooking marshmallow and it remained runny when cooled.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1932","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "M&M/Mars introduces the MarsŪ Almond Bar.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1932","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Katherine Beecher Butter Mints are perfected by Katherine Beecher in her Manchester, Pa., candy company where they are still made today and according to the original recipe.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1932","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Red Hots are made by Ferrara Pan Candy Company. These little candy pellets are flavored with cinnamon.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1932 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "M&M/Mars debuts the 3 Musketeers Bar, originally made as a three-flavor bar featuring chocolate, vanilla and strawberry nougat. In 1945, it was changed to all chocolate nougat.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1936","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "The 5th Avenue Bar is originated by the man perhaps best known for his cough drops - William H. Luden. It was made from layers of peanut butter crunch coated in milk chocolate.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1938","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Bartons is founded. They are the maker of \"Almond Kisses\", two almonds surrounded by caramel. They are now owned by Cherrydale Farms/Haddinton Farms. ";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1939","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Hershey's Miniatures chocolate bars debut.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1941","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "\"M&M's\" Plain Chocolate Candies are introduced in response to slack chocolate sales in summer. Fifty-nine years later, M&M/Mars changed the name of this popular candy item to \"M&M's\" Milk Chocolate Candies.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1949","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Junior Mints offer soft mint centers drenched in dark chocolate.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1949 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Smarties small pastel candy disks are introduced, followed by the Smarties Necklace nine years later.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1949","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "El Bubble Bubble Gum Cigars are the first five cent bubble gum. In the mid-1980s, the same company began to make pink and blue bubble gum cigars to celebrate births.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1954 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Marshmallow Peeps are introduced by Just Born, Inc. in the shape of Easter chicks. Today, Peeps come in a variety of seasonal shapes and more than two million Peeps are made each day.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1950 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Bobs Candy Canes, sold under the Cris Cringle brand, are introduced nationwide. Legend has it that candy canes were originally created by a German choirmaster.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1960","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "M&M/Mars Starburst Fruit Chews are introduced and later fortified with 50 percent of the daily value for Vitamin C.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1960","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Blammo becomes the first sugar-free, soft bubble gum introduced by Amurol Confections.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1960","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Lemonheads are created by Ferrara Pan Candy Company, later inspiring the introduction of Grapeheads, Appleheads, Orangeheads and others.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1963 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "SweeTarts are introduced.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1970 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "M&M/Mars introduces the Snickers Munch Bar.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1976","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "The Herman Goelitz Candy Company introduces Jelly Belly Jelly Beans.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1978","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Hershey's Reese's Pieces bite-size candies are introduced and four years later made popular by the movie \"E.T.\"
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1979","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "M&M/Mars introduces Twix Caramel Cookie Bars in the United States.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1980","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Goelitz introduces the first American-made gummy bears and gummy worms. Formerly, these candies were imported from Europe.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1981","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "A European favorite since 1974, Skittles Bite Size Candies are introduced in the United States by M&M/Mars.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1992","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "M&M/Mars introduces the Dove Dark Chocolate Bar and the Dove Milk Chocolate Bar.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1994","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Blitz Power Mints are one of several strong mints introduced in the 1990s as the breath freshener category grows.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1994","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "M&M/Mars introduces StarburstŪ Jellybeans.";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1996","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Zingos, another one of several strong mint introductions, is created by Brown & Haley.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1998","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Holopops become the first hologram lollipops introduced by Light Vision Confections. The design on their etched surface appears to change as you move the pop.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","1999","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "Sound Bites Lollipops from Cap Candies is the first radio-lollipop combination in the growing interactive candy segment.
";
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i++] = new Array("","2001 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
DD_ConfectionaryTimeline[i-1].body = "\"M&M's\" Dulce de Leche Caramel Chocolate Candies are introduced to tap into the growing Latino market.";
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