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THE HISTORY OF CANDY

Writer: Bombon JarsBombon Jars

Everyone knows about candy and how amazing it is, whether you like it super sweet or sour, rock hard or gummy soft, there's candy for everyone out there. But do you know some of these fun facts about the history of candy?



The two oldest candy types are licorice and ginger



The ancient Egyptians were the first ones to eat/ make candies, followed by the Arabs, and Chinese.


The “Chocolate Cream Bar” is the oldest candy bar in the world, created in 1866


The first version of the lollipop was honey attached to wooden sticks


Boiled candies first started getting consumed in the seventeenth century by the English and early American Colonies


In Ancient Egypt candy was used as a therapy method


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