Halloween 2019 - Food Facts & Recipes!

1. Candy Corn - If Brach's laid out the candy corn kernels it sells each year end to end, they would wrap around the Earth 4.25 times.

2. M&M's -  The M&M in M&M's stands for Mars and Murrie. Forrest Mars, Sr., and Bruce Murrie launched the candy.

3. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups - The Reese in Reese's Peanut Butter Cups is Harry Burnett Reese, a former Hershey employee who created his famous candy in the 1920s.

4. Tootsie Pops - How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? On average, a licking machine designed by engineering students at Purdue needed 364.

5. 3 Musketeers - When the treat was introduced in the 1930s, a 3 Musketeers consisted of separate chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry pieces, hence the name.

6. Milky Way - Milky Way bars weren't named after their home galaxy. The name comes from a type of malted milkshake that was popular in the early 1920s.

7. Mary Jane - Mary Janes were first manufactured in 1914 by the Charles N. Miller Company. The candy was named after the owner's aunt.

8. Fruit Stripe Gum - Fruit Stripe's zebra mascot is named Yipes.

9. Toblerone - Toblerone is a portmanteau of the creator's name, Theodor Tobler, and "torrone," an Italian word for a type of nougat.

10. PEZ - The word 'PEZ' comes from the German word for peppermint—PfeffErminZ. - Bonus PEZ fact: You can also buy these huge ones.

11. Jolt Energy Gum - Questions from Jolt's FAQ page include "Will Jolt gum help me have better sex?" and "Do you gift wrap?"

12. Sugar Daddy - Until the early 1930s, the Sugar Daddy caramel candy was called the Papa Sucker.

13. Circus Peanuts - "Cheerios + Circus Peanuts Candy" may not sound like a winning formula, but that's the combo that inspired Lucky Charms.

14. Candy Buttons - NECCO cranks out 750,000,000 candy buttons each year.

15. NECCO Wafers - In the 1930s, Admiral Byrd brought 2½ tons of NECCO Wafers to the South Pole for his men during their two-year stay.

16. Atomic Fireballs - Nello Ferrara got the idea for Atomic Fireballs after serving in post-World War II Japan.

17. Dubble Bubble - Why is bubble gum pink? When it was invented, pink was the only food dye on hand.

18. Charleston Chew - This one takes its name from the Charleston, a popular early-20th century dance.

19. Jelly Belly - Jelly Belly served up more than three tons of beans during Ronald Reagan's 1981 inauguration.

20. Hershey Kisses - "Hersheykoko" was the winner of Milton Hershey's 1904 name-the-town contest. When the post office rejected it, the town became Hershey, PA.

21. Jolly Rancher - According to the candy's website, the name Jolly Rancher was chosen "to suggest a hospitable, western company."

22. Tootsie Roll - During World War II, Tootsie Rolls were added to soldiers' rations because of their durability in all weather conditions.

23. Dentyne - Invented in 1899, the name Dentyne is a hybrid of “dental” and “hygiene.”

24. Candy Cigarettes - The FDA’s 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act was misinterpreted by many media outlets, who erroneously reported that the act included a ban on candy cigarettes. In fact, the ban really just affected tobacco cigarettes that had candy (or fruit) flavorings. (Candy cigs were banned in North Dakota from 1953-1967.)

25. Junior Mints - The John Birch Society was founded by Robert Welch, Jr., one of the brothers who ran the company that invented Junior Mints.

All this information came from here.