What's sweeter than candy? Arguably, not a lot, but some innovative confectioners have started to use candy itself as an ingredient, either in other sweets or in snacks.
Mixing complementary sweet and salty flavors helps manufacturers appeal to broader audience.
October 4, 2016
Sweets are, without question, delicions, and everyone needs a snack once in awhile. Put the two together and you have a formidable treat on your hands.
Jelly Belly Candy Co. is helping make the transition for veterans, service members and military families throughout the United States just a tad easier, and hence sweeter. The Fairfield, Calif.-based company recently donated $20,000 to Hope For The Warriors, a national nonprofit organization founded in 2006.
Morse, a Michigan native, will be featured in the 2017 Wild & Wacky Edition of Ripley’s Believe it or Not, which is designed for children ages 8 to 12. The special edition will be distributed to more than one million schools, libraries and families in North America, Australia and parts of Europe.
Through an investment in The Conservation Fund’s sustainable working redwood forests in northern California, American Licorice Co., which produces Red Vines, plans to purchase 20,000 tons of verified carbon offsets to counteract carbon dioxide emissions from electricity and fuel used at its headquarters in La Porte, Ind., and offices in Union City, Calif.