Curiosidades del mundo de los dulces
Descubre los secretos detrás de tus dulces favoritos en este artículo sobre curiosidades de la historia de los dulces
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Los dulces han sido una parte integral de nuestra cultura y tradición durante siglos. Desde su invención hasta su lanzamiento al mercado, cada dulce tiene una historia única que lo hace especial. En este artículo, exploraremos algunas de las curiosidades más interesantes sobre la historia de los dulces.
Desde los orígenes de los dulces más populares hasta los procesos de creación y lanzamiento, cada hecho es una ventana a la creatividad y la innovación de los fabricantes de dulces. ¡Vamos a sumergirnos en el mundo de los dulces y descubrir algunos de los secretos más sorprendentes sobre tus dulces favoritos!
The Ring Pop was invented in 1977 by Topps product engineer Frank Richards, who designed it as a wearable hard-candy ring to help wean his daughter off thumb-sucking; it wasn't commercially launched until 1980.
Source: Wikipedia — Ring Pop
Otto Schnering founded the Curtiss Candy Company in Chicago in 1916 with about $100 of equipment; his Baby Ruth bar (a reformulation of his earlier 'Kandy Kake') launched in 1921.
Source: Candy Hall of Fame
Kit Kat began life as Rowntree's 'Chocolate Crisp,' launched in September 1935 in the UK; it wasn't renamed Kit Kat Chocolate Crisp until 1937, borrowing the name from the 18th-century Kit-Cat Club.
Source: Wikipedia — Kit Kat
Snickers was named in 1930 after a favorite horse on the Mars family's Tennessee farm, which had just died as the new candy bar was being readied for release; in the UK the bar was sold as 'Marathon' until 1990 over concerns the name sounded too close to British slang for underwear.
Source: Interesting Facts
Cotton candy's original electric spinning machine was invented in 1897 by a dentist, William Morrison, working with confectioner John C. Wharton — it debuted as 'Fairy Floss' at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, selling nearly 70,000 boxes.
Source: Britannica
Starburst debuted in the UK in 1959 under the name 'Opal Fruits'; when introduced to the US market in 1968 it was renamed 'Starburst' to tie into the ongoing Space Race.
Source: Wikipedia — Starburst (candy)
