Swedish Fish!

It's rare that a bag of candy leaves SugarPop's without at least one Swedish Fish nestled between various other candies! Swedish fish are hugely popular in the candy scene and for a good reason. Their delicious cherry-esque flavor and sweet aroma has captured many hearts throughout the years, dating back to the late 1950's.

Swedish Fish first arrived in the states around the late 1950's as an import from the Swedish confectionery company Malaco. While Swedish Fish is considered a gummy candy, it is very different from the usual gummies one is used to eating. Swedish Fish contains no gelatin and is actually a wine gum candy (it doesn't actually contain wine), that is where its denseness comes from and it makes it a wholly vegetarian candy! After its debut in the states it became fully accepted into the candy scene between the 1960-1970's.

There has been much debate over what a Swedish Fish "Original red" flavor actually is. It has a very aromatic cherry smell upon first opening up a jar or bag filled with these treats and the tastes can go from cherry to raspberry, fruit punch or even lingonberry! Not even the candy company who produces Swedish Fish can tell consumers what the actual flavor is because it is a special flavor specifically crafted for Swedish Fish. Cadbury currently owns and distributes Swedish Fish in the U.S and produce the original red flavor, green, yellow, orange, and purple. 7,000 metric tons of Swedish Fish are produced each year, that could approximate to 1,929 orca whales!

In Sweden you can find a Swedish Fish called salmaik which is a salty black licorice flavor that is hugely popular and can be found almost anywhere in Sweden. In 2009 Rita's Italian Ice company released a Swedish Fish flavor that was hugely popular in the United States!

-SugarPop's Candy

248 North Main St.

Mooresville, NC 28115(704) 799-0959

Now and Later fun facts!

Now and Later Fun facts!

• Although the most common flavors you see are the Cherry, Watermelon, Strawberry, and Grape  there are actually twelve flavors in production. 
• The production of Now and Later's can date back to around 1862
• The slogan "Hard 'N Fruity Now and Soft 'N Chewy Later" found on each square's wrapping, replaced the original "Eat Some Now, Kid."
• It is was a ten-cent candy bar of nine beige-colored squares
• It was originally produced by a woman- Josephine Klein 
• Now and Later was named after the fact that consumers could enjoy most of the candy "now" and still have some for later! 

Here is a list of all the Now and Later candy flavors ever produced. Would you want to try all of these?

Almond Apple Apple gum Banana Banana/Strawberry split Black Radberry (raspberry) Blue Radberry Bubble Gum Candy Canes Cherry Cherry Apple Cherry Cola Cherry/Apple Split Cherry/Limeade split Chocolate CocoBanana-Rasmataz Cola Corn Coffee Bean Cotton Candy Cream Soda Dreamberry Grape Green Tingleberry Jumbleberry Hulaberry Kiwi Kollapse Lemon/Berry Split Lime Mango Melon Metallica Berry Mystery Mix Omega Orange Peach Smash Peppermint Pickled Cabbage Pineapple Pink Lemonade Pizza Pizzazz Rainbow Raspberry Red Radberry Red White and Blueberry Rum Caramel Sour Soft (Orange, Strawberry, Raspberry) Spooky Sausage Strawberry Tapioca Surprise Thriller Tickle Me PinkBerry Tropical Lemonade Tropical Punch Tropical Fever Vanilla Ice Watermelon Wild Berry Wasabi Blast

Sweet Holiday Fun Facts!

Here are some sweet holiday fun facts to share with your family and friends during this festive time!

Candy Canes!
1.) Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees.

2.) A choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral decided have the ends bent to depict a shepherd's crook and he would pass them out to the children to keep them quiet during the services.It wasn't until about the 20th century that candy canes acquired their red stripes. 3.) During the Christmas/Hanukkah season, more than 1.76 billion candy canes will be made.

Holiday traditions!
1.) One of the pleasures of Christmas morning for many children involves rooting through their stockings, digging for Christmas candy. According to legend, the earliest stocking stuffers included miniature bags filled with gold. Later stockings contained five gifts---one to please each of the five senses. Fruit, nuts and, of course, Christmas candies, were intended to please the sense of taste.

2.)  Ribbon candy is a traditional Christmas candy that goes back for centuries in Europe, though it is unclear exactly where the candy was first created.

 

3.) The people of Netherlands, who celebrate the holiday on December 6^th, await the arrival of SinterKlaas and his sidekick- Black Pete, who come by way of steamer to leave candy and nuts for good little boys and girls who have filled their shoes with hay and sugar for his horses.

4.) In Germany, Dec. 6 is Nikolaustag, St. Claus day. On the eve of that day children leave out a shoe or boot outside their door and the next morning candies and/or small toys appear in them for those who have been good or else golden birch is placed next to the sweets if they were bad.

5.)  In Canada, people eat Christmas candies known as Barley Candy and Chicken Bones. Barley candy comes on a stick and is shaped like popular Christmas icons, including Santa Claus and reindeer. Chicken bones are made from a pink, cinnamon-flavored candy wrapped around milk chocolate.

6.) In Mexico, Christmas is celebrated by bursting a piñata filled with special Christmas candies. Knäck is a traditional toffee-like Swedish candy that is usually made at home.

From all of us at SugarPop's, we hope you have a happy, safe, and sweet holiday! 

-SugarPop's 

248 North Main St.
Mooresville, NC 28115
(704) 799-0959