Candy Names Flashcards
3 Musketeers
initially separate milk, chocolate, and vanilla bars
Baby Ruth
not Babe Ruth but Ruth Cleveland, daughter of Grover
Butterfinger
1928 contest; Chicago man who described himself as a klutz
Ferraro Rocher
by Michele Ferrero after Rocher de Massabielle, the site of a sighting of the Virgin Mary
Heath
brothers Bayard and Everett Heath
Hershey’s
Milton Hershey (originally the Lancaster Caramel Company)
Jolly Rancher
ice cream store in CO
Junior Mints
pun on 1940s Broadway play Junior Miss
KitKat
(unconfirmed) Kit Kat Club in London
M&Ms
Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie (son of president of Hershey’s company)
Milk Duds
maker couldn’t make them round
Milky Way
1920s - named after malted milk (not the galaxy directly)
Mr. Goodbar
Milton Hershey misheard someone when they said “that’s a good bar”
PayDay
Hollywood Candy Company 1932 - time to name the chocolate happened to be a payday
Reese’s
Hershey employee H.B. Reese, originally “penny cups”
Skittles
word associated with leisurely activities; 9-pin game and recreational chess
Smarties
named to encourage people to pursue an education; “Rockets” in Canada
Snickers
after a horse in the Mars family; Marathon Bar in Britain to avoid a rhyme with knickers
Sour Patch Kids
originally Mars Men; changed to jump on Cabbage Patch bandwagon
Starburst
originally Opal Fruit
Swedish Fish
Sweden’s thriving fishing industry
Toblerone
portmanteau of family name of manufacturer (Tobler) and type of nougat used (torrone)
Tootsie Roll
after creator Leo Hirshfield’s 5-year-old daughter, Clara
Twix
portmanteau of “twin” and “mix”; originally “Raider” in Europe
