Chocolates & Candy Confectionery Trivia

1. Which country first produced refined sugar?

From Quiz Short And Sweet

Answer: India

Sugar is native to New Guinea. Initially people chewed the reeds for their sweetness. Sugar was first refined in India from about 100AD. By 600AD it was often used as a medicine. The first Europeans to experience sugar are thought to have been English soldiers who discovered it during the Crusades in Jerusalem in about 1099. The Spanish began to grow sugar cane in the Canary Islands and Christopher Columbus is said to have taken sugar canes to the new world in the 16th Century. Over the next several hundred years, sugar cane production expanded, and brought with it the slave trade of workers from Africa. It was not until 1747 that scientists discovered they could get sucrose from sugar beet. While it was first lauded for being "healthy", we now know a range of adverse medical conditions are caused, or contributed to, by natural sugar. Still, figures for 2020 reported worldwide use of sugar amounted to 171.69 million tonnes.

From Quiz Candy Bars - Who Made It?

Answer: Mars, Incorporated

The Twix Bar actually originated with a branch of Mars in the United Kingdom in 1967 and was known as "the Raider". It made its way to the United States by 1979 and in 1991 Mars changed the name, calling it "Twix" - a shortened form of "twin biscuit sticks".

From Quiz Pulling All Sorts of Twix

Answer: Twix

Twix is a biscuit (or cookie) and chocolate confectionery manufactured by Mars Inc. They were first introduced in 1967 in the United Kingdom and by 1979 had been brought to the United States. They are typically packed as twins, with two biscuit bars to a pack. Flavored varieties have included gingerbread, peanut butter and orange.

From Quiz Yummy Yummy It's Candy Time

Answer: Good n Plenty

Good n Plenty is pieces of sweet black licorice, coated in a hard candy shell to form a capsule shape. The empty box can be used a kazoo when blown into it. Choo Choo Charlie was a cartoon boy who shook the box to make a chug chug train sound and then followed it up by blowing into the box to simulate a train whistle.

From Quiz Oh the Days of Penny Candy

Answer: Pixy Stix

Pixy Stix were invented in 1959 by Sunline Inc. The powder started out as a powdered soft drink mix in 1942, but when it was discovered that kids were eating the powder right from the package instead of mixing the powder with water, the product was repackaged in straws and sold as candy.

From Quiz Going Down to the Candy Store

Answer: Kit Kat Bar

These candy bars can be found in any store or gas station. They can be used to make many delectable desserts - great for trick or treat time.

From Quiz Eat Your Candy!

Answer: Almond Joy

The Mounds Bar is a partner of the Almond Joy Bar. It is made of dark chocolate and coconuts but does not contain almonds.

From Quiz Ye Olde Sweet Shop

Answer: bulbous jars

Sweets were kept in jars or on clay platters. The platters were sitting on the tables.

From Quiz Identify the UK chocolate biscuits

Answer: Bandit

Bandits were a staple of the 60s, and one which also appeared to remain identical from the beginning to its quiet demise some decades after. Although the brand itself is no more you can often find very similar equivalents, even down to the packaging, in some supermarket own brands. The old advert went "You can stand it with a Bandit".

From Quiz For The Love Of Jelly Beans

Answer: Fairfield

The man responsible for coining the name for this treat is David Klein. He created the concept for the single-flavored jelly bean in the mid-1970s. The former name for the company was the Herman Goelitz candy company. The current head of the company, the senior chairman named Herman G. Rowland Sr., is in the fourth generation of descendants of confection-making.

From Quiz Candies Gone But Not Forgotten (USA)

Answer: Reggie Bar

Like the very famous Baby Ruth bar this one is named for a New York Yankee great. The bar is named for Mister October himself Reggie Jackson. While many other bars have the same ingredients, there is just no mistaking the Reggie Bar. The Reggie Bar was not bar shaped rather it was a round patty.

From Quiz Candy Making 101

Answer: Cool and dry

It is important to make candy on a cool, dry day because candy is made from sugar. If the day is humid, the sugar can pull moisture from the air, significantly increasing the cooking time or preventing the candy from setting up entirely.

From Quiz Sweet Memories (UK)

Answer: Kali

'Kali' could also be eaten by dipping in sticks of liquorice. The best way to eat it was to lick your finger and dip it in, and the finger ended up stained a yellow colour! The origin of the word 'Kali' is not known, perhaps it originates from the bushy plant of the same name, which had prickly leaves, the leaves were burned to produce soda ash. Another popular British sherbet based confection of my childhood years, in the 1960s, were, 'Sherbet Fountains'. These were yellow yellow cardboard tubes filled with sherbet, with a stick of liquorice poking out of the end. These were initially produced by Barratt's, a company founded in 1848 by George Osborne Barratt.

From Quiz Have A "Hershey" Break

Answer: 5th Avenue

The "5th Avenue" bar began production in 1936, originally by William H. Luden, whose company also made "Luden's Cough Drops". The Luden's company was sold to Hershey Corp. in 1986, and the candy bar continued to be produced by Hershey under the same name.

From Quiz Sweet Treats USA

Answer: CupCakes

Though no one knows for sure who actually invented Hostess Cupcakes in 1919, D.R. "Doc" Rice is credited for adding the swirl of white icing to the top of them in 1950. Originally a chocolate cupcake, a "golden" cupcake was released in 1999.

From Quiz Anyone Got Any Bubblegum?

Answer: Frank H. Fleer

Fleer, a confectioner, had founded the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in 1849. He made numerous attempts to develop a successful bubblegum, but abandoned the idea after his final experiment in 1906. The gum at that time was too sticky and broke very easily. Not the right mix just yet. The gum, called "Blibber-Blubber", was never marketed to the public at this time. Another attempt was made in 1911, and this gum was sold to the public, but didn't have many buyers.

From Quiz Old Fashioned Sweets UK

Answer: Sweets

Yes, this is what the UK folk call it. In Scotland they occasionally get called the informal word sweeties. Candy is an American name for sweets. Teetys is fabricated by the author of this quiz. Sugar is what is normally in the sweets.

From Quiz All About Mouthwatering Chocolates (UK)

Answer: 3.6 Billion

One of the most mouth watering and popular chocolates on the market today. These chocolates are so popular that 3.6 billion of them are sold every year. This chocolate has a special chocolate-hazelnut wafer coating, along with its signature single nut. In China, the gold wrapper is believed to be a sign of good luck and is often associated with Chinese New year. Yum! Question created by JK18

From Quiz SweeTarts

Answer: Cherry, grape, lemon, lime, and orange

They were the same flavors as the original Pixy Stix, which were already popular at the time SweeTarts were introduced. In 2001, Nestle decided to change the flavors for the first time since 1963.

From Quiz US Candy Names

Answer: Tootsie Roll

"Tootsie" was 5 years old when the candy was invented. Tootsie Roll industries is now one of America's largest candy companies.

From Quiz Chocolatier's Non-chocolates

Answer: Wonka

Named for the fictional chocolate company owner, Willy Wonka, in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", this company makes candy such as Nerds, Laffy Taffies, and Gobstoppers.

From Quiz Candy Bars

Answer: Snickers

The Snickers candy bar was named after the Mars company's favorite horse. The original price was a nickel. Snickers candy bar is made from peanut butter nougat topped with roasted peanuts and caramel covered with milk chocolate.

From Quiz Chocolate, Sweet and Drink Names of The Past

Answer: Marathon

The Snickers was originally sold as a Marathon in the UK and Ireland. It was renamed in 1990 as Snickers.

From Quiz All About Altoids

Answer: intestinal discomfort

Peppermint is a traditional form of relief for upset stomachs. Altoids was created to go beyond just stomach aches and was advertised to relieve intestinal discomfort. The Altoids site said when the strong little peppermint came on the market sales...boomed.

From Quiz Australian Confectionery

Answer: lollies

"Candy" is occasionally heard, usually by teenagers brought up on a diet of American television. "Sweets" is more often used to refer to dessert.

From Quiz Non-Chocolate Candy

Answer: Skittles

These small round chewy candies come in several flavor varieties and have been a European favorite since 1974. Skittles made their U.S. manufacturing debut in 1981 and are produced by the M&M/Mars Company.

From Quiz Peeps!

Answer: Sam Born

Sam Born began selling Peeps in the early 1920's. He sold them in a small grocery store he owned, under a sign that read "Just Born".

From Quiz Snack Cakes

Answer: 1950

All of the cupcakes have 7 "squiggles" on the top according to the company.

From Quiz Take a Bite of these Candy Bars

Answer: maroon and silver

Look closely, and you will be able to see its true wrapper color! Looks can be deceiving!

From Quiz Penny Candy

Answer: Tootsie Rolls

Still popular today, Tootsie Rolls come in single-serving and family- sized portions. Also a central component of the "Tootsie Roll Pop."

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