insert_link Food & Drink It’s a Hard Candy Christmas – and that’s a Good Thing! A favorite of young and old alike, National Hard Candy Day on December 19th, recognizes the sweet tooth in all of us. Most hard candies are 100% sugar with flavoring and colors added. To achieve a hard candy, confectioners boil a sugar syrup to 320 degrees Fahrenheit. Once the temperature is reached, the hot, pliable sugar is poured into molds or rolled and folded into shapes and left to cool. […] todayDecember 17, 2021
insert_link Food & Drink We’re Suckers for National Lollipop Day! National Lollipop Day, celebrated annually on July 20, is a day that children of all ages can celebrate. Some, especially those from the Midwest, call lollipops "suckers," but they are known by other names as well — lolly, or sticky pop. According to nationaltoday.com, lollipops have been around in some form or another since forever. In prehistoric times, cavemen would collect honey from beehives using a stick. The sweet nectar […] todayJuly 20, 2021
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