A Collection of Candies and 'Candy Days'
Various types of actual 'candy' were found in the recorded history of the Egyptians 3500 years ago. In the 17th century, boiled candies became popular.
Homemade hard candies, like peppermints and lemon drops became a favorite in America in the 1800s, as sugar-beet juice and the advancement of mechanical appliances made sweet-making into an industry! And we haven't even started on how much chocolate and gum makes us candy-lovers happy. :)
Origin of National Candy Month
After doing a long search through many types and sources of Candy, all we know for sure is that JUNE is National Candy Month. No one appears to have given a reason for either the national celebration or why June was chosen as 'candy' month, so we will simply 'enjoy' and 'indulge our sweet tooth' throughout June. :)
Candies Associated with Holidays
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| 1960s Holiday Retro Candy Gift Box |
These 'sweet snacks' called Candy are especially popular around certain special events throughout the year and have become integrated in celebrations and holidays.
Halloween, Christmas, Easter and Valentine's Day are the biggest candy selling days . . in that order.
We Love Candy!
We all know certain candies are associated with particular holidays, but, did you know that there are many, many other days throughout the year that celebrate the sweetness we call candy in one form or another, with ‘chocolate’ being the #1 term used? Let’s check out a few of those chocolate ones.
Chocolate Candy Holiday Celebrations
- January 3rd - National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
- February 19 - Chocolate Mint Day
- The 3rd Week of March is 'American Chocolate Week'.
- March 19 - National Chocolate Caramel Day
- March 24 - National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day
- April 21 - National Chocolate-Covered Cashews Day
- May 12 - National Nutty Fudge Day
- June 16 - FUDGE Day!
- July 7 - CHOCOLATE DAY!
- July 28 - National Milk Chocolate Day
- September 13 - International Chocolate Day
- September 22 - National White Chocolate Day
For 'whatever' reason, there appears to be several 'Days' devoted to the celebration of CHOCOLATE (and, why not... :). National Chocolate Day is on a Candy Holidays list for October 28th, December 28th and December 29th. Perhaps these days are set aside to finish up those chocolate treats from Halloween and Christmas! :-)
- November 7 - National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
- And (Finally... and rightly so).... December 16 - National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day!
Candy Man
Listen to 'The Candyman... While you Check out these Candy Holidays
A Collection of Candies and 'Candy Days'
The
various types of candy are too numerous to list in one article. They include
everything from Candy Bars to Lollipops to candies associated with
particular holidays. I've included just a few here, but they all taste
delicious! And...as you can see... your 'candy' days don't have to be
limited just to June!
- February 14 - Valentine's Day
- April 22 - Jelly Bean Day
- May 23 - National Taffy Day
- July 20 - National Lollipop Day
October is National Caramel Month
- October 30 - Candy Corn Day
- October 31 - Candy Apple Day
- December 26 - Candy Cane Day
A Bit of Trivia for National Candy Month
Candy
is easily made by melting sugar in water. The candy type depends on the
temperature at which it is heated. Hot temperatures result in hard
candy; medium temperatures make soft candy and low temperature result in
chewy candy. Fun to remember this when making (or eating) your next batch of fudge or peanut brittle or chocolate bon-bons.
© 2012 Wednesday-Elf (originally written on another site). Updated on 7/7/2023
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