Bibliograph

Cincinnati candy, a sweet history, Dann Woellert

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Cincinnati candy, a sweet history, Dann Woellert

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cincinnati candy

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Dann Woellert

Sub title

a sweet history

Summary

For more than a century, Cincinnati's candy industry satisfied our national sweet tooth. Stick and drop candies appeared here long before their Civil War popularity. Opera creams, rich fondant-filled chocolate candy brought here by Robert Hiner Putman, provided decadence. Candy corn, which the Goelitz Company introduced to the United States before World War I, remains a ubiquitous treat. Marpro Products created and popularized the marshmallow cone candy. Doscher invented the French Chew and made caramel corn a baseball concession at Redland Field decades before Cracker Jack became synonymous with our national pastime. The city's many Greek and Macedonian immigrants influenced the unique Queen City tradition of finishing a Cincinnati-style "threeway" of spaghetti, chili and cheddar with a chocolate mint. Local food etymologist Dann Woellert tells these stories and more in this delectably sweet history

Target audience

adult

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