Candy Day

 

 

OK, candy screams to me

that this is an American day…

but, it’s an excuse to eat

“candy”, right?

Must celebrate.

Let’s find some weird facts

(or maybe creative versions

 of the truth… but it’s candy,

so I don’t really feel like

investigating too far into the “facts”.)

 

Frank C. Mars was born in 1882.

Having polio, he was unable

to go to school…

so, his mum taught him to cook.

Lucky!

The Mars confectionary company

made their first candies in 1911.

In the 1920s,

the Milky Way was born.

Snickers bars were named

after a horse

owned by the Mars family.

The Snickers brand arrived in 1930.

1936 brought us Maltesers! 

In 1940 we get M&Ms.

Pal dog food was launched in 1954,

with the name “Meet” –

Oh wait,

only interested in chocolate/candy!

Ok, 1954, Mars bars arrive in Australia!

 1955 and the Mars drinks line is started

 (not candy… but…)

in 1982, astronauts

took M&Ms to space –

the first candy in space.

I’m done researching.

Now, I’m going hunting

for the actual thing…

Information from here and here.