The Only Historic Candy Company

Welcome to True Treats, The Nation's Only Historic
Candy Store.
Early History-1900s!

THIS MONTH:
Enjoy Old Time Carnival Treats
NEW Teas 1,000s of Years Old
*Rediscover Retro Favorites!

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Image: Chicago World's Fair 1893, Louis Prang & Co.

Candy Timeline

Travel our sweets and sugars timeline from first in history through the 1900s. History never tasted so sweet

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Gifts They'll Love

Looking for a unique gift? Discover award-winning treasures from the nation's only historic candy store, specializing in sweets, sugars and teas. Enjoyable. Unforgettable.

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What's New?

Our dates are deliciously traditional - handmade, sweetened with rose and orange blossom water, touched with lemon and stuffed with pistachio.

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Botanical Teas

Discover teas, powders, roots and waters used health, flavor and medicine. Comes with our exclusive Tea Lovers' Guide!

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Early History

Barks and roots, the first candy in history, and the original chewing gums: tastes and textures unusual and amazing!

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1500s-1700s

Many common fruits, nuts, and spices arrived in the 1500s to the 1700s and new forms of confections.

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1800s

The 1800s saw rapid changes in the food universe with the rising star of fun-time candies. From Yum to Wow, always a treat.

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1900s

You'll find it here! Candy from the past. Some you remember, some you thought vanished forever, and some a surprise! ALWAYS in good taste.

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Chocolate Love

Rich in history and taste, chocolate has fed the human spirit from ancient Olmecs to modern days. Now you can sample the range.

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This Week's Q&A

Last week’s question: What fruit appears in lots of candies and drinks, grows on trees with thorns in warm climates? The answer is CITRUS! So if you guessed lemons , limes , or oranges …we’ll be contacting you and sending you a sweet treat from us!

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Meet Susan Benjamin

True Treats’ president Susan Benjamin is an avid researcher of historic sweets, sugars and teas in North America. She has appeared everywhere from NPR to the History Channel. Her business, True Treats, was even one of the questions on Jeopardy. Her most recent book, Sweet as Sin, was on Smithsonian’s Best Books About Food. Above all, she values giving customers an amazing experience full of memories, stories and new tastes and flavors that are centuries old.

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The Candy Timeline

Unlock the story of candy

First in History

From Native American barks, to the first candy ever, to the sugars and sweets of the Bible. Healthy. Medicinal. Tasty. Symbolic.
1500s-1700s

Candied Peels and petals, chocolate sticks, sugar plums, & other sugary treats.
1800s

The Industrial Revolution brought a tidal wave of change in sweets.
1900s

The rise of candy we know today – from Candy Bars to Sponge Candy.