Celebrating Prohibition-Era Sodas and Sweets

True Treats Candy Celebrates Prohibition-Era Sodas and Sweets    

Everyone’s Welcome- Come for a Taste of Prohibition

Knock Twice, and We’ll Let You In

Includes Candy and Soda Samples – Event Followed by an Old Time Movie

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Person: Lucile Allen

(304) 461-4714 – lucile@truetreatscandy.com

Harpers Ferry, WV (May 10, 2018): If you’ve ever savored the taste of a cool beer (and who hasn’t?), then you may have wondered what on earth people did without beer, wine, or even cocktails during Prohibition. The answer is easy – they turned to candy, and candy makers joined in wholeheartedly, making candies named for alcoholic libations and other Prohibition-related themes.

What better reason to offer a Prohibition-inspired candy tasting? So, True Treats Candy in Harpers Ferry is opening its theater doors on May 19^th and offering not only a range of candies but tastes of sodas as well. And, in the interest of their mission to provide a delightful and interesting experience for visitors, they’ll include pre-Prohibition sweets and sodas also, each with a direct connection to alcohol.

“We know our customers are amazed at the connection between candy and Prohibition,” says Susan Benjamin, True Treats founder. “Few people realize that restaurants replaced cocktails with chocolates to recoup lost revenue, or that candies like the Squirrel Nut Zipper were actually named after Speakeasy cocktails.” Other stories are humorous and still others, insightful.

Among the samples, visitors will enjoy:

• Hard candies used in saloons and, later, speakeasies, to cover the smell of drink on the breath;
• Ginger beer, root beer (non-alcoholic) and other early favorites that lead to modern day drinks
• Bourbon-flavored chocolates, to take off the edge, and
• Much more.

They’ll also enjoy displays of old soda bottles, 18^th century ginger beer containers, and other historic pieces.

Tickets, Times, and Parking

The tasting is from 2:00-5:00 and the movie runs from 5:30-7:00. The event is a suggested price of $5.00 a person, but no one is ever turned away. The theater is located at True Treats Historic Candy, 144 High Street, Harpers Ferry lower level.More information can be found on the True Treats Web site – truetreatscandy.com and Facebook page or by calling (304) 461-4714. The theater is located in the rear of True Treats Candy store. Visitors concerned about parking can call, and we’ll tell them where to go.