Candy Transformed by Exploration and Discovery

True Treats brings together hundreds of candies, teas, and sugars that people created between the 1500s and 1700s. During this time, explorers, traders, and merchants carried new fruits, nuts, spices, and sugars across continents. These ingredients changed candy forever. People tasted new flavors. They created new treats. They introduced sweets that were preserved and passed on for generations.

Candied citrus peels, flower petals, sugar plums, and chocolate appeared in homes, markets, and royal courts. These treats reflected status, celebration, and daily life. You might even see them documented in cookbooks, trade records, and firsthand accounts from this period.

Candied Fruits, Petals, and the Rise of Sugar Confections

Candy makers and home cooks used sugar to preserve fruits, flowers, and spices. They coated orange peels, violets, rose petals, and ginger. They created sugar plums and crystallized fruits that people served at gatherings and celebrations. These treats became some of the most recognized candies from the 1500s and 1700s.

Sugar allowed people to transform natural ingredients into lasting sweets. Families served them to guests. Royal courts displayed them to show wealth and refinement. Merchants sold them in growing markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

True Treats preserves these historic sugar confections, allowing people today to experience candy that shaped written history.

Explore Candy from the 1500s to 1700s

Candy during the 1500s to 1700s carried meaning beyond sweetness. People gave sugar plums and sugared nuts as gifts. Families shared candied fruits during holidays and celebrations. These treats represented hospitality, prosperity, and care.

True Treats preserves these historic treats and brings them together so you can experience candy exactly as people knew it between the 1500s and 1700s. Explore this collection and experience hundreds of treats across thousands of years.