The Industrial Revolution brought a tidal wave of change in sweets.
The 1800s saw the growth and demolition of enslavement with its close connection to sugar cane; the introduction of new sugars promoted by abolitionist; and the massive shifts in foods due to the Industrial Revolution, including the candy we know today.
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Chocolate Buttercreams: For the choco-holic, six chocolate filled buttercreams in a truffle box, with True Treats’ hallmark card containing the story of buttercreams on one side and an historic image on the other.
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Coconut Buttercreams: Delightfully sweet, tucked in a truffle box with True Treats’ exclusive keepsake tag, with an historic image on the front and the story of buttercreams on the back.
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Strawberry Buttercreams – Smooth, rich flavored traditional chocolates, tucked into an elegant truffle box with True Treats’ exclusive cards conatining an historically accurate image and the buttercream story on the back
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Vanilla Buttercreams: Soft and Smooth vanilla cream surrounded by milk chocolate. Comes six in a truffle box with True Treats’ keepsake tag telling the story of buttercreams on one side and presenting an historic image on the other.
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Historic Hard Candy Sampler
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Chocolate Gift Box – Eat Your Way through Chocolate history & Birthday Card and Story
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Yesterday’s Medicine, Today’s Delights
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Civil War Commissary in a Box
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World War Mess Kit Candy
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Sweet & Savory Nut Mix
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Penny candy favorites & the story of each on a keepsake card
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Lollipop Collection Box -Pop-a-Lot 10-plus lollipops plus keepsake card w/story on the back
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1800s Time Capsule with Letter from a Time Traveler
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Large Penny Candy Store In A Box
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Abolitionist Sugar Sampler – A collection of Sugars
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Licorice Lovers Box
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1800s candy, walk the century with 12 samples & the story of each
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Taffy Treasures
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Chocolate Covered Pretzels With Sprinkles
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Classic Candy Corn
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Dark Raspberry Truffles. Three rich truffles in an easy-open bag. Comes the story of truffles and an historic image of the 1800s Moulin Rouge, when truffles were rising as a delectable sweet.
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Chocolate Coconut Truffles-Delicious – Perfect as gift, dessert. Comes with three large truffles, & True Treats’ tag w/the history on one side and an historic image on the front, from period when truffles first appeared in France.
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Peanut Butter Truffles
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Red Velvet Cake Truffles
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Sea Salt Caramel Truffle
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Milk Mousse Truffles
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Handmade Chocolate Buckeyes
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Mint Juleps
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Mulling Spices Kit – Used in 2nd Century Ancient Rome, also known as Wassail. Keepsake card included
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Peanut Butter Fudge
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Sour Tangerine Drops
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Handmade Cherry Stain Glass Candy
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Sarsaparilla Tea – Known as an aphrodisiac, blood cleanser, & cure-all. Tastes like Root Beer!
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All-American Caramels: Since 1893
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Appalachian Handmade Potato Candy
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Art Candy – Beautiful, Timeless
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Retro Candy Cigarettes, A Classic – Crisp, White Sticks in a Convincing Cigarette Package
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BBQ Peanuts
$5.25 +View Product -
Beemans Gum
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Black Jacks
$8.97 +View Product -
Buttermints -Melt-in-Your Mouth Delicious
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Canada Mints, Retro Penny Candy from Up North
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Caramel Gift Box
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Lemon Crystals – Circa 1800s, used by WW2 soldiers. Prefect for drinks & recipes of all kinds. Sour or sweet!
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Modjeska – Caramel Marshmallow
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Original Retro Sweetheart Candies
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Chocolate Cigarettes: Classic milk chocolate candy, wrapped in white paper, in a faux cigarette-pack. Experience one of the first candy cigarettes, hard-to-find. 10 sticks per pack
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Chocolate Rose Wine Cordials
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Old Time Chocolate Covered Caramels with Sea Salt
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Chocolate Covered Coconut Squares
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Chocolate Fudge
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Cinnamon Pecans – All Natural
$5.75 +View Product -
Circus Peanuts: The True Circus Candy
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Irish Cream Chocolate Cordials
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Corn Flake Candy
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Cotton Candy
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Cracker Jacks
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Cream Filberts, Handmade Sugar Plums, Traditional, Delicious – in a 4-ounce bag w/ history on the label
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Dots
$3.75 +View Product -
Fragrant Orange Blossom Water – Purely ancient. Fantastic for skin, beverages and baked goods
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Fragrant Rose Water – Used to inspire love & romance – the ancient way. Pairs well with drinks and recipes!
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Salt Water Taffy
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Lemon & Peppermint Gibralters, First Commercial Candy in the U.S.
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Ginger Drops, Feel-Good Candy
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Good N’ Plenty Licorice
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Traditional 1800s Jelly Beans
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Hand Pulled Sticks- Sassafras
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Hand-Pulled Sticks, circa 1600s – Peppermint
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Handmade Chocolate Cherry Cups
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Handmade Chocolate Four-Flavor Stack
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Handmade Dark Chocolate Stack
$5.25 +View Product -
Handmade Molasses Pulls, Traditional Candy
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Handmade Milk Chocolate Stack
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Pecan Pie Tarts
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Retro Jawbreakers AKA Jaw Busters
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Kentucky Creams
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Kola Nut
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Blackberry Sugar – All Natural, blackberries & sugar. Appalachian favorite. Sample in cocktails, tea, coffee
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Lemon Drops, Candy and Medicine for All
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Strawberry Sugar – The perfect addition to baked goods, drinks, cereal, and more. All natural & custom made!
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Cranberry Sugar – Seasonal sugar, great for holiday parties and cocktails. All natural and inviting!
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Raspberry Sugar – Custom made, all natural! Sweet flavor, stunning color and wonderful in desserts
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Lemonade Stand in a Box
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Licorice Allsorts, British Candy
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Malted Milk Balls, Favorite of Explorers
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Vanilla Marshmallow Wonders
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Appalachian Molasses Drops
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Necco Wafers: Pack of a Truely Old Time Candy since 1847, with the 8 Original Flavors – Wintergreen, Licorice, Lemon, Lime, Clove, Orange, Chocolate and Cinnamon. Eat. Remember. Enjoy.
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Original Candy Cane – Hand-pulled. All natural. No stripe.
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Original Sweetheart Candy in a Box
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Peach Stones, Cherry Flavored Candy
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Peanut Brittle, Rich 1800s Taste
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Pecan Praline
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Soft Pecan Pralines
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Peppermint Puffs, Refreshing and Cool.
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Peppermint Sticks – Parent to Candy Canes
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Popcorn Balls
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Reed’s Iconic Candies – Three Flavors
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Rock Candy on a String, Multi-Purpose Tradition
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Sorghum Drops
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Sour Lime Drops
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Dutch Chalk Licorice
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Sweet As Sin – Signed by True Treats’ Founder
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Take-A-Break Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter
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Take-A-Break Chocolate Covered Raspberry
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Take-A-Break Gummy Bears
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Take-A-Break Mini Buckeyes
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Take-A-Break Mini Nonpareils
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Tootsie Roll Big Bar
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Traditional Multicolored Gum Drops
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Vanilla Sticks
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Vassar Fudge
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Vermont Maple Drops
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Wilbur Buds, The Original Kiss
$4.25 +View Product