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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Hot Chocolate Mix – 1700s Traditional & 1900s Modern. Comes with Historic Tag & Directions
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Civil War Commissary in a Box: Medicines to treats, candy was there! 12 samples & story of each
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War Time Sugars and Sweets Gift Set – March your taste buds through three nation-changing wars. Keepsake cards with stories included.
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Penny candy favorites & the story of each on a keepsake card
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World War Mess Kit Candy – World Wars I and II rations. Bugs, chocolate, & more! Keepsake card inside.
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Yesterday’s Medicine, Today’s Delights – 60 Botanical samples, made in authentic 1920s apothecary mold.
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Take-A-Break Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Cups – The perfect combination. Easy for snacks, lunches, & stocking stuffers!
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Take-A-Break Gummy Bears – A cute and classic choice for stocking stuffers! Heat-sealed bag with history on the label.
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Take-A-Break Mini Nonpareils -1700s-era sugar bits, AKA nonpareils, on 1800s chocolate disks. Always a hit!
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Take-A-Break Mini Buckeyes – First appeared in 1880’s. An Ohio favorite! Convenient size for traveling.
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Take-A-Break Chocolate Covered Raspberry Cups – Turn-of-century. Dark chocolate, tasteful raspberry cream center!
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Blackberry Leaf Tea – Light, fruity, rich with vitamins
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Burdock Root Tea – A British favorite, strong tea in taste & texture. Helps ease colds and flu
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Raspberry Leaf Tea – Excellent blend, a woman’s tea, good for mind and body
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Blessed Thistle Tea, blend with teas, add to alcohol, cultivated by ancient monks
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Elder Flower Tea: Ancient, versatile, long-standing curative
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Lemongrass Tea – Tasty, Mind/Body Tea. Excellent as tea, in drinks, & more
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Rose Hip Tea – Sweet-tart fruit of the rose. Delightful, Unexpected. Blends well
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Angelica Root Tea – Tea of Michael the Archangel, known for powerful healing properties, aromatic flavor
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Historical Hard Candy Sampler. 12 kinds, 50-plus pieces. Grandma’s favorites to unexpected.
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Chocolate Gift Box – Eat Your Way through Chocolate history & Birthday Card and Story
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Comfort from the Heart – Tea sampler of 6 teas, 25+ cups w/Tea Guide & Honey Sticks
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Sweet & Savory Nut Mix – Exclusive Timeline of 12 nuts – Ancient history to 1900s. Includes historic 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 & Letter from a Time Traveler – Educational, Tasty, Fun!
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Large Penny Candy Store Box: Candy Cigs to Bubble Gum 20+ Pieces
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Abolitionist Sugar Sampler – EXCULSIVE collection of sugar used by abolitionists to boycott cane sugar.
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Licorice Lovers Box:A Licorice Lovers Dream Come True! 12 samples with the story of each
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1800s Candy – Walk the century from early sweets to complex candies! For history lovers!
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The Gift of Hundreds of Candies, Spanning Thousands of Years…Plus Teas, Treats, and More
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Colonial Grog Kit- Do-it-Yourself Grog Kit. A favorite of the Continental Navy. Keepsake card included!
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Chocolate Buttercreams: For the choco-holic, 6 chocolates in a truffle box, with story & historic image
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Strawberry Buttercreams – Smooth traditional chocolates, w/ elegant truffle box & True Treats’ exclusive card
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Buttercreams: Vanilla Filling! Delightfully sweet, tucked in a truffle box with True Treats’ keepsake tag
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Buttercreams: Coconut Filling! Delightfully sweet, tucked in a truffle box with True Treats’ keepsake tag
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Taffy Treasures: A Mix of Taffy Favorites through Time
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Chocolate Covered Pretzels with Sprinkles. 1800s Symbol of Love & “Tying the Knot”
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Classic Candy Corn: An 1800s Halloween treasure – once loved all year round
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Colonial Orchard Liberty Tea – Loose Tea – Used by self-reliant colonists after the Boston Tea Party
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Dark Raspberry Truffles. 3 rich truffles. Includes story/historic image of the 1800s Moulin Rouge, when truffles were rising as a delectable sweet.
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Chocolate Coconut Truffles-Delicious – Three large truffles, & True Treats’ tag w/the history and an historic image
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Peanut Butter Truffles. Rich, fresh and sumptuous. The perfect gift since the late 1800s
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Red Velvet Cake Truffles – Luxurious texture & taste of the 1800s. Beautiful exterior w/sprinkles
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Sea Salt Caramel Truffles – 3 caramel centered truffles enrobed in milk and dark chocolate, sprinkled with sea salt.
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Ginger Root Tea – Approx. 50 cups, pieces, not shredded for maximum versatility and taste
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Milk Mousse Truffles – Originally made by the French in the mid-1800s. An exquisite Best Seller!
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Jasmine Tea – Sweet & floral tea, packed with antioxidants, helps improve sleep
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Lemon Peel, Perfect for tea, baked goods, potpourri… plus Tea Guide
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Peppermint Tea – Hybrid of water mint & spearmint, Used by Egyptians and Greeks, Great for upset stomachs
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Mint Juleps – A Kentucky Favorite! Mint, Whiskey, & Dark Chocolate all in one bite. Story on the tag.
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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 – Handmade, a Depression Era treat. Thick and flavorful!
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Rose & Cinnamon Water, 18th century curative, enjoy in teas, mixed drinks, in attractive apothecary jar
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Sour Tangerine Drops – The first tangerine tree in America was planted in New Orleans. Tart & tangy!
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Handmade Cherry Stain Glass Candy – Originated as throat lozenges, classic cherry flavor – an iconic treat
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Spearmint Tea – Mint of the Bible, pairs well with other teas or in cocktails
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Pure Lavender Tea – A relaxing flavoring and remedy. Terrific in potpourri and cold beverages.
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Rose Flower Tea – A symbol of love and beauty. Mildly sweet, with floral tones, high in vitamin C
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Hibiscus Flower Tea – A beautiful edible flower, immune system booster. Pleasantly tart!
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Marigold Tea – Delicious, Traditional Medicine, Good as Blend, in Cocktails
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Licorice Root Tea, traditional, use as curative, tea, blend, flavoring, Comes w/Exclusive Tea Guide
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Sarsaparilla Tea – Known as an aphrodisiac, blood cleanser, & cure-all. Tastes like Root Beer!
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Dandelion Tea – Comes with Tea Lovers Guide, directions, surprisingly delicious
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Orange Peel Tea – Vibrant flavor, amazing health benefits. Mix with teas, cocktails, and recipes
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Chamomile Tea – Whole Flowers, Old Time Curative, w/historic image & Exclusive Tea Guide
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Hops Tea – A favorite of Greeks & Romans, relaxes muscles. Bitter – add sweeteners for taste
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Marshmallow Root Tea – Use for tea, healing, and old time candy. Earthy, floral taste. Thickens when cool
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Strawberry Leaf Tea – Enjoyed by Native Americans, high in iron. Combine with lemons, mint, & more
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All-American Caramels: Since 1893 – Made in traditional style from a family-owned business. Very creamy!
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Appalachian Handmade Potato Candy – Circa 1800s. A Christmas favorite! Loved by Appalachian, Irish, Greman people. Depression Era “Cake”
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Art Candy – Beautiful, Timeless – From 1800s English beach-side resorts. Grandmother candy bowl staple
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Retro Candy Cigarettes, A Classic – Crisp, White Sticks in a Convincing Cigarette Package
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BBQ Peanuts – Sweet, with some spice! Started in Argentina. Great for snacks or with beer.
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Beemans Gum: Same pepsin flavor as in the late 1800s
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Carob Nibs – Biblical, Chocolatey Taste, Excellent Tea & Treat
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Black Jacks – Made by the oldest candy company in the USA. Circa 1830, sweet, warm molasses flavor
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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 – Caramel Favorites through time from childhood. Includes historic keepsake card w/history
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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 – Circa 1883 in Kentucky. The modjeska was originally called a “caramel biscuit”
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Retro Sweetheart Candies – Since 1860s, Symbol of Love. Originally Wedding 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 Covered Coconut Squares – First made in Maine in late1800s. Delectable coconut texture w/ smooth chocolate perfection!
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Chocolate Fudge – An 1800s discovery from Baltimore, Maryland, custom made. Rich & Creamy!
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Cinnamon Pecans – All Natural – A spice trade creation, with a lovely texture. History on the label.
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Circus Peanuts: The True Circus Candy – Invented for traveling circuses in the 1800s. A controversial candy!
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Irish Cream Chocolate Cordials – A delicate union of dark chocolate and Irish Cream filling.
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Corn Flake Candy – 1800s invention. Appalachian favorite! Made w/ original ingredients from 1930s West Virginia cookbook.
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Cotton Candy – Created by dentist, William Morrison in 1897. Also called “Fairy Floss.”
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Cracker Jacks -Popcorn, molasses, and peanuts. Introduced at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893
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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 – A1945 smoother version of the 1800s gumdrop. A childhood treasure, classic flavors!
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Fragrant Orange Blossom Water – Enjoyed in Beverages & Baking for Centuries. Perfect for Today’s Cocktails.
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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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Saltwater Taffy – A vacation favorite. Still with 1800s taffy fun & flare
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Lemon & Peppermint Gibralters, First Commercial Candy in the U.S.
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Ginger Drops – Feel-Good Candy! A classic mid-1800s sweet from the nation’s first candy company.
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Good N’ Plenty Licorice – The Nation’s oldest candy brand, first made in 1893. Perfect confection for the licorice lover
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Traditional 1800s Jelly Beans – Descendant of the Turkish Delight, Loved during the Civil War
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Hand Pulled Sticks – Sassafras – Early version of the candy cane. Traditional root-beer-like taste and texture.
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Hand-Pulled Sticks, circa 1600s – Peppermint – Early version of the candy cane
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Handmade Chocolate Cherry Cups – Mid-1800s tart & creamy treat from a turn-of-century recipe.
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Handmade Chocolate Four-Flavor Stack – A taste of candy bar history: Mid-1800s to 1930s
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Handmade Dark Chocolate Stack – An original 19th century recipe. Stack of two, tied w/ history on keepsake tag.
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Handmade Molasses Pulls, Traditional Candy – Unique 1800s candy, beloved by museums. Chewy & satisfying texture!
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Handmade Milk Chocolate Stack – From an original late 1800s recipe. A Classic Best Seller at True Treats!
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Pecan Pie Tarts – Bite-Sized, BIG flavor! From a pecan plantation in Texas.
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Retro Jawbreakers AKA Jaw Busters – Started with the 17th century “sugar plum”. A penny candy everyone remembers!
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Kentucky Creams – Mid-1800s early penny candy. Similar to a more exquisite buttermint. Melts in your mouth!
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Blueberry Sugar – All Natural! Just blueberries & sugar. Great in breakfast food, tea, coffee, and more!
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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. A True Treats refreshing BEST SELLER! From the nation’s oldest candy company, circa 1806
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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 – Have your own 21st century stand, 1800s style! Historic keepsake card and ingredients included.
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Licorice Allsorts, British Candy – An old-time staple at bridge tables & Grandmother’s candy bowls.
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Malted Milk Balls – Favorite of Explorers with 1800s roots. Crispy and light flavor! Great for on-the-go.
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Vanilla Marshmallow Wonders – Made in small batches, this 1800s delight began as a plant that grew in marshes.
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