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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Historic Hard Candy Sampler
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3-Century Candy Set – 1700s, 1800s, 1900s. 36 samples plus keepsake cards with authentic period illustrations & candy stories
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Chocolate Walk Sampler. Original chocolate through the 1900s & card with historic image and chocolate story. Great Gift for the chocolate lover!
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Retro Movie Candy Box
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Yesterday’s Medicine, Today’s Delights. 12 flavors, 60 candies total, of candies once used medicine, & card w/historic image on front and medicinal story on back. Made in 1920s apothecary mold.
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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. Favorites from ancient Romans to Boston Baked Beans. 12 samples & card with historic image and story. Fun Gifts. Card game favorite.
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Penny Candy Store In A Box
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Pop-A-Lot Box – Lollipop Collection
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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 including brown and white cane sugar in the original style & alternative sugars abolitionists used to boycott cane. Selections include beet, maple, & sorghum. Taste history as it was.
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Licorice Lovers Box. Perfect for licorice lovers,12 samples, 50-plus pieces. Early licorice root, 1800s Allsorts, 1900s laces, drops, & more. Historic image and story on card.
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1800s Confectionery Shop – Timeline of retro candy from medicine to fun food. Drops, gums, caramels, chocolates…w/historic image & story on card. 12 candy samples.
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Grandma’s Feel Good Purse
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Beemans Gum
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Black Jacks
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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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Lemon Crystals
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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
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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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Cream Filberts, Handmade Sugar Plums, Traditional, Delicious – in a 4-ounce bag w/ history on the label
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Dots
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Fragrant Orange Blossom Water
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Fragrant Rose Water
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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
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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
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Lemon Drops, Candy and Medicine for All
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Strawberry Sugar
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Cranberry Sugar
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Raspberry Sugar
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Lemonade Stand in a Box
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