The people of Salem donated *** barrel of sugar to her so that she could get back on her feet and she started selling the Gibraltar's and became the first commercially sold candy in the United States.

The American candy industry pitched a new idea for a holiday in 1916 called National Candy Day. While the name didn't stick, Americans' love for candy did. An estimated $2.6 billion is spent on ...

"It was the first stick candy manufactured commercially in the country." Then there is the Gibralter. It's a lemon candy, that I had the privilege of helping to make. It's the same process as it ...