Moving on with the 'love' theme, we continue the count down toward Valentine's Day. During my own childhood days, strong remembrances linger playfully in my mind of the cutest Valentine candy ever: the Conversation Hearts. The soft candies spoke very loud having a lot to say, quirky sayings with just a few words. Making the decisions of who should receive what was just as much fun as eating the candy. The wrong one to the right person made for a very taunting day.
How many times have you spelled love with tiny candy hearts? Do you know how the sweet morsels of love got started – when, where and by whom? What were they like in the beginning? You know there must be a story from the past to the present. Well, on Valentine's morning awaken those you love to a little trivia. Share newly found knowledge with your family and friends about the all-ages emblem of Valentine's candy to make the day a little more
interesting.
Oliver R. Chase of Boston invents and patents the first American candy machine, a lozenge cutter. This marks the founding of the nation's candy industry, the beginning of commercial manufacture. With his brother, Silas Edwin, he founds Chase and Company, the pioneer member of the NECCO family.1866
Conversation hearts were invented by Daniel Chase, brother of NECCO's founder. These first hearts had printed paper notes tucked inside. The lengthy, old-fashioned sayings included such wistful thoughts as "Please send a lock of your hair by return mail."Present Day
Conversation Candy
(Those quirky little hearts!)
February brings expressions of love
Stamped on tiny candy hearts
February brings expressions of love
Stamped on tiny candy hearts
Which ones to eat, which ones to share?
Valentine, Be Mine, the ones of first choice
Add up to more than just a few
Intended for those very special friends
Some of whom even receive two
Next in line, a choice of mine
White with pink letters, Cutie Pie
Sweet and cute as a button
The ones nobody would deny
Kiss Me, the blue one, quickly disappears
My lips alone enjoy this treat
As a sly grin instantly appears
Then there lay the perfect pair
Best Friends they both represent
Expressly set aside for buddies
With whom the best times I spent
What's left? Sweetheart, True Love,
Love You Forever, all meant for just one
Gathered, bagged, tied with a string
Stored in a box 'til time to be undone
Then there lay the perfect pair
Best Friends they both represent
Expressly set aside for buddies
With whom the best times I spent
What's left? Sweetheart, True Love,
Love You Forever, all meant for just one
Gathered, bagged, tied with a string
Stored in a box 'til time to be undone
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