Which peppermint patty came first

It was mainly sold in the northeastern United States at the time, but after it was acquired by Peter Paul in , they launched the candy nationally in Peter Paul merged with Cadbury in , and they were acquired by Hershey in Hershey still makes the candy today. When the York Peppermint Pattie debuted, it was firm and crisp, unlike already existing similar candies, which were softer and gooier.

Although the York Peppermint Pattie is the most popular, many other chocolate covered peppermint candies existed before it and have been made during its existence, such as Pearson's, and Curtiss—the maker of the Baby Ruth bar. Similar candies that were made before the York Peppermint Pattie were called "cream wafers" and "cream patties," and they were sometimes filled with other flavors besides peppermint, such as wintergreen, lemon, orange, maple, chocolate, and pistachio.

Peppermint Patty was also a character from Charles Schultz's Peanuts , and debuted in York Peppermint Patties are an enrobed peppermint candy. The Enrobment process coats a food item with a coating medium, typically chocolate. This allows the mint inside to be contained within the chocolate outer coating. The one 2 punch from the chocolate and peppermint provide a refreshing sensation to those who eat the candy. The wrapper of York Peppermint Pattie is a metallic silver colored, keeping in style with the refreshing aspect of the product.

It has been alleged that the current version of York Peppermint Pattie is softer then past versions. At first the candy was sold in a small number of states, such as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Florida. York Peppermint Pattie went national around after the York Cone Company was acquired by Peter Paul, and since then has become more popular all over America.

It has been stated that Yorkie chocolate bars allegedly infringe on York peppermint patties. In , production of the York Peppermint Pattie moved from Reading, Pennsylvania, after 23 years to a new factory in Monterey, Mexico. The same plant that production of York Patties moved to also makes 5th Avenue and Zagnut candy bars and Jolly Rancher hard candies. It also states that those rights under these agreements are extendible on a long-term basis at their option. This was 20 years after the company that first made it, the York Cone Company, began business.

The Hershey Company is an American company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world. Henry Kessler started the York Cone Company in the year and the company specialized in making ice creams cones. The slogan comes from the brand highlighting the chill that the peppermint gives when the candy is eaten. York Peppermint Pattie is soft to bite into, somewhat surprising as at first glace in touch it seems to be fairly firm and solid.

Eating York Peppermint Pattie is an easy experience, and the chocolate is surprisingly smooth and sweet for dark chocolate candy. In fact, each pattie would be tested and if they did not split evenly in the center when broken in half, the batch was not sent out to be sold to consumers.

I always felt that the peppermint was too strong and it always hurt my mouth. I would have much rather have been eating a Milky Way! Every Halloween, after Trick or Treating, I would go through my huge bag of candy, taking out the Peppermint Patties and giving them all to my mother. As I have gotten older, Peppermint Patties have grown on me. Although they are not my first choice of candy, I think they taste pretty darn good. If someone were to hand one to me, I would gladly pop it right into my mouth!

Also, funny story— as soon as I saw your title for this week, my mind immediately envisioned the York Peppermint Pattie TV commercials.

It seems like lots of chocolate companies come from Pennsylvania, which is very cool!