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TIL Ancient Egyptians were the first to make candy in the world. It was made out of honey, nuts, and fruits to worship their gods.

candyhistory.net
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9 mos ago
bypracticalmagictotodayilearned

Summary

Cave man made candy out of honey by drying it and forming a taffy-like concoction. Indians were the first to use the sweet juice of sugarcane about 3000 years ago. The Romans and Chinese made barley sugar candies with honey.

In the 14th century, 'chocolatl', usually served in liquid form, was a favorite treat of the Aztecs. Christopher Columbus brought cocoa beans to Europe. The invention of rock handy, also called sugar cane, happened in the 18th century.

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eldiscipulo
9 mos ago
Somehow I always associate "candy" with the Aztecs. I guess Big Chocolate won here.
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practicalmagicOP
9 mos ago
Nobody likes to focus on older candies like sugar plums and all that
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splitsecond
9 mos ago
It probably helps if you're in the Americas since you would have focused on that history
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eldiscipulo
9 mos ago
That probably explains it. I feel we went real quick to Columbus and the Americas in our history class
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splitsecond
9 mos ago
Pretty crazy to think we spent so much of our history just searching for indulgences!