Cherry Blossom (candy)
Cherry Blossom is a type of chocolate confection[1] in Canada produced by Hershey Canada Inc. Hershey used to produce it at its Canadian manufacturing facility in Smiths Falls, Ontario.
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The candy had been manufactured since the 1890s by the Walter M. Lowney Company of Canada which was taken over by Hershey as a subsidiary brand.[2] The facility in Smiths Falls, north-east of Kingston, Ontario is now closed.
It consists of a maraschino cherry and cherry syrup surrounded by a mixture of chocolate, shredded coconut and roasted peanut pieces. The candy is sold in an individually wrapped 45-gram portion, packaged in a close-fitting cardboard box.
Contrary to common myth, filling is not injected inside the chocolate. The cherry candy is coated with an enzyme, invertase, that breaks down the solid into a liquid over the next 1 to 2 weeks.[3]
The Cherry Blossom candy provides 210 calories of food energy. It contains 10g fat (15%Daily), 29g carbohydrate (10%Daily), 1g fibre (4%Daily), 27g Sugars and a further 2 grams of protein.
References
- Broekel, R. (1985). The Chocolate Chronicles. Wallace-Homestead Book Co. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-87069-431-8. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- Carr, David (2003). Candymaking in Canada. Dundum. p. 107.
- LaBau, Elizabeth. What is Invertase? About.com. Retrieved April 11, 2015.