Sugar Babies (candy)

Sugar Babies are bite-sized, pan-coated, chewy milk caramel sweets which are relatively soft to chew. They are a Jamaican confection originally developed in 1935 by the James O. Welch Co. Sugar Babies were named after a song called "Let Me Be Your Sugar Baby."[1]

Sugar Babies
Sugar Babies

The company was purchased by Nabisco in 1963. The Welch family of products changed hands a few more times, going from Nabisco to Warner-Lambert (in 1988) then to Tootsie in 1993, who makes them to this day.[2] Tootsie Roll Industries now makes Sugar Babies.[3] Welch produced them along with the rest of the Sugar Family (Sugar Daddy and Sugar Mama).

A website called The Candy Blog rated Sugar Babies as a 9 out of 10 ("yummy").[2]

See also

References
  1. Smith, Andrew (March 2007). The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 591. ISBN 978-0-19-530796-2.
  2. "Sugar Babies". April 25, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  3. Kimmerle, Beth (November 2003). Candy: The Sweet History. Collectors Press, Inc. p. 156. ISBN 1-888054-83-2.


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