The Pharmacist Who Launched America’s Modern Candy Industry
Feb 8, 2019 · Oliver Chase invented a lozenge-cutting machine that led to Necco wafers, Sweethearts and the mechanization of candy making. Emily Matchar. Innovation Correspondent. February 8, 2019. The Necco...
Sweethearts (candy) - Wikipedia
Oliver R. Chase invented a machine in 1847 to cut lozenges from wafer candy, similar to Necco Wafers, and started a candy factory. [ 4 ] Daniel Chase, Oliver's brother, began printing sayings on the candy in 1866.
The History of Sweetheart Candies | Smithsonian
Feb 8, 2011 · One of America’s oldest candy companies, Necco was founded in 1847 in Boston by Englishman Oliver Chase, who got the business off to a good start by inventing devices that cut candy lozenges...
The Sweet Story of the Conversation Heart - McGill University
Feb 3, 2023 · The production of conversation hearts actually originates in a pharmacy! Back in 1847, Oliver R. Chase created a medication-cutting machine to increase production speed at his Apothecary. Medicinal and binding ingredients were pressed together and sliced into round discs, forming lozenges.
Conversation Hearts, A Sweet Story - New England Historical …
Feb 14, 2014 · In 1847, Boston pharmacist Oliver Chase invented the first candy machine to cut lozenges from sugar paste. The lozenges, similar to Necco Wafers , were originally called “Hub Wafers,” because they were made in Boston.
A Brief History of the Conversation Heart - Mental Floss
Feb 2, 2024 · The story of conversation hearts, also known as Sweethearts, began in 1847, when a Boston pharmacist named Oliver Chase longed for a way to get in on the apothecary lozenge craze. Lozenges were...
Oliver R. Chase - Candy Hall of Fame
Oliver retired in 1888 and died in 1902; however, his candy products live on in today’s Necco Wafers, Canada Mints and Sweethearts Conversation Hearts.
Sweetheart Candy ~ How they came to be. - Sharon Lathan, …
Feb 8, 2022 · Oliver Chase had retired in 1888, but prior to his death in 1902 he saw the creation of the heart-shaped Sweethearts, another idea of brother Daniel Chase. Thicker and much smaller, the love messages on Sweethearts were shortened to the familiar “BE MINE” and “KISS ME” phrases still seen today.
Sweethearts candy: History of the classic conversation hearts
Feb 9, 2024 · Oliver Chase, an English-born pharmacist who immigrated to Boston in the mid-1800s, made apothecary lozenges consisting of a sugar-and-gum dough mixed with medicinal ingredients, according to the Smithsonian Magazine. He …
Candy hearts celebrating 150 years of sweetness - The …
Feb 9, 2016 · It was Daniel Chase, brother of NECCO founder Oliver Chase, who in 1866 invented a machine that would press food-dye letters onto the candy lozenges his brother created (which we know as NECCO...