Sugar Daddy (candy)
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Sugar Daddy is a candy bar on a stick manufactured by Tootsie Roll Industries
. A bite-sized candy based on the Sugar Daddy is marketed under the name Sugar Babies
.
Sugar Daddy was invented in 1925 by a chocolate salesman named Robert Welch at the James O. Welch Company. Sugar Daddy was originally called the Papa Sucker. The name was changed to Sugar Daddy in 1932. Sugar Babies
were introduced three years later, in 1935.
The James O. Welch Company was purchased by the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco
, now Kraft Foods
) in 1963. The Welch brands were sold to Warner-Lambert in 1988; Tootsie Roll Industries
acquired them in 1993. The Tootsie Roll Industries
now makes Sugar Daddy candies.
Today, Sugar Daddy candies are produced in two sizes, the Junior Pop, with 53 calories, and the Large Pop, with 200 calories.
Tootsie Roll Industries
Tootsie Roll Industries is a manufacturer of confectionery in the United States. Its best-known products have been Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops....
. A bite-sized candy based on the Sugar Daddy is marketed under the name Sugar Babies
Sugar Babies (candy)
Sugar Babies are an American 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."...
.
Sugar Daddy was invented in 1925 by a chocolate salesman named Robert Welch at the James O. Welch Company. Sugar Daddy was originally called the Papa Sucker. The name was changed to Sugar Daddy in 1932. Sugar Babies
Sugar Babies (candy)
Sugar Babies are an American 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."...
were introduced three years later, in 1935.
The James O. Welch Company was purchased by the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco
Nabisco
Nabisco is an American brand of cookies and snacks. Headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey, the company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Kraft Foods. Nabisco's plant in Chicago, a production facility at 7300 S...
, now Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods Inc. is an American confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate. It markets many brands in more than 170 countries. 12 of its brands annually earn more than $1 billion worldwide: Cadbury, Jacobs, Kraft, LU, Maxwell House, Milka, Nabisco, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Trident, Tang...
) in 1963. The Welch brands were sold to Warner-Lambert in 1988; Tootsie Roll Industries
Tootsie Roll Industries
Tootsie Roll Industries is a manufacturer of confectionery in the United States. Its best-known products have been Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops....
acquired them in 1993. The Tootsie Roll Industries
Tootsie Roll Industries
Tootsie Roll Industries is a manufacturer of confectionery in the United States. Its best-known products have been Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops....
now makes Sugar Daddy candies.
Today, Sugar Daddy candies are produced in two sizes, the Junior Pop, with 53 calories, and the Large Pop, with 200 calories.