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Displaying all articles tagged:
Necco
sweets
Feb. 11, 2020
Sweethearts Are the Only Perfect Valentine’s Day Candy
Gloriously generic, neatly uniform, and absolutely impersonal.
By
Bindu Bansinath
valentine’s day
Feb. 14, 2019
I Bought Black-Market Sweethearts — I Literally Could Not Give Them Away
For the first Valentine’s Day in over a century, Necco’s candy hearts aren’t available. It turns out nobody really cares.
By
Chris Crowley
candy hearts
June 4, 2018
America’s Worst Candy Has Been Saved From Extinction
Necco — and its strange, unappealing little candy wafers — will live on, thanks to a new owner.
By
Hugh Merwin
shortages
Apr. 11, 2018
People Have Begun Panic-Buying Necco Wafers
Diehards are coming out of the woodwork to stockpile them, now that they’re in danger.
By
Clint Rainey
sweet sorrow
Mar. 15, 2018
Is This the End of Candy Hearts?
Necco, one of America’s oldest confectioners, will close operations unless it finds a buyer.
By
Clint Rainey
Mediavore
Feb. 9, 2010
Necco Wafers’ New Flavor; More States Privatizing Liquor
Plus: Moby’s new book on veganism, and the cancer risk of soda, all in our morning news roundup.
By
Leila Cohan-Miccio
Sweet News
Oct. 27, 2009
Necco Wafers Swap Delicious Chemicals for Beet Juice
The candies will no longer contain any artificial flavorings or colors.
By
Leila Cohan-Miccio