Sugar Babies
Sugar Babies
Sugar Babies

Sugar Babies are bite-sized, pan-coated, chewy milk caramel sweets which are relatively soft to chew. They are a confection originally developed in 1935 for the James O. Welch Co. by Charles Vaughan (1901-1995), a veteran food chemist and one of the pioneers of pan chocolate, who invented both Junior Mints and Sugar Babies for the James O. Welch Company.[1] Sugar Babies were named after a song called "Let Me Be Your Sugar Baby".[2]

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 Roll in 1993. Presently, packages of Sugar Babies name Charms LLC of Covington, TN, a subsidiary of Tootsie Roll, as manufacturer.[3][4] Welch produced them along with the rest of the Sugar Family (Sugar Daddy and Sugar Mama).

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References

  1. ↑ Gray, Paula (1984-10-18). "Candy creator spends retirement years sweetening his community". The Register. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  2. ↑ Smith, Andrew (March 2007). The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. p. 591. ISBN 978-0-19-530796-2.
  3. ↑ "Sugar Babies". April 25, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kimmerle, Beth (November 2003). Candy: The Sweet History. Collectors Press, Inc. p. 156. ISBN 1-888054-83-2.
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