Squirrel nut caramel

For the musical group, see Squirrel Nut Zippers.
Squirrel Nut Zipper candies

Squirrel Nut Caramels (chocolate) and Squirrel Nut Zippers (vanilla) are chewy caramel candy mixed with peanuts.

Squirrel Nut Caramels

Chocolate Squirrel caramels were the original flavor of Squirrel Nut brand caramels. The ingredients are: Corn Syrup, Sugar, Peanuts, Condensed Milk, Chocolate, Partially hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed oil, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Salt, and Soy lecithin.

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Squirrel Nut Zippers, the vanilla nut caramel variety, were developed in the mid-1920s to complement the chocolate variety.[1]

Squirrel Nut Zippers contained peanuts and were sometimes passed out at performances by a band that shared the same name of Squirrel Nut Zippers. Squirrel Nut Zippers are small and tend to be soft and chewy. They can harden quickly when outside of its packaging. It has been said warming them slightly will often return its chewy texture.[2]

Manufacturer

Squirrel Nut Caramels were originally made by the Austin T. Merrill Company of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1890.[3] It was reincorporated as the Squirrel Brand Company (1899-1999), which moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1903. In 1915 it moved its factory again to 12 Boardman Street in the Area 4 neighborhood of Cambridge, where it stayed until 1999.[4] That year, the company was sold and moved to McKinney, Texas, where a nut-processing operation continues.[5]

However, in 2004 the Necco company brought the Squirrel Nut candy brand back to Massachusetts.[6]

In 2003, the former factory building in Cambridge was converted to affordable public housing apartments.[4] A public park and community gardening space, named Squirrel Brand Park, is now located next to the former factory.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "WHERE DID THE BAND GET ITS NAME & WHAT IS A SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPER ANYWAY?". The Squirrel Brand Company. Squirrel Brand Company. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  2. ↑ http://www.snackmemory.com/squirrel-nut-zippers/
  3. ↑ http://www.cambridgehistory.org/discover/candy/squirrel.html
  4. 1 2 "Squirrel Brand Housing". Guzmãn Prüfer Architecture. Guzmãn Prüfer, Inc. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  5. ↑ "History". Squirrel Brand. Southern Style Nuts. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  6. ↑ Moravek, Natalie. "Squirrel Brand Nuts". The History of Candy-Making in Cambridge. Cambridge Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  7. ↑ Benjamin, Elizabeth (Oct 31, 2001). "Sweet Nothings". National Trust for Historic Preservation. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2014-05-05.

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