By the 1960s Kerr’s Candy had phased out the sale of chocolates, focusing on what they do best: those candies with the crinkling wrapper. But they've been selling their toffees, mints and lollypops for more than a century in this country. Kerr’s remains a Canadian institution - they went international in 1907 but pulled out of the US market by 1957. By 1904 things were getting really shiny: Kerr’s started marketing their first foil-wrapped candies and moved their operations to Toronto, where their head office remains today. There, the Kerrs expanded the business and opened six (yea, that’s right, six) confectionery factories where they were pumping out candies and chocolates galore. Three years later the Kerr brothers sold the bakery and moved the business 100km east to Brantford, Ontario just outside Hamilton. Thomas, Ontario in 1895 to great success. After immigrating to Canada from Scotland, Edward and Albert Kerr opened a candy store and bakery in St. The 125-year history of Kerr’s Candy started with two brothers and their love of all things sweet. The Start of Something Sweet The Kerr Brothers - Image courtesy of Kerr's Candy archives Here is the short, yet sweet, history of Kerr’s Candy, an iconic Canadian food. While Kerr’s is probably most famous for its orange-and-black wrapped molasses kisses doled out at Halloween, they are also one of the first companies in Canada to sell lollypops! And, after more than 125 years in business, they’re still pumping out new products like cough and cold lozenges. John’s and is one of the most iconic candy companies in the country. The iconic red cursive logo of Kerr’s, which has donned their wrappers since 1930, can be found in every candy dish from Victoria to St.
In Canada, more often than not, that crinkly wrapper contains a Kerr’s candy. Twisting and turning, the sound of a crinkling candy wrapper can be heard in Grandma’s living room, illicitly-but-not-so-silently at the dance recital, or by the reluctant child after the rest of the Halloween candy is gone. Today we go back to our childhood with the history of Kerr's Candy! You'll not only find chocolate bars, of the likes of Snickers or Milky Way in the States, but Aussies also enjoy chowing down on some less-familiar classics, including gummies, sherbets and plenty of caramel treats.Is there a true Canadian cuisine? Can we define it? And how can we define Canadian cuisine if we don’t know its past? In Iconic Canadian Food, Gabby Peyton shares the back stories of a smorgasbord of iconic Canadian food items. Its remote location in the South Pacific means the nation has developed a unique culture all its own, with rich traditions, an enviable accent and yes, great food, including snacks and sweets. Yet in not much more than a century, Australia has managed to become one of the strongest economies on Earth. It wasn't until 1901 that Australia even became a nation, gaining independence from Great Britain and uniting as federation all its own.
Meanwhile, Australia was not much more than a handful of separate British colonies that grew out of what was initially a penal colony. In jolly old England, Dairy Milk-maker Cadbury was selling drinking chocolate to eager fans of sweet treats as early as 1824 famous for its creamy truffles, Swiss candy-maker Lindt started selling chocolate confections in 1845 across the Atlantic in the United States, Milton Hershey founded the Lancaster Caramel Company in Pennsylvania way back in the 1880s.
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