Sugar Daddy is a candy bar on a stick manufactured by

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that is essentially a moderately hard brick of caramel. A bite-sized caramel-flavored jelly bean candy based on the Sugar Daddy is marketed under the name Sugar Babies.

History

The Sugar Daddy was created in 1925 by The James O. Welch Company and was originally called a "papa sucker." In 1932, the company changed the candy's name to Sugar Daddy. According to Tootsie Roll Inc, the name change suggested "a wealth of sweetness." The James O. Welch Company was purchased by Nabisco (now

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) in 1963. The Welch brands were sold to Warner-Lambert in 1988;

acquired them in 1993.

Nutrition

Today, Sugar Daddy candies are produced in two standard sizes, the Junior Pop, with 53 kcal, and the Large Pop, with 200 kcal. For

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and

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, there are also giant sizes: half-pound with 964 kcal, and one-pound with 1928 kcal.

References

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History

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