Orange jelly candy are finger-sized sticks of soft jelly candy that are sold in food specialty stores in
Hong Kong
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A great deal of candy available in Hong Kong is imported from
Europe
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,
mainland China
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,
United States
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and other regions around the world. Orange jelly candy is one of the few that have historically been manufactured locally in Hong Kong.
History
The 1980s version of the candy came with a thin, transparent, edible wrapper. The candy is made at Smith's confectionery factory (史蜜夫糖果廠) at
Kwun Tong
Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon P ...
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[Orange Jelly candy wrapper label 2007.] The jelly sticks are very soft and sweet, and they do not have a strong orange flavor despite the name.
Related products
In the early 1990s, the company produced a hard candy named Orange Arm-Cicle (a play on the words
icicle
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Icicles can form during bright, sunny, but subfreezing weather, when ice or snow melted by sunlight or some other heat source (such as a poor ...
and
arm
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because of its pointed shape and use of locomotion, much like a spinning or rotating
lollipop
A lollipop is a type of sugar candy usually consisting of hard candy mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. Different informal terms are used in different places, including lolly, sucker and sticky-pop. Lollipops are avail ...
). The actual candy, like the jelly candy, does not taste like orange; it does, however, come in a variety of flavors, often changing color during certain
Public holidays in Hong Kong
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.
See also
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Jelly bean
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List of candies
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White Rabbit Creamy Candy
White Rabbit Creamy Candy () is a brand of milk candy manufactured by Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food, Ltd. (), in China. It is an iconic cultural brand and has been in production since 1943. White Rabbit candy is part of the childhood memories of ...
References
Chinese confectionery
Gummi candies
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