Sugar Daddy is a candy bar on a stick manufactured by
Tootsie Roll Industries
Tootsie Roll Industries is an American manufacturer of confectionery based in Chicago, Illinois. Its best-known products include the namesake Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops. Tootsie Roll Industries currently markets its brands internationally ...
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
Mondelēz International
Mondelez International, Inc. ( ), often styled Mondelēz, is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding and beverage and snack food company based in Chicago. Mondelez has an annual revenue of about $26 billion and operates in ...
) in 1963. The Welch brands were sold to
Warner-Lambert in 1988;
Tootsie Roll Industries
Tootsie Roll Industries is an American manufacturer of confectionery based in Chicago, Illinois. Its best-known products include the namesake Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops. Tootsie Roll Industries currently markets its brands internationally ...
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
Valentine's Day
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and
Christmas
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, there are also giant sizes: half-pound with 964 kcal, and one-pound with 1928 kcal.
See also
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List of confectionery brands
This is a list of brand name confectionery products. Sugar confectionery includes candies (''sweets'' in British English), candied nuts, chocolates, chewing gum, bubble gum, pastillage, and other confections that are made primarily of sugar. In so ...
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Sugar Babies
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Sugar Mama
A sugar mama is a woman who offers support (typically financial and material) to a younger companion in exchange for romantic or sexual pleasure.
Sugar Mama may refer to:
Music
* Sugar Mama (confectionery), a candy
* "Sugar Mama" (song), a T ...
References
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Tootsie Roll Industries brands
Products introduced in 1925
Sugar Family candy