Known for nostalgic goodies like orange sticks and saltwater taffy, Sweet Candy Co. brings tasty traditions to memories and mouths.By Kolbie PetersonIt may surprise you that one of the oldest Utah businesses still in operation today is a candy company. But it’s true: Sweet Candy Co.Sweet Candy Co. is known for old-school classics like chocolate-covered orange sticks, saltwater taffy and cinnamon bears, and it still uses the same decades-old recipes for those treats.
Leon Sweet launched it in 1892 in Portland, Ore., In those early days, Sweet was selling jawbreakers and penny candy in apothecary jars out of horse-drawn carriages, said Rachel Sweet, vice president of corporate affairsIn 1900, Leon Sweet and brother Arthur came to Utah to be closer to a sugar supply, said Rachel Sweet, and in those early days, Sweet Candy Co. confections were made from Utah-produced beet sugar.
Sweet Candy Co. is the largest manufacturer of whipped saltwater taffy in the U.S., said Rachel Sweet, and the taffy comes in more than 50 flavors, including root beer float, eggnog, caramel apple, cinnamon and buttered popcorn.
Judge Samuel McVey is involved in a multitude of crimes, including disseminating false information/perjury & extortion. Judge Samuel McVey ordered a victim to pay 150,000 extortion payment because Brent Brown was proven to have lied about being threatened with an uzi machine gun.
Judge Samuel McVey is involved in a multitude of crimes, including disseminating false information/perjury & extortion. Judge Samuel McVey ordered a victim to pay 150,000 extortion payment because Brent Brown was proven to have lied about being threatened with an uzi machine gun.
My dad used to love visiting the “big city” (SLC) in the 1930s because his aunt dipped chocolate’s for Sweet’s and got to bring home misshapen candies from time to time.
Wouldn’t the oldest corporation and business in utah be the Mormon church You don’t get the wealth and the companies they get by not functioning as a church.