The original incarnation of tart n’ tinys ® candies were small cylinders of compressed dextrose. tart n’ tinys ® come in five colors, purple (grape), yellow (lemon), orange (orange), red (cherry), and green (lime). Tart n’ tinys ® are small, fruit-flavored candies, which were distributed by Nestlé USA under the Wonka brand. In 2001, Astro Pops® were featured on the Food Network show, Unwrapped before Spangler chose to discontinue the product line, feeling it was no longer part of their “corporate strategy.” Spangler Candy company produced it in the early 1990’s as a 30 second commercial. This was the only Astro Pop Candy Commercial ever made. Leaf Brands, seeing a huge potential market and being a long time fan of the Pop decided to bring it back! The classic Astro Pop ® original formula made this Lollipop an instant success. In September of 2004, Spangler discontinued Astro Pop ®. The conical rocket shaped lollipop is three flavors and colors stacked to top of each other pineapple, passion fruit, and cherry. With David’s idea and Leaf Brand’s business know-how, the brand took off and is now one of Leaf’s most popular candy products.Īstro Pops ® were developed in the 1960’s by two NASA rocket scientist, hoping to create a candy that would represent the space program. “The product had a huge following for over 40 years.'įarts ® Candy – Flavorful chewy candy nuggets in all kinds of fruity and sours flavors that are so fun they’ll make you laugh!’ These candies were the brain child of David Klein the creative mind behind Jelly Belly Jelly Beans. “As a big fan of Astro Pops ®, I was so unhappy that Spangler stopped producing the pop that I decided to buy the rights and re-introduce the brand,” said Ellia Kassoff, CEO of Astro Pop ®, LLC. Currently they make Farts ® Candy, Astro Pops ®, tart n’ tinys ® , Wacky Wafers ™, Hydrox ™ Cookies™, Bonkers! ™ and David’s “Beyond Gourmet” ® jelly beans products.

LEAF Brands™ have been synonymous with high-quality and exciting new products and the company is now working on bringing more nostalgic products back to the candy market, as well as launching fun new products. Making their official debut at the 2011 Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago May 24 – 26, members of the Leaf family assembled together once again to revive the Leaf name and its famous image. By the 1990s, Leaf had become one of the world’s top ten confectionery companies it was especially strong in non-chocolate products such as pastilles and chewing gum and by 1993, Leaf was the fourth largest candy producer in North America before finally being purchased by Hershey’s Candy. In 1989, the Heath bar was also purchased by Leaf. In 1988, Hollywood Brands, the maker of Payday and Zero, was purchased from Sara Lee by Huhtamäki Oyj and became part of Leaf, Inc. sold Phoenix Candy to Kouri Capital, a Finnish investment firm, and changed that company’s name to Phoenix Confections. In 1986, Leaf purchased some confectionery brands from Beatrice Foods, the producer of Milk Duds.

Huhtamäki Oyj acquired the Donruss trading card division of General Mills at about the same time and merged it into Leaf. In 1983, the Leaf Candy Company in Illinois was purchased by Huhtamäki Oyj of Helsinki, Finland, and merged it with Phoenix Candy (the maker of Now and Later) and another candy company it had acquired, all under the Leaf name. Leaf started various candy companies beginning in the 1920s, and they were merged into Leaf Brands in 1947. Leaf Brands was originally founded by Sol S.

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