We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1908, when candy maker William Kolb of Newark, New Jersey, dipped plain apples into a syrup made of melted-down hard candy, he probably ...

they start out hard, almost like a gobstopper, before melting into a candy that’s chewy like taffy. Flavors include strawberry, watermelon, caramel, apple, and even blue raspberry, an invention ...