I love dark chocolate. I have a M&M dispenser filled with dark chocolate peanut M&M's sitting on my desk. I do love caramels as well. The article shows a pic of 'Mary Jane' candies which used to be one of my favorites as a kid and I haven't had one since.
Candy tours of America: 5 delectable destinations for sweet family memoriesThe Candy Man, in an earlier era in American pop culture, was portrayed as a kindly magician who charmed children with the secret ingredient to turn sunshine into dreamy sweet confections.
"He mixes it with love / And makes the world taste good," late multimedia performer Sammy Davis Jr. sang in his signature tune.
Candy as a symbol of love is more than just a bubble-gum pop music lyric, according to renowned candy scholar and historian Susan Benjamin of West Virginia.
"People love candy because it's food people eat when they’re having fun and going to parties or going to movies, and those kinds of things," she told Fox News Digital.
Benjamin is the author of 10 books, including "Sweet as Sin: The Unwrapped Story of How Candy Became America’s Favorite Pleasure."..............
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/candy-tours-america-5-destinations-sweet-family-memories