Atomic Fireballs

Atomic Fireballs... they don't call them "fireballs" for nothing! They are individually wrapped and about 7/8" in diameter.

Atomic Fireballs also come in a 1/2 gallon glass jar with chrome lid. The glass jar is 4½" wide by 6½" tall by 6½" deep with a 3" opening and holds roughly 1.5 lb of candy.

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Nello Ferrara, the son of Salvatore Ferrara, created the famous Atomic FireBall in 1954.  At this time in his life he had the idea to develop a spicy candy.  When the product was presented to the candy industry, the capacity at Ferrara Pan was limited to 200 cases per day.  Within three weeks of sending samples to Ferrara Pan brokers, orders were rolling in at a rate of over 50,000 cases per day, far beyond the capacity Ferrara Pan could handle at that time.

The Atomic Fireball was developed using the hot panned candy process.  This process involves building candy pieces from single grains of sugar and tossing them into revolving pans while adding flavor, color and other candy ingredients. This process continues until the pieces become the desired size.

The Atomic Fireball gained world-wide recognition shortly after the product was introduced.  The round, spicy, hard candy that was once a dream, had become a success. An estimated 15 million fireballs are consumed per week by people all over the world and the number continues to grow.

Atomic Fireballs memories... When my brother, sister and I were growing up, there was an ice cream fountain where we would buy candy for 5-10 cents with our allowance. One of our favorites was atomic fireballs, we'd have contests to see who could suck on their atomic fireball the longest without taking it out of our mouths, which progressed into not opening our mouths, which then progressed into not making any faces. I can remember sitting on the stairs with my brother watching each other closely for signs of making a face. ~ Jocelyn from California

I have a lot of good memories revolving around Atomic Fireballs. Most of them involving competing with my friends about who could hold them in their mouths the longest before giving into the burn. To make it more challenging, we would sometimes make it so you had to hold the fireball against the inside of your cheek. Held against your skin like that made it burn even worse.

It makes me laugh (and shake my head) at the silly things we did to torture ourselves and each other. When I met my now husband, he amazed me, because he could eat them like nothing. Just bite into them and crunch until they were gone! ~ Heather from Florida

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