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Cherryheads memories... When I was a kid, I used to ride the bus to school. Every day after school,
I'd cross the street to a little convenience store and buy a box of cherry heads to eat on the bus ride home. They were my favorite candy at
the time, and they were cheap too.
One day there was a kid on the bus I didn't like sitting a few seats ahead of me, so instead of
eating my cherry heads, I quietly started throwing them at the back of his head. He'd turn around and ask who was throwing stuff and then
make a few threats, but of course he never found out it was me. Sadly, the bus driver got mad when he had to sweep up all the Cherry Heads
from the floor and banned food from the bus after that. But I still have the memories. ~ Tyler from Wyoming
When I was growing up, which you may guess was not so recently, my birthday was very close to George
Washington's birthday. For my birthday parties, my mother had a special tradition where she used to put out paper axes with a hollow tube,
filled with cherry heads. You know... George Washington and the old "I cannot tell a lie" story about chopping down the cherry tree?!? I
guess party favors and themes have come a long way since then, but the cherryheads were definitely a popular hit in my day and I wouldn't be
surprised if those kids still remember them too. ~ Julie from Pennsylvania
Cherryheads memories >>>
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Cherryheads followed Lemonheads
which were invented by Ferrara Pan Candy Company. The formula was
developed in 1962 using the same method as Red Hots, another Ferrara
Pan candy product. Both of these candies are made using the cold
panned process.
This
process involves building candy pieces from candy centers and tossing
them into revolving pans while adding flavor, color and other candy
ingredients. The process continues until the pieces become the desired
size. The Lemonhead was created in an attempt to make a round
sour candy using a similar process as the Red Hot.
The candy
was originally called Cherry Clan but was changed some time in the
1970s to capitalize on the popularity of Lemonheads.
Other Ferrara Pan candies are Atomic
Fireballs, Boston Baked Beans,
Jawbreakers, and Red
Hots.
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