
Kids went wild when, in 1962, the Phoenix Candy
Company came out with the Now and Later bar. Each Now and Later
bar consisted of several individually wrapped taffy squares, and the
bars were available in close to fourteen flavors.
The
name was selected to suggest to customers that they eat some of the
taffy squares in the bar right away and save the rest for another
occasion. The Phoenix Company goes back to 1919,
when a little candy company in Brooklyn, New York, was turning out
penny saltwater taffy. In 1953, the company became the Phoenix Candy
Company, which struck gold with its popular product. The
candy brand has been owned and made by several companies between that
time and today, including Beatrice Foods, Hershey and currently Farley
& Sather's Candy of Minneapolis. There are
fifteen flavors available today and we carry the eight most popular
old time favorites which are all fruit flavors. We are often asked
about chocolate and vanilla flavors... unfortunately they are no
longer made. The other flavors are more recent so we do not carry
them. |