June is National Candy Month. This sweet tooth filler dates back to cavemen who ate honey combs and honey. It can be traced as far back as 1500 BC to the ancient Egyptians who used honey and made candy by adding figs, nuts, dates and spices. From 1492 to 1930 when more than 60 million Europeans migrated to the American continent, they brought with them their recipes for confections. The earliest form of sweets was rather simple, often combining boiled sugar, molasses, and honey with added dried fruits. As our 13 original colonies grew and sugar became more accessible, small-scale confectioners began appearing. The first commercially sold candy, “the Gibralter,” was a hard candy sold on the steps of Salem, Massachusetts’s first church. The candy quickly became popular, paving the way for the addition of more commercially made candies. From the 1700s to the early 1900s with a significant drop in sugar prices, candy making moved from home kitchens to large factories. During the 19th and e...