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Cherry
Mash can be found in stores primarily in the Midwest, from Iowa to
Texas, and from Colorado to Missouri (and now on-line!).
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Our
present factory in St. Joseph was built in
2005.
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Cherry
Mash is the third oldest candy bar in the country.
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We
can produce 72,000 Cherry
Mash candy bars a day!
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We
use over 15 tons of crushed maraschino cherries a year.
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No.
1
peanuts are used in the coating of Cherry
Mash. They are grown in Texas and
Oklahoma.
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Until
1976 Cherry
Mash was hand-dipped with ice cream
scoops.
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When
Cherry
Mash was first introduced, it weighed 4
ounces - a full quarter of a pound and
sold for a nickel.
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Chase’s
mascot, the "Candy Cop", first appeared in the
late 1920’s.
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Chase
purchased the National Candy Company in 1946.
National was founded by Mr. V.L.
Price, the father of the well known actor Vincent Price.
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Chase
was a pioneer in the use of aluminum foil in candy packaging.
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Chase
also pioneered the easy to read flat-pack cellophane bags.
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In
1948 Chase’s best selling boxed chocolates “Pony
Express” and “Showboat”
sold for $.48 per pound.
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The
Bunte Candy Company was credited with making the first chocolate covered candy bar, the
Tangos,
about 1914.
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A
number of confectioners who later made names for themselves got their start at Bunte. They included George Williamson of "Oh Henry" fame, Emil Brach, as in
"E. J.
Brach", and J. R. Holloway, the father of "Milk Duds".
