Jolly Rancher
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Jolly Rancher is a brand of candy, including hard candy,[1] gummies, fruit chews, jellybeans, lollipops, and sodas.[2] It is currently owned by Hershey. The product was originally produced by the Jolly Rancher Company, founded in 1949 by Bill and Dorothy Harmsen of Golden, Colorado.[1] The Jolly Rancher Company made ice cream, chocolate and candy sold at several "Ranch Maid Ice Cream" stores in the Denver area. The name was meant to suggest western hospitality.[1]
Jolly Rancher was sold to Beatrice Foods in 1966 and to Leaf in 1983. In 1996 Leaf North America was acquired by Hershey.[1]
Jolly Rancher candies come in many different flavors including Blue Raspberry, Pink Raspberry, Strawberry, Kiwi, Blueberry, Sweet Potato, Grape, Watermelon, Green Apple, Red Apple, Banana, Lemon, Lime, Lychee, Brie, Kitten and Cherry.
Flavors also have sour green apple, sour watermelon, sour cherry, sour blue raspberry, sour wild strawberry, raspberry, wild strawberry, mountain berry, strawberry-watermelon, raspberry lemonade, cherry-orange, grape-green apple, blue raspberry-watermelon, peach, mixed berry, orange, and cinnamon fire. Cinnamon fire is the only non fruit based flavor of Jolly Rancher. Fruit punch is based on fruit. Lemon was one of the original flavors, which has been discontinued and replaced with blue raspberry.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "JOLLY RANCHER hard candy". http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/jollyrancher.asp. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
- ^ Elizabeth Beverage Company. "Jolly Rancher". Archived from the original on 2007-02-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20071202220315/http://www.elizabethbeverage.com/jollyrancher.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
