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Necco Wafers are the oldest continuously manufactured candy in the United States. The original inventions, patented by Oliver R. Chase of Boston, Massachusetts, were a lozenge cutter (1847), and a pulverizer for sugar (1850). With his brother, Silas Edwin Chase, he founded Chase and Company. When Daniel Chase invented the "Lozenge Printing Machine" in 1866, their "Conversation Candies" (the "Motto Hearts" printed "I LOVE YOU" and "BE MINE") were instantly popular. Other candies produced by NECCO include the Sky Bar and the Clark bar. In 1901 New England Confectionery Company (NECCO) was formed by a union of Chase and Co. with two other confectionery firms.

Necco rolls contain 8 flavors and colors: lemon (yellow), orange (orange), lime (green), clove (purple), cinnamon (white), wintergreen (pink), licorice (black), and chocolate (brown).

Wintergreen NECCO wafers, like wintergreen LifeSavers, will create visible sparks when snapped in half or crushed in dim light.

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