Fun Facts and FAQs

For product specific information regarding the Big 8 allergens and cross-contamination associated with these allergens, please contact Farleys & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. Consumer Relations at 1-888-247-9855 or complete our Feedback form to receive information. Due to changes that may occur in the manufacturing and packaging environments, Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. does not provide allergen or gluten free lists.

Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. does not currently provide coupons.  Due to cost restrictions as a mid-sized company, coupons are not feasible for the size and consumer base of our company.  Farley's & Sathers offers the best price and quality to our customers in order to pass price savings on to the consumer.

Farley's & Sathers Candy Company does not randomly send out product samples to consumers. Farley's & Sathers Candy Company stands behind the quality of our products and our services.  Please consult the packaging of any product purchase from our company for our product guarantee.

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• Halloween can track its origins back to Celtic Ireland and the 5th Century BC. It was originally a celebration of the Celtic New Year. The tradition was brought over to the United States by Irish immigrants in the 1840’s who were fleeing the Potato Famine. 
• Trick or Treating began in the 9th Century in Europe as custom called souling. On November 2nd (All Souls Day) Christians would walk from house to house begging for “soul cakes” which were pieces of bread with currants. The beggars would exchange the bread for prayers for the donors’ dead relatives passage to heaven.
• If we lined all of the Brach’s® Candy Corn / Mellowcremes we sell end-to-end it would circle the earth . . . 4 Times!
• According to NCA (National Confectionery Association) Americans spent over $2.1 billion on candy during the 2005 Halloween season. This is the largest season for candy sales and a big portion of that total went to Brach's®, the nation's No. 1 candy-corn maker, and its top-selling products like Big Bag Candy Corn, "Autumn Mix", Indian Corn and "Assorted Mellowcreme" products.
• Did you know it would take approximately 12,960,000 Milk Maid® Caramels to cover a regulation sized football field?
• Americans consume an estimated 20 million pounds of candy corn each year – and Brach’s is the nation’s top seller.
• One serving of Brach’s Candy Corn has only 140 calories. One kernel? About 5 calories, which according to nutritionists, supplies enough food energy for an average-sized adult to walk 150 feet – roughly the distance between the candy aisle and the express line in most grocery stores.
• October 30 has been designated as National Candy Corn Day, and there’s no better way to celebrate than with a Big Bag of Brach’s Candy Corn.
• Halloween is the sweetest holiday of the year, beating out Easter, Valentine's Day, and Christmas in sales of candy, including Brach’s Sweet Honey Candy Corn and Caramel Apple Candy Corn.
• The biggest pumpkin in the world tipped the scales at a whopping 1,385 pounds. This gigantic gourd was weighed in October 2003 at a pumpkin festival in Canby, Oregon. Among the smallest? Brach’s “Mellowcreme” Pumpkins.
• The very first jack o' lantern was made out of a turnip. The tastiest? Brach’s “Mellowcreme” Pumpkins.
• Costumes are the second largest spending category behind candy.  Consumers will spend aproximately $1.15 billion on costumes.

Hearing from our consumers better enables us to continue to provide quality products and services. While we always enjoy hearing from our consumers, we cannot accept or consider any creative ideas or suggestions relating to products, processes, or other possible marketing development plans. Therefore, please do not remit to Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. any creative or original materials, such as ideas for new products, creative suggestions, design concepts, or any other information that may be utilized in the research, development, and/or marketing of products and/or processes.

Our creative departments are continuously launching new products and packaging concepts. Often, these ideas are in the development stage for years prior to actually being launched. Therefore, please do not submit to Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. ideas or creative concepts (via electronic mail, telephone, post, facsimile, or any other method of information transmission). Any suggestions, type communication or material - including any questions or answers, comments, suggestions, or the like - will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. Furthermore, Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. is free to utilize any ideas or concepts contained in any communications for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, research and development, manufacturing, packaging, creative planning, and/or marketing products.

A 5 gram piece contains 4 grams of carbohydrates. A 7 gram piece contains 5 grams of carbohydrates.

Food processors can reduce canes to chunks or a fine powder. In order to achieve a texture and size variety, peppermints can be crushed using the "hammer" method:

1. Enclose canes or peppermint candies in a re-sealable plastic bag.
2. Place the bag on a firm or solid surface with a towel underneath the bag (to prevent scratching, marring or indenting the surface).
3. Place another towel over the bag.
4. “Hammer” the candy with a rolling pin, skillet, or – yes – a small hammer or rubber mallet until pieces reach the desired consistency.

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• Crush them for use as topping on cakes, cookies, and pies.
• Use one as a stick to stir a little peppermint into hot chocolate, tea, or coffee.
• Process canes in the food processor until finely flaked. Add to cold drinks, fold into ice cream, or use to dust a glass or mug rims.