The Food That Built America - S5E6 - Penny Candy Craze

  • Cooking, History, Documentary
  • TV-PG
  • 42 min
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • HD
In the early 1900s, an underestimated confectioner creates the first wrapped penny candy, the Tootsie Roll; an unemployed salesman transforms medicinal hard candy into a fruit flavored, multipack designed purely for fun with Tropical Charms.
Director:

Richard Lopez

Cast:

Campbell Scott

Adam Richman

Libby O'Connell

Yohuru Williams