The history of candy dates back to the first man. The cave man created the idea of candy by eating honeycombs and honey. In 1200 B.C the first cocoa to be grown was grown by the Oleic Indians. Then the Maya natives used cocoa for money. In Maya tombs from 250 B.C, they found artifacts of a chocolate drink.

　　The Spanish Explorers were the first Europeans to taste cocoa in the 1500's. In 1502 the first chocolate drink tasted by modern man was columned. In 1544 the first trace of cocoa in Europe was found. In 1556 the English were the first to sell cocoa. In the 17th century the first hot cocoa maker was made.

　　The first Dutch cocoa was made in 1828. In 1844T.S.Fry and his sons were the first to make 　　hard eating cocoa. In 1864 the first candy store was established. In 1876 Swiss chocolate was made. The first milk chocolate was made in 1879. In the 20th century the Heresy Kiss was made. In 1913 the chocolate bonbon was made In 1926 Vitamins were added to candy. Candy sales increased in 1997. In 2002 Hershey in dustiest became the number one candy maker.

　　History of candy bars.

　　Chocolate, as a drink, was a favorite of Montezuma, Emperor of the Aztecs. Hernando Cortez, the Spanish conquistador, brought the drink back to Spain in 1529. It remained a favorite of the Spanish in 1529. It remained a favorite of the Spanish royalty for many years before becoming consumed widely throughout Europe. Three centuries later in England Chocolate was first used as a non-liquid confection.

　　The early eating bars of chocolate were made of bittersweet chocolate. Milk chocolate was introduced in 1875 when Henry Nestle, a maker of evaporated milk and invented milk chocolate, which today is preferred by 80% of the world's population.

　　At the 1893 Columbian Exposition, a world's Fair held in Chicago, chocolate-making machinery made in Dresden, Germany, was displayed. It caught the eye of Milton S. Hershey, who had made his fortune in caramels and saw the potential for chocolate. He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster and produced his first chocolate bars in 1894.

　　The original candy bar industry is start on the eastern seaboard in such cities as Philadelphia. Boston, and New York, The industry soon spread to the Midwest; because shipping and raw materials such as sugar, corn syrup, and milk were easily available Chicago became the seat of the candy bat industry and even today remains an important base.