Windy City Sweets wishes smooth sailing to U.S. Navy boot camp graduates with custom chocolates

Chicago candy shop partnered with U.S. Navy in 2017 to create candy bars, tins.

November 8, 2018

Thanks to a partnership with Windy City Sweets, graduating U.S. Navy boot camp can be marked with specialty sweets and chocolates.

M&M'S Vintage Military tins

CandyRific, Louisville, Ky.

Alyse Thompson

October 10, 2018

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Following the success of last year's designs, CandyRific has introduced two new M&M'S brand tins featuring military couples.

Hershey Military Appreciation XL Bars

The Hershey Co., Hershey, Pa.

Christian Metzger

July 3, 2018

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The Hershey Co. has released specially-wrapped military appreciation bars just ahead of the Fourth of July.

GUEST COLUMN: Does chewing gum 'unmaketh man?' Yes, says Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky

Popularity of — and aversion to — chewing gum dates back to World War I, Contributor Curtis Vreeland notes.

Curtis Vreeland

May 9, 2018

American soldiers used chewing gum to quench thirst and reserve water supplies in World War I, but as its popularity spread through Europe, so did aversion to it. Among its detractors was Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Contributor Curtis Vreeland tells the story in an excerpt from "Candy Goes to War."

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Windy City Sweets wishes smooth sailing to U.S. Navy boot camp graduates with custom chocolates

M&M'S Vintage Military tins

Hershey Military Appreciation XL Bars

GUEST COLUMN: Does chewing gum 'unmaketh man?' Yes, says Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky

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