Posts Categorized: Candy Facts

Why Do Some People Love Spicy Flavors and Others Can’t Stand Them?

Spicy Flavors in Lollipops

A measure of spiciness, SHU, or Scoville Heat Units, indicate a pepper’s concentration of capsaicin, the chemical responsible for giving peppers their spicy sensation. Currently, the pepper with the highest level of SHU is the Carolina Reaper, ranked as the world’s hottest pepper at an average of 1,641,000 SHU, making it nearly 200 times hotter… Read more »

Fundraising Tips for Selling Lollipops

Fundraising Tips for Selling Lollipops

If your school, sports league, church group, or other organization is in the process of setting up a fundraiser, you should consider selling candy as part of it. Just about everyone loves eating candy, so you shouldn’t have any problem unloading it and raking in lots of fundraising money for your cause. Lollipop fundraisers we… Read more »

What Does Sour Candy do to our Taste Buds?

Sour Mania lollipops

The super sour sensation that makes our mouths feel like they are going to bolt from our faces is the product of simple science. The same chemical ingredients that give fruits like lemons and lime their natural kick are also the ingredients causing the sour explosion in candies like our Sour Mania Lollipops, and they… Read more »