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NAT SLOANE, 97, the inventor of the beloved Charleston Chew

NEWTON, Mass. – (AP) — Nathan Sloane, longtime maker of the Charleston Chew candy bar, died Sunday.

Sloane, a Belmont resident who also lived in Boca Raton, purchased the Everett-based Fox Cross Candy Co. in 1957. He had doubled the size of the production line at the famed home of the Charleston Chew before he sold the company to Nabisco in 1980.

Although he did not invent the Charleston Chew, he did change the candy’s original 1922 blueprint, chocolate-covered vanilla nougat, according to Stephen Brookner, his son-in-law and longtime business partner.

In the 1970s, they introduced such flavors as chocolate and strawberry

For the past two years, Hershey’s has released Limited Edition PINK candies with a portion of the proceeds going to Young Survival Coalition.

According to the manufacturer, “Hershey’s Pledge for Survival is making a $250,000 donation to support the efforts of the Young Survival Coalition.”

Young Survival Coalition is a dynamic group of young survivors and supporters and is the only international non-profit dedicated to critical concerns and issues, unique to young women affected by breast cancer.

We encourage you to learn more about this worthwhile organization by clicking here.

As we greatly value the mission of this charity, we have priced the candies at $19.27, in honor of our year of inception,  and will donate $3.00 per sale to Young Survival Coalition.

To purchase Hershey’s Pink Wrapped Special Dark Mildly Sweet Chocolate Nuggets, please click here.

To Purchase York Dark Chocolate Covered Pink Peppermint Patties, please click here.

To purchase Hershey’s Pink Wrapped Milk Chocolate Kisses, please click here.

If you are interested in larger quantities or would like to inquire about custom packaging options, please click here or call, toll free, at (888) 525-7577.

Please note that this is a Limited Edition release and, as such, we are unable to guarantee availability.  All promotional products are sold on a first come, first serve basis.

Hot times, summer in the city, or town or where ever you live.

With the harsh heat all over North America let us not forget the most important thing.  What are you going to do with your candy?  If you’re like me and you have many boxes of treats waiting to be devoured or savoured at just the right time storage can be an issue.  Let me just put one thing out there: DON’T PUT YOUR CANDY IN THE REFRIDGERATOR!!!There are many reasons why candy and chocolate should never be put into your refrigerator and here’s some of the ones I’ve learned first hand.

Chocolate loses all of it’s own flavour and tends to gain the flavours of anything you might have left in open.  Even if you decide to lock it in an airtight container it will still lose its taste, and don’t get me started about cold moisture and chocolate.Gummies and a refrigerator is a sad thing, they get all dry and hard.  If you like your gummies dry and hard then maybe you don’t really like gummies because being soft and chewy is the main point.I had a really bad experience with cold skittle once doing an article for Candy Critic.  They basically just hurt my teeth and shattered in my mouth.I find most basic hard candies tend to stick together if you keep them in the refrigerator, I’m sure it’s because of the condensation. Well there’s a few personal reasons I can tell you it’s a bad idea, but what are you going to do, you’ve got all this great chocolate and candy but the heat is too much?  Well I recommend putting them in a dry spot in your basement.  Dry and cool is really the best thing for any candy.  If you don’t have that option I recommend eating it all right now, because there’s no point in ruining candy, it’s just not right.Chris StewartCandy Critic