Shes the author of Sweet as Sin: The Unwrapped Story of How. Sweet as Sin: The Unwrapped Story of How Candy Became Americas Favorite Pleasur Variation. It focuses on the history of candy and its importance in American culture. It was more likely named for President Grover Cleveland’s daughter Ruth. On this weeks Cityscape were taking a bite into candy history. Prometheus Books) Sweet as Sin: The Unwrapped Story of How Candy Became America’s Pleasure is a 2016 nonfiction book written by Susan Benjamin. “The fans got so excited that it turned into this fiasco!” (An aside: The original Reggie! bar was a heck of a lot like a Baby Ruth, which is often mistakenly thought to have a connection to baseball legend Babe Ruth. Maybe it’s because the bars could turn dangerous? Lacey offers a fascinating anecdote: “When it was given out at the home opener of the Yankees game, the fans started throwing them out onto the field because Reggie was batting really well,” she recalled. A slightly-tweaked Reggie! bar with peanut butter instead of caramel made a brief comeback in the 90s, but it was gone for good just a short time later. It was originally intended as a novelty candy and made its debut at the Yankees home opener in 1976, but proved so popular that it stuck around before getting benched in 1982. Named for baseball great and onetime New York Yankees right fielder Reggie Jackson, the Reggie! bar was a round, milk chocolate-covered bar with a peanuts and a caramel center.
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