Candy was an artisanal endeavor till one person, in an unlikely profession, took matters into his own hands. What now seems ...

Necco Wafers are about to make a sweet comeback after a two-year absence. The beloved candy's disappearance came after the factory in Revere, Massachusetts that made Necco Wafers closed abruptly in ...

A Florida woman really loves Necco Wafers, the colorful candies made by a Massachusetts company that is currently as at risk of shutting down. The Boston Globe reports 23-year-old Katie Samuels ...

At the age of 3, Denise Tassin ate an entire bottle of orange-flavored aspirin. That link between candy and pills emerges decades later in her creations on display in Candyland at the James L. Pierce ...

BOSTON (AP) – The 171-year-old candy maker known for its chalky Necco Wafers and those little inscribed hearts that are everywhere on Valentine’s Day is up for grabs in bankruptcy court. A judge is ...

Necco Wafers, a staple of the American sweet tooth for 171 years, apparently aren’t going the way of Bonkers Fruit Chews, Sputnik Gumballs or Yoo-Hoo chocolate bars anytime soon. Bryan, Ohio-based ...

The country's oldest operating candy factory is now closed for business. The NECCO plant, located in Revere, Massachusetts, was shuttered Tuesday by its parent company, an undisclosed company which ...

Yes, even the new leader of millions of faithful Catholics around the world once used an iconic Massachusetts candy to play church when he was a child. John Prevost is the brother of Pope Leo XIV, who ...