Which group receives the most Valentine’s Day candy and gifts?Īnswer: A. Source: “5 Fun Facts About Candy Hearts.” Reader’s Digest Version. Throughout the year, about 100,000 pounds a day are produced, but usually sell out in just 6 weeks. Production for conversation hearts starts right after Valentine’s Day and runs through mid-January the following year. Production for conversation hearts runs for 11 months of the year, though they are available in stores for approximately this long each year:Īnswer: D. Further, a survey conducted by the Chocolate Manufacturers Association revealed that 50 percent of women will likely give a gift of chocolate to a guy for Valentine's Day.ĩ. How many heart-shaped boxes of chocolate were sold last year?Īnswer: C. Source: “Sweethearts History: Did You Know?” New England Confectionary Company Official Website. As time passed, the sayings got shorter and, eventually, they were reduced to one to two lines which fit perfectly on a heart shaped candy.
The enlarged shapes allowed for longer imprinted sayings. Before WWI, the candies were made in various shapes, and the hearts were embossed with curlicues. Before WWI, conversation hearts were also made in all of the following shapes EXCEPT:Īnswer: A. Source: “Fun Facts About Valentine’s Day.” National Confectioner’s Association Official Website. Valentine's Day is the fourth biggest holiday of the year for confectionery purchases (after Halloween, Easter and Christmas). True or False: More candy is purchased on Valentine’s Day than on HalloweenĪnswer: B. Each year, the Alex Trebek-hosted game show plans a special holiday-themed show with at least one question focused around conversation hearts.Ħ. Every year, this television game show includes questions about conversation hearts on its Valentine’s Day–themed episode:Īnswer: D. Although the line, uttered by Hamlet’s mother, the Queen, actually refers to the flowers scattered over Ophelia’s grave, this phrase has been used by the candy industry to promote gift giving in more recent years.ĥ. Although the phrase actually refers to a funeral bouquet, the line “Sweets to the sweet,” from this Shakespearean play, is often used to promote Valentine’s Day candy:Īnswer: A. “The Founding Fathers of the Chocolate Industry.” Associated Content, 3 February 2009.Ĥ. He soon expanded into chocolate manufacturing, and in 1861 his son Richard greatly increased sales by packaging Cadbury chocolates in the world's first heart shaped candy box for Valentine’s Day. In 1822, John Cadbury opened a tea and coffee shop in Birmingham, England. Which chocolate company hit upon the idea of increasing sales of Valentine’s Day chocolate by packaging their chocolates in the world’s first heart-shaped candy box?Īnswer: B.
Source: “Hershey’s Kisses: Our Story.” The Hershey Company Official Website. Though no one knows for sure how the candies, invented in 1907, received their name, a popular theory centers around the sound of the chocolate being deposited during manufacturing. The foil wrapper was originally printed with a design of lips.Īnswer: B. Milton Hershey invented a new candy as a Valentine’s Day gift to this wife.ĭ.
The noise the machines make while depositing the chocolate during manufacturing.Ĭ. Source: “Fun Facts About Conversation Hearts.” National Confectioner’s Association Official Website. Recent themes have included pets, sports, and the comforts of home. The three others phrases have all been introduced in the past decade. Which of these is not a recent addition?Īnswer: B. At least ten new conversation heart sayings are introduced each year.
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