This poor woman! Done in by orange creams!

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Fanny Farmer Chocolates, 1950s



TWO MORE!  Each is a delightful family tableau in which chocolates play a confusing, treacherous role.

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[mjspice.livejournal.com]

I want some chocolates. *goes to find some*

[deborahw37.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I'm a Brit ( and also apparently drastically immature) and am therefore mostly sniggering over the idea of a company called Fanny Farmer's

[teamrodent.livejournal.com]

The headlines aren't helping, either.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

The "if it's orange" one being slightly disconcerting...

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

Personally I find the "we give it away?" the most hilarious.

[fallconsmate.livejournal.com]

*blink, blink* *starts giggling incontrollably*

*snrch* thank you! ;)

[john-holton.livejournal.com]

Then you'll get a giggle out of this: they were merged with Fannie May, a Chicago-based chocolatier, a few years ago.

[corridor7f.livejournal.com]

Silly, unadventurous people!

[bradygirl_12]

Okay, I'm craving chocolate now! :)

[booksandcheeses.livejournal.com]

Fannie (yes, -ie) Farmer was pretty cool (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Farmer). She wasn't a chocolatier, though the company was named for her.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

There's something so uncomfortable about that first one. It's got a Gaslight feel to it.

[jocelmeow.livejournal.com]

Interesting to see that last one with the summertime candies for a time before air conditioning was a standard amenity! I would love to see all of what was in that box. The small candy maker (http://www.loweryscandies.com/Index/index.php) in my mom's family's hometown still closes for the summer sometime after Mother's Day. It's the only time of year I'm safe from my mother showing up with a 2 lb. box when she visits. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful, but she knows exactly what my favorites are, and it's difficult to stay away from a 2 lb. box of your favorite candies.

Edited to add: So from this ad and another I found (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19570725&id=AyoxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ahAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1937,2322631), the list of "summertime candies" goes something like this: Fudge, chocolate caramel, bonbons, nougat, wafers, marshmallows, crisps, nuts. And Candy Professor has some insight about this (http://candyprofessor.com/2010/07/14/icy-hot-new-summer-candies-1920/).

[write-light.livejournal.com]

That sounds better than the clay and waxes used in "hot climate" chocolates and the bars sent to troops overseas. Even our local vending machine on campus stops selling plain M&Ms (a sort of Smarties) and Twix and such during our hot summers because the case isn't AC and the chocolate is a mess. Yes, even the chocolate inside the candy shells of M&Ms.