The History of Sweets. From Wild Honey to Eskimo

Adults and children, sad and happy, thin and plump — practically everyone, with rare exceptions, loves sweets… Some adore ice cream, some cotton candy, while others cannot go a day without a piece of chocolate or just a small lollipop. Today, the author will tell you everything about sweets. You will read that the first delicacy in Europe was honey, which became the beginning of the «sweet history». Sugar arrived in Europe only in the 4th century BC with Alexander the Great after his campaign in India. You will learn that the Spaniard Enrique Bernat invented the «chupa chups», which in Spanish simply means «lollipop», and that the design of the first wrapper was created by the legendary Salvador Dalí; that Georg Landrin, also known as Fyodor Gavrilov, named his candies «mon panché» in honor of the French duchess celebrated in Dumas's novels; that the production of domestic candies «Belочка» and «Mishka na Severa» did not cease even during the blockade of Leningrad, and much, much more «sweet» information.