What Food Product Came Out the Year You Were Born?

1940: York Peppermint Patties

“When I bite into a York Peppermint Pattie…”

We have Henry Kessler, owner of the York Cone Company in Pennsylvania, to thank for this candy sensation: a cool, peppermint center coated in dark chocolate. Kessler insisted that his candies pass the “snap” test by splitting cleanly down the middle when broken. Learn the most popular candy the year you were born

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