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Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company brings back Necco Chocolate Wafers
They'll be giving them away at two locations along the Boston Marathon Route on Patriot's Day.
An iconic New England candy is returning on an iconic New England holiday.The Necco Chocolate Wafer Roll is back on sale and the candy company that brought the product back will be giving it away in Boston on Patriot's Day. Spangler Candy Company says it will give the rolls away near the Boston Marathon finish line and at the Mile No. 22 mark near Boston College. Necco Wafers were originally made in Revere by the New England Confectionery Company, which was the nation's oldest continuously operating candy company until it shut down in 2018. The Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company now owns the Necco brand. Spangler, founded in 1906, is best known for the 12 million Dum Dum lollipops and 2.7 million Candy Canes it produces each year.Another Necco product, the Sky Bar, was rescued by a local company:
BOSTON —
An iconic New England candy is returning on an iconic New England holiday.
The Necco Chocolate Wafer Roll is back on sale and the candy company that brought the product back will be giving it away in Boston on Patriot's Day. Spangler Candy Company says it will give the rolls away near the Boston Marathon finish line and at the Mile No. 22 mark near Boston College.
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Necco Wafers were originally made in Revere by the New England Confectionery Company, which was the nation's oldest continuously operating candy company until it shut down in 2018. The Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company now owns the Necco brand.
Spangler, founded in 1906, is best known for the 12 million Dum Dum lollipops and 2.7 million Candy Canes it produces each year.
Another Necco product, the Sky Bar, was rescued by a local company:
