Tim. That sure brings back some memories! That EXTRAORDINARY peanut butter ribbon candy! The Carlon family made it in the back part of their house in Munnsville. They only made it in winter months because, probably, it became too soft in the summer warmth. They had their own secret formula. There was other peanut butter ribbon candy on the market, but none even came close to the Carlon Candy. It was soft and delicious and didn't shatter when you bit into it like most ribbon candy. My father used to buy a big bag of it at Christmas time to bring to my Grandparents house at Madison Center where the family gathered for Christmas. Sometimes it was still available at Easter time. At my grandparents house we kids, after being outdoors for a couple hours sliding down hill, etc. would come back inside, sit down and munch on that great stuff. It was the one time we were ever given free rein to eat all we wanted. The big bag didn't last very long. We had other candy, chocolates, etc. but there was nothing like the Carlon candy. After the older Carlons retired from the candy business, I think, son Joe Carlon, took over for a while, and then the recipe was finally let go to another person. They, followed by a succession of two or three others, made it for a time, but it was never the same. They just didn't have the Carlon touch, I guess. I have never seen it in recent years, only the poor substitutes. I wonder what ever became of the recipe. But of course, the recipe alone wouldn't guarantee getting the same result. I remember vaguely, as a very young kid, once watching them making the candy, and those thick warm ribbons coming out of a machine at just the right temperature, with just the right amount of smooth peanut butter filling between the layers of chewy coating. Yum! The Carlon house was on the east side of the main street in town. Since then, the town's community field has been named "Carlon Field". I think the family donated the land to the village. Probably, Olive Boylan, has lots of information on all this. Chas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <NYMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:39 AM Subject: [NYMADISO] Munnsville candy business? > Does anyone know about this: > > "Do you have any info on the family candy business in Munnsville that used > to make the most awesome ribbon candy ever? I remember going there as a kid > and getting bags of this stuff - they used to call the broken pieces > "bones" and we would get bags of "bones'. This would have been in the late > 1950's- early 60's." > > Thanks, > > Tim > > > ==== NYMADISO Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe from this list - send email to - > nymadiso-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word - unsubscribe in the body of the email. If you are subscribed in Digest mode use the same address but change the -L- to -D-. >