Twist-style vending machines dispensed small, unpackaged sweets for over a century, providing low-cost, immediate treats to children and shoppers. These machines commonly held gumballs, sour candies, gummy worms, candy-coated chocolates, and small toys. Increased availability of candy in stores and online reduced reliance on twist machines, but the machines remain nostalgic reminders of early brand introductions. Hot Tamales is a fiery, cinnamon-flavored chewy candy created in 1950 by Bob Born of Just Born Quality Confections. Just Born also produced Mike and Ike and Peeps, and Hot Tamales arrived about ten years after Mike and Ike.
Begging your parents for quarters so that you can purchase candy from the vending machine is a quintessential childhood experience. Candy has been sold from vending machines for more than one hundred years, long before the red-colored twist variety existed. They offer a different type of candy consumption; the sweets are generally small, unpackaged, and meant to be eaten immediately. The cost is low, and a simple twist releases a handful into your palm.
Few vending machine candies are as beloved as the fiery, cinnamon-flavored Hot Tamales. They were created in 1950 by Bob Born, the former president of Just Born Quality Confections, the 102-year-old candy manufacturer behind Mike and Ike. Bob Born was also known as the "Father of Peeps," as he created the famous marshmallow candy, as well. Hot Tamales arrived 10 years after Mike and Ike, and might've even been inspired by it, as both are chewy jelly bean types.
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