Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1: Through A Candy Store Window -- 2: All Candy Expo -- 3: Art or Science: A Brief History of Candy -- 4: Candy Companies Big and Small -- 5: Sugar History and Production -- 6: The Demon Sugar -- 7: The Sweet Tooth -- 8: Soft Ball to Hard Crack -- 9: Breakaway Glass: A Soft Solid -- 10: Cotton Candy -- 11: Rock Candy -- 12: Candy Doctors -- 13: LifeSavers or Jolly Ranchers -- 14: Candy Canes: The Science Experiment -- 15: Sponge Candy or Fairy Foam -- 16: Dum Dum Lollipops -- 17: Cut Rock -- 18: Sugar-Free Candy -- 19: Pixy Styx and Fun Dip -- 20: Pez -- 21: Fizzies -- 22: NECCO Wafers and Conversation Hearts* -- 23: Wint-O-Green Mints -- 24: Peppermint Patties -- 25: Junior Mints -- 26: National Candy Corn Day -- 27: Maple Syrup Candies: A Natural Treat? -- 28: Caramel: Controlled Scorching of Milk? -- 29: A Caramel Family -- 30: Caramel Cold Flow -- 31: Tootsie Roll Pops -- 32: Cajeta -- 33: The Fudge Factor -- 34: English Toffee -- 35: Gummies and Jellies -- 36: The Starch Mogul -- 37: Swedish Fish and Starch Jelly Candies -- 38: Dots and Orange Slices -- 39: Gummy Jigglers -- 40: Black Chuckles -- 41: Fruit Snacks -- 42: Sour Patch Candy -- 43: Where Do the Jelly Beans in the Easter Basket Come from? -- 44: Jelly Bean Flavor Development -- 45: Panning Patience -- 46: Everlasting Gobstoppers and Atomic Fireballs -- 47: Runts and Nerds -- 48: Is Licorice Good for You? -- 49: Licorice Variations -- 50: The Marsh Mallow -- 51: Nougat -- 52: Starburst -- 53: A Whopper of a Story: Malted Milk Balls -- 54: Retro Candy: Bit-O-Honey and Mary Jane -- 55: Gum Wads -- 56: Gumballs -- 57: Gum and the Bedpost -- 58: Medicinal Gum -- 59: The Vending Machine* -- 60: Snickers Bars -- 61: Baby Ruth -- 62: Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut -- 63: Turtles or Cow Pies? -- 64: Candies: Dead or Alive.

65: Super-Sized Candies -- 66: Goo Goo Clusters -- 67: Candy Land*.