Not nationally enough, though, I guess, since in 1978, Peter Paul merged with Cadbury Schweppes. This move launched the York Peppermint Pattie nationally in 1975. In 1972, the York Cone (Pattie) Company was acquired by Peter Paul, original maker of one of my favorite candies: the Almond Joy. For some reason unknown to me, they kept calling themselves the York Cone Company. and gained popularity so quickly that the York Cone Company soon stopped making ice cream cones altogether, focusing all of its energy on the production and distribution of the York Peppermint Pattie. I do wonder if there is some grave rolling happening somewhere. If the candy didn’t break clean in the middle, it was a second.” It is worth noting here that the current recipe for the candy is a bit softer. Former employee and York resident Phil Kollin (not to be confused with music great, Phil Collins) remembered the final factory test of the pattie: “It was a snap test. Kessler’s goal was to create a firm, crisp peppermint candy, opposing the others on the market: gummy, sad little fellows unworthy of consumption by the proud citizens of York. In 1940, the Peppermint Pattie debuted in York. Unsurprisingly, they made ice cream cones. Kessler, a York business man that I could find no further information about, founded the York Cone Company in York, Pennsylvania. The York Peppermint Pattie basically consists of a delicious minty sugar paste disc covered in a thin layer of dark chocolate. ![]() So often overlooked and under appreciated! The smaller size was familiar to me as a kid (see photo below), but I don’t know if I was even aware it came in a larger pattie form until I was at least a teenager.
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