Candy necklace

Do you remember the candy necklace? I bought them from Jamin or in a candy store in the 80s. I also remember when they were handed out in treat bags at children's parties or as a treat at school. You hung it around your neck and then pull the chain. The elastic stretched nicely and then put a candy between your teeth and “Krak” bite one off. Sometimes several at the same time. Those colored candy beads were crackling.

If you ate all those beads at once, it made you sick. So most of the time I was halfway and I took it off, wore it as a bracelet or threw away the rest. The candy necklace is about 13 cm long and has colorful beads in the colors white, yellow, blue, green, orange and pink. Today, the candy chains are still available for purchase at candy stores, supermarkets. You can also see them in multiple mixed colors or in solid color.

They are still used as a treat idea for children's birthdays and children's parties, but also as birth treats, for example.
You could also see the candy necklace in candy bracelets with a watch. In the middle there was a clock, usually yellow in color, made of the same confectionery as the beads.
Did you know that the candy necklace has been sold and made in the Peco Suikerwerken sugar factory in The Hague since 1958?

Candy chain ingredients

A candy necklace consists of the following ingredients:

• dextrose
• corn syrup
• acidifier (citric acid)
• emulsifier (magnesium stearate)
• aromas
• colorants (E100, E120, E133, E163)
• rinse aid (E901, E903, E904)