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The American Candy Company is a confectioner

Confectionery

Confectionery is the set of food items that are rich in sugar, any one or type of which is called a confection. Modern usage may include substances rich in artificial sweeteners as well...

specializing in old-fashioned hard candies. They are best known as the inventor of wax lips

Wax lips

Wax lips are the common name of a candy product made of colored and flavored wax, molded to resemble a pair of over-sized red lips. The lips have a bite plate in the back; when the plate is held between the teeth, the wax lips cover the wearer's own lips, to comic effect...

, though their wax candy division was sold to Concord Confections in 2002 (the division is now part of Tootsie Roll Industries

Tootsie Roll Industries

Tootsie Roll Industries is a manufacturer of confectionery in the United States. Its best-known products have been Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops....

). Founded in 1899 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...

, the company moved to Selma, Alabama

Selma, Alabama

Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama, United States, located on the banks of the Alabama River. The population was 20,512 at the 2000 census....

, in 1939.

Products

Froops Twirl Pops - sour cherry hard candies
Magic Sticks - wax sticks filled with fruit-flavored liquid
Nik-L-Nips (until 2002) - soda-bottle shaped wax tubes similar to Magic Sticks
Old Fashioned Sticks - hard candy sticks wrapped in cellophane
Fun Gum Sugar Lips (until 2002) - sculpted wax lips

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