Peach Blossoms
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Peach Blossoms are a candy made by Necco
at The New England Confectionery Co. in Revere, Massachusetts
. They contain peanut butter
wrapped in a crunchy shell. Contrary to their name and color, the flavor does not imitate that of a peach
. They are made with sugar, corn syrup, ground peanuts, salt, glycerine, vanillin
and artificial coloring.
NECCO
Necco , pronounced "neck-o", is the acronym for the New England Confectionery Company, a manufacturer of candy. It was created in 1901 by the merger of several small confectionery companies located in the Greater Boston area; since December 2007 Necco has been owned by American Capital.The company...
at The New England Confectionery Co. in Revere, Massachusetts
Revere, Massachusetts
Revere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and located approximately from downtown Boston. It is named after the American patriot Paul Revere. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 51,755.- History :...
. They contain peanut butter
Peanut butter
Peanut butter is a food paste made primarily from ground dry roasted peanuts, popular in North America, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and parts of Asia, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia. It is mainly used as a sandwich spread, sometimes in combination as in the peanut butter and jelly...
wrapped in a crunchy shell. Contrary to their name and color, the flavor does not imitate that of a peach
Peach
The peach tree is a deciduous tree growing to tall and 6 in. in diameter, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach...
. They are made with sugar, corn syrup, ground peanuts, salt, glycerine, vanillin
Vanillin
Vanillin is a phenolic aldehyde, an organic compound with the molecular formula C8H8O3. Its functional groups include aldehyde, ether, and phenol. It is the primary component of the extract of the vanilla bean. It is also found in Leptotes bicolor, roasted coffee and the Chinese red pine...
and artificial coloring.