Twizzler Tales: 10 Tasty and Entertaining Fun Facts About Your Favorite Twisty Treat

1. Strawberry Reigns Supreme

Unlike a game of Candyland where strawberry spaces are scarce, the world of Twizzlers is bursting with fruitastic zings and zaps, painting the town red with confectionery glee: 70% of all Twizzlers produced every year are strawberry flavored, emerging as the most popularly delicious leader amongst rivals like grape, chocolate, cherry, and watermelon, and dwarfing limited edition flavor launches since 2006. Born in 1929 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, thanks to Y&S Candies, Inc. – way ahead of its time by stepping away from Young and Smylie, the 1845-established roots – Twizzlers continue to twist our sweet tooth with tongue-tastic treats!
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2. Size Matters: Extra-Long Twizzlers

When it comes to extra-long Twizzlers, size really does matter: these sweet behemoths stretch to a delectable 16 inches, more than doubling the length of the regular ones. This grand confectionary spectacle can be found in packs weighing over 1.5 pounds, with around 40 strands skillfully created by the artisans at Y&S Candies, Inc. in Lancaster, PA, ensuring the same scrumptious taste keeps you tangled in delight!
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Discover the jawbreaker's sweet and intricate journey through a 14-19 day production process, where liquid sugar, rotating copper kettles, and a whole lot of candy love create the perfect sugary sphere! 🍬✨

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3. Molasses Wizardry: The Original Recipe

You know what they say – the first twist is the sweetest! Hold on to your taste buds, folks, because those masterminds at Twizzler HQ took molasses, flour, a bit of well-timed wizardry, and evolved it into a modern sugar-liciousness that's been tangling tongues for nearly two centuries! Here's the twist: The original Twizzlers were made from molasses-based syrup and flour, while today's recipe uses mostly sugar and corn syrup with modified food starch, artificial or natural flavors, and achieves its signature twisted shape through the magic of extrusion machines.
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4. Strawberry Fields Forever: Top Twizzler Flavor

Strawberry fields forever, in Twizzler-land that is: the crowd favorite flavor is indeed strawberry, making up a whopping 70% of all Twizzlers produced since it was first introduced in the groovy mid-1970s.
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5. Regina George of Candy: Strawberry Twizzlers

If Twizzlers were a high school clique, strawberry would be Regina George: wildly popular and everybody wants a taste. As bitter as it may sound to the other fruity contenders, the strawberry clique rules the high school hallways of the candy world: Accounting for 70% of Twizzlers' annual production, strawberry is the top flavor adored by masses since their 1929 debut by Y&S Candies. So, crack open a pack, and let the nearly 100-year-old chewy royalty add some strawberry-flavored goodness to your life.
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6. Enigmatic Spy: Twizzlers' Secret Recipe

Like an enigmatic spy with a sweet but twisty secret life: Twizzlers, beloved for their twisted shape and chewy texture, are actually void of holes and made from a mysterious concoction of sugar, corn syrup, wheat flour, and partially hydrogenated soybean oil.
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7. Unraveling Deliciousness with Pull 'n' Peel

In a twist of fate that would make even Tootsie Rolls blush, the world was introduced to a new candy adventure in 1990 - one where partaking nibblers would be drawn into a world of unraveling deliciousness: This happened when Hershey's debuted the Twizzlers Pull 'n' Peel, revolutionizing the way we devour the cherry-flavored delight and turning it into an interactive mouth party for candy enthusiasts everywhere.
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8. Twizzlers Tangled in Autism Debate

In an unexpected twist of fate that could leave even M. Night Shyamalan puzzled, Twizzlers find themselves tangled in the web of autism debates: fear not, candy lovers, for there is no partnership between Twizzlers and Autism Speaks to raise funds for autism research! The Autism Rights Movement critiques organizations such as Autism Speaks for perpetuating misunderstandings about autism, while advocating for identity-first language and the acceptance of neurodiversity to foster tolerance and support for autistic individuals.
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9. Twizzlers Conquer Space

Houston, we have a sweet tooth: Twizzlers, those wondrous twists of red licorice, have not only conquered Earth but ventured into the cosmos, as revealed by STS 116 astronaut Joan Higginbotham who shared that several members of her high-flying crew couldn't resist bringing their beloved treats along for the ride – despite Twizzlers not making it on NASA's official snack list!
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10. Out-of-This-World Astronaut Food

Who needs Twizzlers in space when you've got an out-of-this-world buffet of tortillas, yogurt, and a dash of "Gravity Gone Wild" spicy sauce: Astronaut John Glenn's first meal in space didn't include any Twizzlers, but he and fellow space explorers have been known to chow down on canned and dehydrated foods to make up for the lack of fresh produce, and they also rely on spicy condiments to reignite taste buds diminished due to fluid redistribution in the body.
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