Mary Jane ®
A Peanut Buttery Molasses Taffy Penny-Candy
"The new recipe," states Eric Atkinson on the company's website, "captures the flavor of Mary Janes, for it's the same components as it always was."
Atkinson Candy Company still packages the candy with that familiar yellow and red wrapper adorned with an adorable little girl dressed in a bonnet, the same wrapper Allie would have seen in 1935. I hope to bring this old timey candy treat along whenever I'm doing a school visit. Hopefully, they kids will love it as much as I did as a child.
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