Cherry Mash is an American candy bar consisting of a soft, cherry-flavored center containing maraschino cherries, covered in a mixture of chopped roasted peanuts and chocolate.
![Cherry Mash](http://upload.luquay.com/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/79/Cherry-Mash-Wrapper-Small.jpg/300px-Cherry-Mash-Wrapper-Small.jpg)
![](http://upload.luquay.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Cherry-Mash-Split.jpg/300px-Cherry-Mash-Split.jpg)
The Cherry Mash was formulated in 1918 by Ernest Chase, son of Dr. George Washington Chase, who went into the candy business in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1876.[1]
The original candy consisted of a quarter-pound mound of chopped roasted peanuts, blended with a chocolate coating over a smooth cherry fondant center. It was originally called Cherry Chase, and then Cherry Chaser before becoming known as Cherry Mash.
In 1944 the Chicago-based F.S. Yantis and Company purchased Chase Candy for more than $1 million. In 1954 Chase Candy acquired the Bunte Brothers Candy Company, makers of the fruit-filled hard candy known as Diana Stuft Confections. Bunte is also credited with making the first chocolate-covered candy bar, the Tangos, around 1914.
Today, Cherry Mash remains the Chase Candy Company's best-selling product. It is still produced in a factory in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and can be found throughout the Midwest in most grocery and convenience stores and mass-merchandise outlets. To this day, Cherry Mash continues to be the best-selling cherry candy bar in the United States according to the Chase Candy website.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "nostalgic-candy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-16. Retrieved 2014-11-01.