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Published on: 7/7/2003
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But that's the way it has traditionally been marketed," says Greg Spangler, chairman and chief executive of Spangler, which is best known for its lollipops ("Spangler Candy, where 6 million Dum Dums are born each day!"
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Any company that makes circus peanuts knows it's the hardest thing to make in the plant," says Patrick Hurley, Spangler's director for technical services.
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Spangler uses pig-skin gelatin, which allows it to hold air when whipped.If the gelatin doesn't do its job, the result is an unleavened peanut, which with the pig gelatin, is unkosher, too.
Cream and Sugar?
Spangler has experimented with other colors and flavors: yellow (lemon), pink (cherry) and white (vanilla); workers melt the white ones in coffee, eliminating the need for cream and sugar.