"Few candies carry a name as memorable (or as eyebrow raising) as the Sugar Daddy. The retro penny candy was first crafted in 1925 by the Massachusetts-based James O. Welch Candy Company, also responsible for Junior Mints and several other New England confectionary classics. Compared to the sweets of today, the Sugar Daddy is far more simple, lacking any frills or gimmicks. Instead, it is merely a dense, milk caramel pop on a stick, considered the first of its kind."
"When it first debuted, it bore the far-less catchy name "Papa Sucker." But after a few years on the market, the James O. Welch team determined that a rebrand was in order, capitalizing on an already popular phrase. As the legend goes, the term "sugar daddy" itself was first coined in the early 1900s by Adolph Spreckles, a direct descent of the Spreckles Sugar fortune."
Sugar Daddy originated in 1925 as a simple dense milk caramel pop on a stick created by the Massachusetts-based James O. Welch Candy Company. Its original name, Papa Sucker, was later changed to Sugar Daddy to capitalize on a popular slang term that described older, financially generous men. The slang phrase 'sugar daddy' reportedly originated in the early 1900s, linked to Adolph Spreckles and used to describe relationships with significant age and financial disparity. During the Great Depression the term became associated with wealthy men who provided money to young women, and the candy was marketed as offering a 'wealth of sweetness.' In 1935 the brand introduced Sugar Babies, a bite-sized, candy-coated variant of the original, designed for easier snacking.
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