Homemade Holiday Candy
Satisfy your sweet tooth for the holidays. You'll find everything you need at H-E-B to create these homemade favorites.
Interesting facts about candy
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Americans eat 20.7 pounds of candy per person annually. The Dutch eat three times as much.
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There are about 5 to 10 milligrams of caffeine in one ounce of bittersweet chocolate.
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Chocolate contains phenyl ethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that's reputed to stimulate
the same reaction in the body as falling in love.
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Consumers spend more than $7 billion a year on chocolate. Annual per capita consumption
of chocolate is 12 pounds per person.
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Each American eats an average of 51 pounds of chocolate per year.
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Per capita, the Irish eat more chocolate than Americans, Swedes, Danes, French, and Italians.