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To: ktscarlett66

It was first produced in York, Pennsylvania by Henry C. Kessler at his York Cone Company in 1940, for sale in the Northeastern United States, Ohio, Indiana and Florida. [1] In 1972, the York Cone Company was acquired by Peter-Paul, which launched the York Peppermint Pattie nationally in 1975.

In 1978, Peter-Paul merge[Cadbury Schweppes]]. York passed to the Hershey Foods Corporation when it acquired the US operations of Cadbury Schweppes in 1988.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Peppermint_Pattie


9 posted on 02/20/2009 3:28:16 PM PST by anglian
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To: anglian

So now will be be known as the “Juarez Peppermint Patty” or something similar?


46 posted on 02/21/2009 9:32:48 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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