Black Jack candy has been around since 1922, and when you bite into a piece of their candy, you are instantly transported to a different, simpler time! Blair Candy continues the grand tradition by carrying Black Jack taffy all year long. Enjoy the unique flavor of this old fashioned black taffy candy anytime you want! Black Taffy Black Taffy, originally called Black Jack Taffy, is a salt-water sized taffy with a swirl of licorice in the center. They have also been called simply, Black Jacks. Black Jack Gum History. William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon, Ohio obtained the first chewing gum patent on December 28, 1869. Patent number 98,304 claimed the 'combination of rubber with other articles, in any proportions adapted to the formation of an acceptable chewing gum.' Black Jack candy has been around since 1922, and when you bite into a piece of their candy, you are instantly transported to a different, simpler time! Blair Candy continues the grand tradition by carrying Black Jack taffy all year long. Enjoy the unique flavor of this old fashioned black taffy candy anytime you want!

Black Jack is a type of 'aniseed flavour chew' according to its packaging. It is a chewy, gelatin-based confectionery. Black Jack is manufactured under the Tangerine Confectionery Barratt brand in Spain and the UK. In the 1920s Trebor Bassett manufactured them, and the wrapper showed gollywogs on it. An example of it can be seen at the V&A Museum of Childhood.

Ingredients[edit]

Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Water, Palm Oil, Colour (Vegetable Carbon), Beef Gelatine, Acid (Citric Acid), Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Aniseed Oil, Spirulina Concentrate.

Each pack weighs 33.6g and contains 15 chews.

Barratt Blackjack Lollipops

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See also[edit]

Poker Lollipops