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Lighting the Path to Candy Inventions
For those of you on a diet, now's the time to forget it! It's just the beginning of the holiday season (gasp!), and the sugary confections are already arriving in droves.
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from the October 2007 issue of InventHelp's free newsletter for inventors |
Halloween, never a friend of the nutritionally conscious, is back and it's bringing candy, candy and more candy! And don’t forget, in order to trick or treat and collect all that candy, you need a way to light your path. How about a glow stick?
In honor of Halloween sweets and treats (and the means by which to get them), InventHelp® shares the stories of glow sticks and two wildly popular chocolate bars.
Candy isn't just for kids. American adults consume 65 percent of the candy that's produced each year. (We at InventHelp now know the real reason our parents always wanted to "inspect" our Halloween candy!)
In the United States, chocolate candy outsells all other types of candy combined, by a two-to-one margin. Our love of chocolate seems unstoppable, and it certainly isn't a new phenomenon.
The roaring 1920s are famous for a great number of high points, and the candy bar industry is no exception. As many as 40,000 different candy bars appeared on the scene during this sweet decade.
Some names of candy bars that were introduced in the 1920s include some rather unappetizing options, like Fat Emmas, Vegetable Sandwich and the Chicken Dinner – a chocolate peanut roll that actually survived until the 1960s.
Other candies derived their names from popular landmarks. The famous London Kit Kat club, an 18th century literary club, is the namesake of the now infamous candy. Kit Kat originated in England in 1935, but back then it was known as Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp. It wasn't until 1937 that the name was changed to Kit Kat.
Today, Kit Kat lovers can enjoy new varieties like caramel, white chocolate and extra crispy.
So now we know that the Kit Kat was named after a club, but can you guess which candy bar was named after a horse?
If you guess Snickers, give yourself a pat on the back. First launched in 1930, it was named after a favorite horse of the Mars family.
The Snickers bar, a hearty combo of nougat, caramel, roasted peanuts and milk chocolate, is one of the top-selling candy bars in the United States. While we wouldn't go so far as to call it "nutritious," it does at least contain protein and dairy products to fill you up and stave off hunger.
The hunger-busting power of Snickers makes it a helpful mid-journey snack for motivated trick-or-treaters who can't bear to leave one neighborhood street untricked.
With so many trick-or-treaters prowling the streets on Halloween night, it's important to keep safety in mind. The glow stick, which is waterproof, inexpensive and disposable, is a great lighting choice for little ghouls and goblins because it is entirely self-powered.
Invented by scientists studying chemoluminescence, the glow stick is a transparent plastic tube that contains chemical substances capable of producing light through a chemical reaction. When the tube is bent or "cracked," it produced a glow effect for several hours. It's a popular novelty item at concerts, fairs and, of course, on All Hallow's Eve.
We at InventHelp would like to suggest, for the health of the inventing community, that you take it easy on the Halloween candy this year. If you must indulge, maybe take a brisk walk in between your brainstorming sessions for new invention ideas. But, we'll admit that we're unlikely to follow our own advice! Have a safe and happy Halloween!
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