![]() ![]() The origin of the industry's use of the word comes from cacao nibs, which are the bitter but very flavorful chocolate bits made from the beans of the cocoa tree. The confectionery industry has long used the word nibs to describe small pieces of a product. Nibs are bite-sized licorice pieces made for nibbling. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest licorice twist ever made measured 1,200 feet (370 m) and 100 pounds (45 kg) and was made at the Y&S Candy Plant in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1998. ![]() From 1970 through 1999, it was manufactured in Farmington, New Mexico, but relocated the operation to Memphis due to rising transportation costs. ![]() Since 1999, Twizzlers have been manufactured in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as Lancaster, in a Y&S plant that makes chewing gum and other candies. Y&S Candies was acquired by The Hershey Company in November 1977 in a pooling-of-interests, then merged into Hershey in January 1982. The company changed its name to Y&S Candies Inc. In 1908 a plant was opened in Montreal and in 1929 the Twizzlers brand was created. National Licorice Company was created in 1902 through the merger of three small firms: Young & Smylie, S.V. The company was established in 1845 as Young and Smylie, and adopted Y&S as its trademark in 1870. The manufacturer of Twizzlers candy is one of the oldest confectionery firms in the United States. ![]()
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