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Peerless Candy - Peerless Confection Company - Chicago, IL
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century. In today’s business climate of large conglomerates and corporate acquisitions, it’s more than unusual to find a privately owned candy manufacturing company still operating with the traditions established by its founders, in its hometown, after more than 90 years.
Peerless Confection Company was founded in Chicago in 1914. By that time, Chicago had earned its reputation as the candy capital of the country, home to famous brands like Brach, Curtiss and Goelitz. Of the original three men who founded the company, only George Engelking persevered and built the company upon a tradition of quality. The goal of the new company was to be without peer, hence “Peerless” became its name.
Favorite hard candy flavors back in 1914 were perennials such as peppermint and butterscotch. The 1924 Sears catalog, another Chicago institution, featured “Peerless Maid” holiday mixture: “Bright, satin finish starlight kisses, buttercups, striped pillows, lime, cherry and lemon fruit drops, mints, butterscotch, raspberries, and other popular flavors.”
