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In the 20th century, St. Louis was a hub for candy manufacturing. As 94-year-old candy magnate Menlo Smith puts it, 鈥淪t. Louis was the best place in the country to manufacture confectionery if you were going to be distributing it nationwide.鈥� Smith is the man behind favorites such as Pixy Stix, SweeTarts and Nerds.

Patrick Murphy鈥檚 new book, 鈥淐andy Men: The Story of Switzer鈥檚 Licorice," tells the story of a homegrown candy company, which his great-grandfather co-founded in 1881 St. Louis. Murphy discussed the book on Monday鈥檚 St. Louis on the Air.

As a newcomer to the region who has never once heard of working for your Halloween candy with a joke, I find the St. Louis tradition endlessly charming 鈥斺��

Attention trick-or-treaters: The candy haul you鈥檙e preparing to collect tonight might just have some candy in it with St. Louis origins. Pixy Stix, in all鈥�

If your purchased candy at TJ Maxx, Marshall's or HomeGoods stores recently, and you're allergic to peanuts, listen up - some of that candy may have been鈥�