The Sleepy History of Candy Hearts (Premium)

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Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Drama, Fiction, Stories For Kids, Alternative Health

4.6 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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This is a preview episode. Get the full episode, and many more, ad free, on our supporter's feed: https://getsleepy.com/support. The Sleepy History of Candy HeartsTonight, we have a Valentine's Day special. Tom tells us the history of a beloved sweet: candy hearts. 😴 Sound design: evening insect chorus. Watch, listen, and comment on this episode on the Get Sleepy YouTube channel. Hit subscribe while you're there! Enjoy various playlists of our stories and meditations on our Slumber Studios Spotify profile. Support our Sponsors Check out the great products and deals from Get Sleepy sponsors: getsleepy.com/sponsors/ Support Us Get Sleepy’s Premium Feed: getsleepy.com/support/ Get Sleepy Merchandise: getsleepy.com/store Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-sleepy/id1487513861 Connect Stay up to date on all our news and even vote on upcoming episodes! Website: getsleepy.com/ Facebook: facebook.com/getsleepypod/ Instagram: instagram.com/getsleepypod/ Twitter: twitter.com/getsleepypod Our Apps Redeem exclusive unlimited access to Premium content for 1 month FREE in our mobile apps built by the Get Sleepy and Slumber Studios team: Deep Sleep Sounds: deepsleepsounds.com/getsleepy/ Slumber: slumber.fm/getsleepy/ FAQs Have a query for us or need help with something? You might find your answer here: Get Sleepy FAQs About Get Sleepy Get Sleepy is the #1 story-telling podcast designed to help you get a great night’s rest. By combining sleep meditations with a relaxing bedtime story, each episode will guide you gently towards sleep. Get Sleepy Premium Get instant access to ad-free episodes and Thursday night bonus episodes by subscribing to our premium feed. It's easy! Sign up in two taps! Get Sleepy Premium feed includes: Monday and Wednesday night episodes (with zero ads). An exclusive Thursday night bonus episode. Access to the entire back catalog (also ad-free). Extra-long episodes. Exclusive sleep meditation episodes. Discounts on merchandise. We’ll love you forever. Get your 7-day free trial: getsleepy.com/support. Thank you so much for listening! Feedback? Let us know your thoughts! getsleepy.com/contact-us/. Get Sleepy is a production of Slumber Studios. Check out our podcasts, apps, and more at slumberstudios.com. That’s all for now. Sweet dreams ❤️ 😴 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, Thomas here. You're listening to a preview episode. You can enjoy the entire story
0:08.8	tonight by subscribing to our supporters' feed. There you'll get access to the entire
0:15.6	back catalogue, bonus episodes, and more, and it's all completely ad-free. Click the link
0:23.2	below to learn more. And thank you so so much. Me and the team really appreciate your
0:29.7	support.
0:39.0	You've probably seen them before. The little hearts with messages like
0:44.8	Be Mine and Call Me. You may have received them in a Valentine's day card,
0:51.7	or picked some up in a shop to nibble on at home. Like candy corn at Halloween,
1:01.4	they are a holiday treat that's hard to forget, with their fruity flavours,
1:09.2	chalky texture, and satisfying rattle as they fall out of the box.
1:16.0	They trace their roots back to apothecary lozenges from the 1800s.
1:26.0	Medicine and candy, well-being and sugar, these seemingly opposite things have long been
1:34.6	intertwined. But looking through the lens of history, it makes sense why.
1:42.0	The story of candy stretches back generations and spans the globe.
1:53.6	Even something as simple as its name helps us piece together its journey to the present day.
2:00.4	Depending on where you live now, you make all sugar confectionery different things,
2:10.8	like sweets or lollies. But in the United States, where our conversation hearts were first made,
2:20.8	candy is the name of choice.
2:23.7	The word comes from the late middle English verb, to sugar candy, or to preserve by coating in sugar.
2:37.9	That came from the French phrase that meant crystallised sugar, which was borrowed from Arabic,
2:45.8	and stems from an earliest Sanskrit word, meaning fragment.
2:55.6	Candy and its predecessors have been tantalising people's taste buds for thousands of years.
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