You need a quick, yummy gift for Christmas or whenever.

For generations of Californians, the answer has always been a box of seized candies.

With stores across the state and beyond that sported black and white checkerboard design and offer a galaxy of sweets,

we're talking chocolates, peanut brittle, butterscotch lollipops, and so many others, the South San Francisco-based company is nostalgia

in a box or a bag. And this homespun feel continues to reap big money. This year, Seas Candies

celebrates as a hundredth birthday with a heck of an achievement. It's on track to have its

biggest sales year ever.

I'm Gustavo Areano. You're listening to The Times, Daily News from the LA Times. It's Wednesday,

December 15th, 2021. Today we talk about Seas candies. It's history, its future, and what's the name of that white one that I never liked? If you grow up with seeds, this will be a candy-coated trip through your life.

And if you've never had seeds before, well, we're going to do a taste test. Are you cheating?

Are you cheating?

No, I promise.

That's L.A. Times food columnist Jen Harris with Stacey Thorpe, a third-generation worker at Seas.

Yeah, it tastes nutty to me.

It tastes like nuts.

One, two, three, darky nut crunch.

Jen challenged Stacy to a blindfolded candy taste test.

Are you already eating?

Yeah. Oh, wow. So slow.

I'm sorry.

Hmm.

It was all part of a big package of articles that Jen wrote about Seas. She now joins us. Jen, welcome to the times. Hmm. It was all part of a big package of articles that Jen wrote about Seas.

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