10. A family business invented candies with love messages on them back in 1866
In 1866, the New England Confectionery Company (better known as NECCO) came up with a killer idea. Daniel Chase, whose brother Oliver had set up the company, believed there was a big market for candies with messages printed directly onto them. And he was right. Thanks to their specially-developed candy-making machine, the brothers were able to produce these early love hearts in huge amounts. Finally, in 1902, NECCO launched the Sweethearts brand, and it remains popular to this day, and regularly updates the affectionate messages printed onto the candies.
