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Life Savers - as American as Apple Pie!

Invented in 1912 (wow) by Clarence Crane, because he needed to boost candy sales. It seems summer was hard on the chocolate business (the whole heat / melting the chocolate thing).
Who knew the hard candy with the hole in the middle would become an American icon?
I think its pretty neat, because there's a lesson in there too - you never know when something so small will become something absolutely major and signifigant.

The sweet list: what you'll find here on this web page.

  1. Why is there a hole in the middle?
  2. How many flavors are there?
  3. Over 40 flavors have been created.
  4. Candy sites:
  5. Love lifesavers gummi wildberry sours?
  6. Sugar Free flavors:
  7. Life Savers gifts:
  8. Adorable baby shower cupcakes! You'll need Lifesavers to make them.
  9. Muffin Top Commercial for Life Savers
  10. 1917 Ad in the Saturday Evening Post:
  11. May I suggest the Butter Rum:
  12. Cute take on the candy:
  13. Hi there!
  14. I am Mickgirl on twitter:
  15. Hey all you candy lovers!
  16. Sweet Tweets

Why is there a hole in the middle?

It was the manufacturer's machines.

Mr. Crane had a pill manufacturer make the mints and their press worked better when the mints were stamped with a hole in the middle.

There's a lesson there, to go with the flow even when things might not seem to be going the way you had wanted. Things might just turn out really well! That's the whole reason the name Life Savers came about- the mints looked like little life preservers.

So go with the flow, you never know where it may lead you.

How many flavors are there?

Well lets see here...

1. Pep-O-mint (the original flavor)

2. Wint-O-green

3. Cherry

4. Pineapple

5. Raspberry

6. Watermelon

7. Orange

8. Butter Rum

9. Spear-O-Mint

10. Orange Mint

11. Sweet Mint

12. Cryst-O-Mint

13. Wild Berries

14. Butter Toffee

15. Wild Cherry

16. Arctic Berry Sorbets

17. Strawberry Apple

18. Cherry Lemonade

19. Tangy Fruits

20. Wild Berries Sours

21. Island Fruits

22. Fruit Splosions Sour Cherry

Over 40 flavors have been created.

But those are the current ones.

There are also Creme Savers and Life Savers Gummies, but those are whole other lenses.

Candy sites:

Sweet links and stuff.

Old Time Candy
This site will take you on a walk down memory lane to the candy you ate as a kid!
Sugarstand.com
Sugary sweet website for all things candy.
Wrigley
These guys own the Life Savers name now and have added a few yummy items too.

Love lifesavers gummi wildberry sours?

Get the theater box at candy.com:

Lifesavers Gummi Wildberry Sours Theater Box: 12 Count

Sugar Free flavors:

If you cannot have sugar, you can have these.

Butter Toffee (sugar-free)
5 Flavors (sugar-free)
Wint-O-Green (sugar-free)
Pep-O-Mint (sugar-free)
Arctic Berry Sorbets® (sugar-free)

Life Savers gifts:

Something for everyone.

From tongue rings to barbies, there's a lifesavers gift for everyone!
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Adorable baby shower cupcakes! You'll need Lifesavers to make them.

lifesavers baby shower cupcakesWhile looking around for cute ideas for lifesavers candies, I found these! The cutest baby shower cupcakes ever. You can get step by step instructions on how to do it yourself here on this great blog:
Taste and Tell blog

Muffin Top Commercial for Life Savers

Totally Sweet!

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1917 Ad in the Saturday Evening Post:

Life Savers, the Candy Mint with the Hole, from The Saturday Evening Post, 3rd November 1917




Buy at AllPosters.com

May I suggest the Butter Rum:

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

It might just be me, but Life Savers candy helps me maintain my weight. The little burst of flavor keeps me from indulging in bigger and more calorie / fat laden snacks.
Yep, the butter rum ones are really good.
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Cute take on the candy:

Earth savers at Cafe Press

EarthSavers Tote Bag

EarthSavers Tote Bag

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Hey all you candy lovers!

Gimme a lil sweet candy comment :)

  • Mythbuster2009 Dec 18, 2010 @ 11:32 pm | delete
    With all the new-fangled candies falling off store shelves these days, I almost forgot about LIFESAVERS! Save for when those Xmas gift packages (the ones that look like books?), I hardly see Lifesaver candies anymore. Nice reminder, thx.
  • scar4 Nov 28, 2010 @ 8:25 pm | delete
    Great lens on lifesavers candy!
  • ThruMyEyes Nov 24, 2010 @ 9:26 pm | delete
    Lot lifesavers, nice lens!
  • OneFootPutt Nov 9, 2010 @ 4:34 pm | delete
    Wintogreen and Spearmint have always been my favorite Lifesavers.
  • partybuzz Jun 9, 2010 @ 8:20 am | delete
    Mmmm, I love Lifesavers! Lensrolling this with my Is Gum Candy? duel lens. :)
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