Celebrate June in sweetest way possible – with candy

Celebrate June in sweetest way possible – with candy

As far as we know, the ancient Egyptians and Greeks couldn’t pop into a convenience store and grab a couple of Milky Ways or a bag of Gummy Bears. But had either washed up on the banks of the Nile in, say 2000 B.C., those folks would likely have found similarities to their own era’s sweets — mainly honey-flavored fruit, nuts and flowers — because it seems some version of “candy” has been tantalizing tastebuds throughout history. That, well befor…