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You may remember them as a sweet treat from your childhood. Maybe you remember using them as roofing tiles or walkway pieces on your gingerbread houses. Perhaps, like me, they were the stand-in for ...

This week on Under the Radar: New England Confectionery Company, or Necco, was the oldest continuously running candy company in the country up until its closure in 2018. The company, which was based ...

You would think that after a long and drawn-out dalliance on the brink of extinction, attitudes about the incorrectly maligned NECCO wafer would shift. There’s nothing like the possibility of absence, ...

The bankrupt 171-year-old candy maker known for its chalky Necco Wafers and those little inscribed hearts that are everywhere on Valentine's Day got a sweet message from a rival Wednesday: BE MINE.

(CNN) -- Necco Wafers are about to make a sweet comeback after a two-year absence. The beloved candy's disappearance came after the factory in Revere, Massachusetts that made Necco Wafers closed ...

(CNN) — Necco Wafers are about to make a sweet comeback after a two-year absence. The beloved candy’s disappearance came after the factory in Revere, Massachusetts that made Necco Wafers closed ...

In May 2020, the Spangler Candy Company announced that it was bringing back its Necco Wafers after a 2-year hiatus. Naturally, people began asking when the chocolate version would also be making a ...

Necco Wafers are about to make a sweet comeback after a two-year absence. The beloved candy’s disappearance came after the factory in Revere, Massachusetts that made Necco Wafers closed abruptly in ...

BOSTON (AP) – The bankrupt 171-year-old candy maker known for its chalky Necco Wafers and those little inscribed hearts that are everywhere on Valentine’s Day got a sweet message from a rival ...