Jul. 12—Live Oak's Penny Candy Store just recently celebrated its 20 year anniversary under the ownership of Palmira Nava. Nava, at the advice of her husband, purchased the business on July 1, 2003 as ...

Let me see the Tootsie Roll! Candy has always held a special place in the nation's heart, especially the iconic Tootsie Rolls. The old timey confectionary was in fact the first penny candy sold in the ...

Growing up in a small tourist area — where the only thing open year-round was the post office — the return of the candy store each summer was a pretty big deal. I’d run barefoot through pricker bushes ...

No, it’s not a penny anymore. Hasn’t been for years — but as a concept? It’s worth a million bucks. Actually make that billions of bucks — 23.2 billion on chocolate alone in the US, according to The ...