Peppermint candy hasn't been around all that long. Dickens wrote of it, and that seems as far back as the history goes. That would have been in the l800's. At that time they were called lozenges and several persons have been named as the inventor of hard candy on a stick which are called lollypops. The main manufacturer used his favorite horses name, Lolly Pop, and I guess that is it. Crane Chocolates bought the rights to it because his chocolate candy was melting and he was losing money was and wanted a candy that wouldn't melt. He sold the rights to another man (for $2900) who went on to make millions. The first Lifesavers were peppermint.
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