“A great big lollipop with soft bubble gum!” So went the advertising for an iconic candy, Charms Blow Pops. And as an old marketing guy might say, the sell didn’t short; kids really did get ...

Tidwell filed a patent application for his "method for making candy with gum inside" in 1966, and the patent was granted in 1969. “He was a connoisseur of anything that was sweet.