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Over and over again they attempted to associate their candy bar with Babe Ruth. Not only that, but the Curtiss Candy Company was headquartered very close to Wrigley Field and, in 1932, they setup a giant lit advertising sign near the spot where Babe Ruth’s supposed “called shot” landed, advertising Baby Ruth candy bars, fully visible from Wrigley Field. The Curtiss Candy Company also tried to get Babe Ruth to endorse their product after its launch, which he refused to do. Babe Ruth was a national celebrity in 1921.įurther, the original version of the “Baby Ruth” candy bar was actually called the “Kandy Kake” and was coincidentally renamed to “Baby Ruth” directly after Babe Ruth had become a national celebrity. This all resulted in Babe Ruth’s fame skyrocketing from what it had been only a few years before serving primarily as a pitcher and pinch hitter for the Red Sox.
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From 1919-1921, he hit an astounding 142 home runs and was well on his way to revolutionizing the game of baseball. The year before that, he had his breakout year with the Yankees hitting 54 home runs with a.
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In that year, Babe Ruth hit 59 home runs, had a. In addition to the above stated bits in the company’s official story, the Curtiss Candy Company also went on to discuss the fact that Babe Ruth wasn’t even famous in 1921 when the candy bar was named, so why would they name it after some random baseball player? Here’s another problem with the official story, Babe Ruth was incredibly famous by 1921. Further, Grover Cleveland hadn’t been President for 24 years and had been dead for 13 years when the candy bar was named, so there doesn’t seem to be a good reason they’d have randomly picked his daughter to name a candy bar after. There are a quite a few problems with the official line, but the main problem is that Ruth Cleveland died in 1904 at the age of 12 years old, some 17 years before the Baby Ruth candy bar was created and about 15 years before the Curtiss Candy Company was created. Ruth Cleveland supposedly visited their plant and, while there, inspired the name for the candy bar. They claimed it was named after Ruth Cleveland, the daughter of President Grover Cleveland. The rumor that they were not was actually started by the company who made them originally, the Curtiss Candy Company founded by Otto Schnering. Also I am just starting to take pictures of the food I make on this site, so my photos are anything but stellar yet so I will not be offended in any way if you chooses not to use my pictures.Today I found out Baby Ruth candy bars really were named after Babe Ruth. I am also a health food freak and a major gym rat, so I am always on the look out for good subs for the more unhealthy ingredients in most recipes. I play mad scientist most days in my kitchen with left over chicken breasts lol. I am a college student at RIT going for food management and prep, my favortie things! Most of my orignal recipes are made from left overs since I cook for one or two most days so there are always left overs in my house. I'm just a girl whos passion is for cooking, well some people would call it an obbsession rather.