country united states introduced 1845 previous owners y & s candies inc. website http www.twizzlers.com twizzlers is a brand of candy in the united states and canada . twizzlers is the product of y & s candies inc. of lancaster pennsylvania now a subsidiary of the hershey company . contents 1 history 2 flavors and varieties 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit strawberry twizzlers the manufacturer of cherry twizzlers candy is one of the oldest confectionery firms in the united states . the company was established in 1845 as young and smylie and adopted y & s as its trademark in 1870 . national licorice company was created in 1902 through the merger of three small firms young & smylie s.v. & f.p. schudder and h.w. petherbridge . in 1908 a plant was opened in montreal and in 1929 the twizzler brand was established . the company changed its name to y & s candies inc. in 1968 and was acquired by hershey foods in 1977 . 1 since 1999 twizzlers have also been manufactured in memphis tennessee as well as the main lancaster location in a y & s plant that also makes chewing gum and other candies . from 1970 through 1999 it was manufactured at a plant in farmington new mexico but relocated the operation to memphis because of rising transportation costs . 2 according to the guinness book of records the longest licorice twist ever made measured 1 200 feet 370 m and 100 pounds 45 kg and was made at the y & s candy plant in lancaster pennsylvania . this record breaking twist became a guinness world record on july 19 1998 . 3 flavors and varieties edit twisted berry flavor twizzlers pull n peel while the original flavor introduced in 1845 was licorice in the late 1970s the company began to expand its flavors to include strawberry grape chocolate cherry and watermelon flavors and a variety of shapes and sizes . in addition to their twists bites and nibs of various sizes y & s introduced pull n peel . twerpz and strawz came along in 2004 . 4 limited edition cherry cola and rainbow fruit variety consisting of strawberry orange lemonade watermelon blue raspberry and grape flavors were introduced in 2006 . today all these flavors of rainbow twizzlers are still sold in stores and movie theaters . the company also manufactures a special 2 foot long 61 cm variety ; the regular length of twizzlers is 8 inches 20 cm . 2006 hershey s introduced the sweet and sour filled twist . they come in two different colors red and yellow and both have a gooey fruity filling inside . the yellow flavor is citrus punch and the red flavor is cherry kick . 2011 super long nibs was introduced combining the flavor and texture of the classic nib with the length of a standard twizzlers twist . 2013 in may the pull n peel introduced its raspberry wild berry lemonade flavor . 2014 in december twizzlers came out with pull n peel fruit punch and twizzlers filled strawberry lemonade varieties . 5 all twizzler products are kosher certified by the orthodox union . twizzlers do not contain animal gelatin or other animal products and are approved as a vegan edible candy . see also edit red vines references edit lancaster pennsylvania portal http www.hersheycanada.com en products details twizzlers index.asp twizzlers operation leaves farmington for tennessee . albuquerque journal . january 18 1999 . twizzlers history 1998 . hersheys.com . retrieved 2013 10 06 . . twizzlers history 2004 . hersheys.com . retrieved 2013 10 06 . hershey s twizzlers pull n peel fruit punch twists . cspnet.com . retrieved 2015 01 11 . external links edit official twizzlers website v t e confectionery products of the hershey company italics indicates discontinued products chocolate based 5th avenue air delight almond joy bar none bliss brookside cadbury creme egg cadbury dairy milk cherry blossom cookies n creme cookies n mint dagoba glosette heath bar hershey bar hershey s drops hershey s kisses hershey s kissables hershey s miniatures hershey s s mores hershey s special dark kit kat krackel milk duds mini eggs mounds mr. goodbar nutrageous oh henry rally reese s crispy crunchy bar reese s fast break reese s peanut butter cups reese s pieces reese s sticks reese s whipps rolo scharffen berger skor snack barz swoops symphony take 5 max 5 whatchamacallit whoppers york peppermint pattie others bubble yum good & plenty good & fruity ice breakers jolly rancher koolerz lancaster soft cr mes payday twizzlers zagnut zero hershey s also manufactures military chocolate for the u.s. armed forces . 1 marketed in both the united states and canada but sold as a hershey s product only within canada . u.s. rights owned by nestl . 2 marketed in a number of countries but sold as a hershey s product only within the united states . brand owned by nestl . 3 marketed in a number of countries but sold as a hershey s product only within the united states . brand owned by mondel z international . this confectionery related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title twizzlers & oldid 739138862 categories brand name confectionerythe hershey company brands1845 introductionscompanies based in lancaster pennsylvaniaamerican confectioneryliquorice confectionery kosher foodconfectionery stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol fran aisportugu ssuomi edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 00 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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