company based in newport coast newport beach california in the united states . the original leaf candy company started in the 1920s . 1 leaf brands was once the fourth largest candy producer in north america creating products such as whoppers jolly rancher milk duds rain blo bubble gum heath bar and payday before the u.s. division was sold to the hershey foods corporation in 1996 and left the united states . 2 in 2011 the company was revived and the newly re formed company made its official debut at the 2011 sweets & snacks expo . ellia kassoff the nephew of ed leaf the founder of leaf candy company is the ceo . the company registered the hydrox trademark which had been abandoned by former owner kellogg s 3 and re created the brand of cookies similar to oreos which had been out of production since 1999 . leaf brands began selling the product through amazon marketplace in september 2015 . 4 current brands edit astro pops astro pop asteroids astro pops sodas bonkers david s signature beyond gourmet jelly beans farts candy hydrox tart n tinys wacky wafers yummers references edit leaf brands astro pops llc are back with revolutionary new candy products and officially launching at the 2011 sweets & snacks expo . prweb.com . retrieved 2015 02 28 . hershey is sweet on leaf brands chicago tribune . articles.chicagotribune.com . 1996 06 10 . retrieved 2015 02 28 . kestenbaum david 23 september 2015 . one man s mission to bring back hydrox cookies . npr.org . retrieved 2016 10 04 . episode 652 the hydrox resurrection . planet money podcast . npr . september 18 2015 . retrieved september 21 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leaf brands & oldid 742514221 categories confectionery companiescompanies based in orange county californiacompanies established in the 1920s 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 add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 04 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view