Haviland Thin Mints are a
chocolate
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-covered
mint
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candy
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produced by Log House Foods of Plymouth, Minnesota.
The candy is a mint
fondant covered in
dark chocolate, similar to the
York Peppermint Pattie
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but smaller, thinner and shorter.
The brand dates its origins to at least
World War II
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, when it was one of the candies supplied to U.S. soldiers (made by Miller and Hollis). Haviland Thin Mints and related brands were acquired in 1961 by Deran which was in turn itself acquired in 1970 by
Borden which manufactured them for over twenty years.
Under Deran and Borden the Mints were sold by youth to raise funds to attend
YMCA
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summer camp.
Haviland Thin Mints were briefly owned by
Great American Brands (GAB), an investment group,
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at Necco
Necco (or NECCO ) was an American manufacturer of candy created in 1901 as the New England Confectionery Company through the merger of several small confectionery companies located in the Greater Boston area, with ancestral companies dating b ...
who filed for bankruptcy in 1994, and in September of that year, the brand was acquired by
Revere, Massachusetts
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-based
Necco
Necco (or NECCO ) was an American manufacturer of candy created in 1901 as the New England Confectionery Company through the merger of several small confectionery companies located in the Greater Boston area, with ancestral companies dating b ...
.
In the wake of Necco's 2018 shuttering, Haviland Thin Mints along with Mighty Malt Milk Balls were sold to Minnesota-based Log House Food.
Haviland Thin Mints also come in flavors such as Raspberry Crème and Orange Crème.
See also
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List of chocolate bar brands
This is a list of chocolate bar brands, in alphabetical order. Flavour variants and discontinued chocolate bars are included. A chocolate bar, also known as a candy bar in American English, is a confection in an oblong or rectangular form ...
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List of confectionery brands
This is a list of brand name confectionery products. Sugar confectionery includes candies (''sweets'' in British English), candied nuts, chocolates, chewing gum, bubble gum, pastillage, and other confections that are made primarily of sugar. In so ...
References
External links
Log House Foods
Brand name confectionery
Chocolate bars
Necco brands
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