In the early
1920's in the city of
York,
Pennsylvania a small confectionary company called the York
Cone Co. bagan producing
ice cream cones and
waffles. Shortly the company began producing
candy items, and thus the York
Peppermint Pattie was
born. Twenty years later, the Peppermint Patty became their
flagship product, and the company
abandoned all of their other products to produce the Peppermint Patty in order to meet the ever-growing
demand.
Even with an advertising budget of zero, the candy was a hit. It found markets in the North-East US, Ohio, Florida, and Indiana. In 1972, The Peter Paul Company bought out York Cone Co. and began selling the pattie as their own product. Three years later, the product was released nationally with an ad campaign that still exists today, in which a person bites into the pattie and describes to us what an orgasm experience they're having.
In 1978, Peter Paul was acquired by Cadbury/Schweppes. Ten years later, Cadbury/Schweppes was bought out by Hershey Foods, which is located near the birthplace of the pattie in Hershey, PA.