Henry's Candy Co

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History of Henry’s Candies

Henry’s Candies has been in the candy making business since the Henry family opened the Dexter, Ks business 60 years ago. But the Henry family has been making candy for over 100 years.

Thomas Henry was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1880. By the age of 10, Tom was helping make candy after school. He went on to work in several cities such as Kansas City, Chicago, Fort Worth, Hutchinson, and Blackwell before launching his own successful business south of Little Rock, along the state highway 5. The business was named the “Better Mousetrap Candy Store” and was well known for the copyrighted Mallow Milk Chocolate and the Better Mousetrap brand, which includes chocolate, pecans, and almonds. The brand name was inspired by a famous quote by Ralph Waldo Everson, “build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.”

In 1919 Tom Henry invented the famous O’Henry candy bar while he was working at Ranney Davis Candy Comp0any in Arkansas City, Kansas. The originals name of the candy was the Tom Henry Bar, but the recipe and its name were changed when he sold the rights to Curtis Candy Co. in the 1920’s.

Tom’s son, Pat Henry Sr., traveled around the country with his father and followed in his father’s trade of candy making. Pat and his wife Mildred decided to open their own business with the help from their son, Pat Henry Jr. Thus, in August 1956, Henry and Son Candy Company was born. The business was originally located in downtown Dexter until relocating in 1975. Having outgrown the building and with the aid and generosity of local rancher Byron Radcliff and his family, a larger facility was built at the present location along Hwy K-15.

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