![]() ![]() In 1972, the York Cone Company was acquired by Peter Paul, who then launched the York Peppermint Patties nationally in 1975. Schulz introduced a character named Peppermint Patty to the Peanuts comic strip. ![]() The business expanded sales beyond the local market and without consumer advertising the York Peppermint Pattie was being sold in the Northeast, parts of the Midwest and in Florida. If the candy didn't break clean in the middle, it was a second." ![]() A former employee and York resident, Phil Kollin, remembered the final test that sample patties went through before leaving the factory: "It was a snap test. Īlthough chocolate-covered peppermints already existed before the York Peppermint Pattie came on the market, the York differed in that it was firmer and crisp, while the competition was softer and gooier. The trademark registration number 0564557 was awarded on September 30, 1952. Although news articles commonly have it that the York Peppermint Pattie was first produced in York, Pennsylvania by Henry Kessler at his York Cone Company in 1940, a trademark application for “York Peppermint Pattie Mint (Candy)” filed by York Cone Company Corporation on February 10, 1949, shows a first use in commerce date of January 28, 1922, soon after the founding of the company. The company originally sold ice cream cones and waffles before Kessler wanted to make a chocolate and mint themed candy. ContentsĪbout 1920, Henry Kessler founded the York Cone Company Corporation on South Pine Street in York, Pennsylvania. York Peppermint Pattie is an American dark chocolate enrobed peppermint confection introduced in 1940 and currently produced by the Hershey Company. A circular pattie with a soft mint center coated in dark chocolate. ![]()
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