The Sweet History Behind Connecticut’s State Candy #newhavenct #fairfieldct #candy #history The lollipop was born in New Haven in 1908, when George Smith and Andrew Bradley began molding hard candy onto sticks and named it after a racehorse—Lolly Pop. A stick-inserting machine boosted production to 750 per minute, fueling rapid growth. Though they trademarked the name in 1931, it soon became generic. In 2021, third graders at Fairfield’s Dwight Elementary proposed making it Connecticut’s officia