>> FROM THE SUITE TO THE SOUR TO THE SPICY THE FLAVORS OF MEXICAN CANDY ARE
FAMILIAR TO MOST SOUTH TEXANS
HAVE MEMORIES OF LIKE HEARING
THE ICE CREAM AND GO LIKE DOWN
OUR STREET.
>> AND MY THEORY AND
THE LIKE.
>> FOR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO,
IT’S NOT HARD TO FIND A LAY
ESCO CONTESTS AND OF COURSE
CHAMOY.
>> AND CHAMOY HAS EVEN BECOME A
STAPLE IN BARS AND MAKES THE
DRINK WILL.
>> GIVE THAT EXTRA BURST THAT
THEY LOVE THAT SOUR TASTE AND
ICE CREAM SHOPS.
>> I LOVE THAT THE PACE OF THE
MONTH, BUT YEAH, IT’S OUR
LITTLE I KNOW I
FEEL CHILLY.
>> BEHIND THE FLAVORS OF ALL
THESE STREETS IS A RICH AND
STORIED HISTORY THAT INCLUDES
INNOVATION AND EVOLUTION THE
MOST ANCIENT CULTURES HAVE
WORKED THE LONGEST KHALID LARRY
DISTRICTS.
♪
>> IN THIS EPISODE OF KSAT EXPLAINS WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT HISTORY A WIDE RANGE
OF FLAVORS AND HOW MEXICAN
CANDY HAS BECOME AN
CANDY HAS BECOME AN ♪ IMPORTANT PART OF MEXICAN
AMERICAN AND SOUTH TEXAS
CULTURE.
>> BOATING SAFETY DURING THE PANDEMIC. ♪
PANDEMIC. ♪ ♪
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EPISODE OF KSAT EXPLAINS I’M MYRA ARTHUR
IF YOU’RE FROM SAN ANTONIO,
YOU’RE LIKELY FAMILIAR WITH
MEXICAN CANDY, IF YOU’VE BEEN
TO A MEXICAN RESTAURANT EL
MERCADO DOWNTOWN OR EVEN A BAR.
YOU PROBABLY BEEN EXPOSED TO SOME OF THE FLAVORS EVEN IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
YOU GREW UP WITH IT SEEMS LIKE
THESE CANDIES ARE BECOMING EVEN
MORE POPULAR.
SO WE WANTED TO EXPLORE THE
MEXICAN CANDY CRAZE
AND WE FOUND OUT A LOT THAT WE
DIDN’T KNOW WHEN WE FIRST SET
OUT. WE’VE GOT YOU LEARN SOME
NEW INFORMATION TO SO LET’S
START AT THE BEGINNING.
THEY SAID EXPLAINS PRODUCER
LEXI SALAZAR TELLS US THE
ORIGINS OF MEXICAN CANDY
ACTUALLY DATE BACK. THOUSANDS
OF YEARS.
>> I THINK THE MOST INTERESTING
THING ABOUT. MEXICAN CANDY IS
THAT WINDS. IT RUNS
THE GAMUT FROM SWEET TO
SOUR SALTY IT’S NICE TO SEE
THAT RANGE OF FLAVORS THAT
AROUND FROM
THE BEGINNING SUGAR WAS
INTRODUCED TO MEXICO UNTIL THE
SPANISH ARRIVED IN THE 1500’S,
BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE ENJOYED STATES THAT
WOULD HAVE CANDY MADE AND FRUIT
CAN BE MADE SWEETENED
WITH HONEY SO AS THEY
MATCH UP AND I STILL THINK
THAT’S AN ELEMENT THAT RUNS THE
MOST
THE MEXICAN CANDY ONE OF THE
EARLY CANDIES INVOLVED TAKING
SEEDS FROM THE AMRAM PLANT
MIXING WITH HONEY AND FRUIT
JUICE THESE CANDY STILL EXIST
TODAY AND ARE KNOWN AS THE
U.S.. SO I THINK IT IS
SO FASCINATING THAT WE’RE
EATING CANDY THAT COMES FROM
THE DISTRICT REMAINS ANOTHER
THAT YOU ARE UNDOUBTEDLY
FAMILIAR WITH CHOCOLATE JUMP IT
DOES NOT COME
FROM SWITZERLAND,
SHOCK TO TRANCE IN MEXICO.
THERE’S EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE
LIVING IN PRESENT-DAY MEXICO,
WE’RE PRODUCING CHOCOLATE AS
EARLY AS
1900 BC THE GRANT COUNTY AND
MADE IT INTO A BEVERAGE BY
ADDING WATER AND AT SOME POINT
THEY ALSO ADDED ANOTHER
INGREDIENT GIVE THE CHOP
IT OKAY REMEMBER ALL THE
CANDIES AND MEXICO. IT’S SWEET
SPICY
OR SALTY SO THE SPICY CANCER
PADDING IN THE CHILI’S TO IT
AND THAT STARTED HAPPENING WITH
CHOCOLATE
WAY BACK IN WITH MISS HIM.
I THINK THE ESSEX IS SO
BRILLIANT THIS STARTED ADDING A
LITTLE BIT. CHILLY
TO IT AND SO THE
JUDGE THERE. THE CHOP IT BEEN
HIS FEISTY LABOR.
AND WHEN THE SPANISH ARRIVED IN
MEXICO AND 1519 SO
DID SHE THE FUSION OF THE 2
CULTURES LEADS TO THE CREATION
OF MANY MUCH LIKE A BETTER AND
COME OF THIS.
>> AND THE COME WITH THIS OR
STREET THAT HATE IT, YOU KNOW
CHUNKS OF SWEET POTATOES THAT
HAD BEEN COOKED IN THE
SUGAR SYRUP AND SO THE SUGAR
SYRUP TENDS TO CRYSTALLIZE THE
SWEET POTATO AND
PRESERVE IT. ANOTHER SWEEP THAT
REMAINS POPULAR TO THIS DAY AND
IS OFTEN FOUND IN A STREAM OR
ON ONE VILLAGE.
>> IT’S ALLIES MILK
AND SUGAR AND BOY IS THAT WOULD
BE GOOD AND STARTED AND THE
CONS TO IT AND MAKING AND JUST
PRAYING SORT OF THING.
SOME OF THE SUGARY CREATIONS
ARE MEANT TO BE TASTED IT OFF.
I LOVE SUGAR SKULLS HAVE BEEN
AROUND SINCE THE EARLY 1700.
THEY’RE USED TO FRIEND BEST FOR
THEM WITH US
A FUSION OF CULTURES ALSO TO
THANK FOR ANOTHER MEXICAN CANDY
STAND OUT.
MOINES TO MOYES RETURNING WITH
PEOPLE WOULD PRESERVE FOR US.
>> AND WE ALL STARTED THE JOB
HE’S.
IT IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY HOT
SO YEAH IS IT SAY THE PROCESS
IS TAKING. DRY. AND RIGHT SIDE.
MAGIC COOK IT WITH CHARITIES. ADDRESSES. >> AND SO THEN THAT COMES TO
THE AMERICAS AND WE STARTED ADDING THAT SHOOTING LABOR CHASE. THE OTHER ONE IS
SOMEBODY GO. SOMEBODY IN THE
COMES FROM THE TAMARIND TREE,
THE FRONT PRODUCES A SWEET AND
SOUR POLL THAT CAN BE TURNED
INTO A BEVERAGE OR CANDY.
>> IT’S COMMONLY USED TO COVER
FRUIT
AND LOLLIPOPS SO WHEN SOMEBODY
IN THOUGH ARE BOTH GOOD OPTIONS
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO AVOID
ANYTHING TOO SICKLY SWEET WHEN
FOLLICLE SO SO LET’S CONSIDER LETTING WITH CANDY TO BE THAT’S A CLEAN SWEEP. SO WE’RE GOING
TO PUNCH TO IT UP IT’S GOING TO
BE CHILLY OR IT CAN BE
THE SALT WE CAN BE THIS OUR
PART AND THEN YOU HAVE THEY
DON’T USE THE PM S TOTALLY DANE
AND IT CAN BE
IT HAS VIBRANT PERSONALITY TO
IT THAT JUST GRAHAM C.
>> TO UNDERSTAND THE OBSESSION
WITH MEXICAN CANDY WE HAD TO
EXPERIENCE IT FOR OURSELVES OR
AT LEAST THIS PROJECT WAS A
PRETTY GOOD EXCUSE
FOR THEM. SO OUR TEAM HEADED
OUT HERE TO ALAMO CANDY COMPANY
AND THEN THEY’LL WE FOUND
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
>> ALAMO CANDY COMPANY IS FULL
OF VIBRANT COLOR WHEN YOU WALK
IN THE DOOR THE AISLES ARE
STACKED WITH EVERY KIND OF
CANDY YOU CAN IMAGINE.
>> WE HAVE MEXICAN CANDY
AMERICAN CANDY AND OUR OWN
CANDY THAT WE MAKE.
>> ALAMO CANDY COMPANY IS A
STAPLE IN SAN ANTONIO, IT’S
BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST 30
YEARS. IT IS PURE EXCITEMENT
WHEN PEOPLE WALK IN.
>> AND THAT’S WHY THE OTHER GUY
WE CAME IN HERE AND
FOR THIS.
>> MANY CUSTOMERS WAY TALKS TO
REMEMBER THESE CANDIES AS KIDS
THEY LITERALLY I HAVE MEMORIES
OF LIKE HEARING THE ICE CREAM
AND GO LIKE DOWN OUR STREET.
>> AND MY THEORY AND
THE LIKE. FOR THIS CANDY IN
EVERYBODY LOVES THIS WEEK’S
HOURS BY SEA TO.
>> SOME OF THE POPULAR ONCE
SOME OF THE THOSE SALTED PLUMS
BUDDING THOUGH WHICH COMES IN
DIFFERENT FLAVORS MUNGO CHILLY
COVERED
MANGO LOLLIPOPS WE’RE ABOUT AND
THE U.S. CHILLY COVERED
WATERMELON LOLLIPOPS AND IT’S
IT’S.
>> EVERYBODY LOVES IT TO THE
LITTLE KIDS ALL THE WAY
TO ADULTS.
>> AND ANYTHING WITH SOMEBODY
THOUGH WHICH IS A POD LIKE
FRUIT THAT COMES FROM TAMARIND
TREES. THE TASTE AS SWEET BUT
TART I’M GOING
WITH IT.
>> IT’S OFF YOU CAN ALSO MAKE
YOU GET TO IT COOKING FOOD, BUT
THE COMEDY KNOW IT’S MINA A
MAIN INGREDIENT INTO IN MEXICAN
CANDY AND IT’S JUST SOMETHING
THAT YOU KNOW WE GREW UP.
>> AND IT’S JUST A BIT
MEXICAN CANDY CAN’T BE
DESCRIBED IN
ONE WORD. IT’S A QUESTION THAT
STUMPED DIEGO BEEN OWNER OF LED
THE STUDY UP ON BASSE ROAD.
>> AND THE EXPERIENCE HERE.
IS THE NEXT WE’LL STILL
COME OR THIS AWARD IS ALL OF
THE CANDY IS IMPORTED FROM
MEXICO, EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT A
FAN OF THE SPICY SWEET MIX.
THERE’S STILL A MEXICAN CANDY
FOR YOU NORTH IN PRISON, BUT IT
DOES CLEAR THAT THE IT’S INTO
THE WIND.
>> THERE’S TRADITIONAL MEXICAN
CANDIDATES LIKE TO LET US TAKE
A HIT THAT CARMEL LOLLIPOPS
DOING WHAT HE THINKS
FALLEN GET THAT’S THE COCKLE
WHAT THEY SORT OF MEXICAN
PEANUT BRITTLE COOK OF US
COCONUT CANDY US UP ON THIS BIT
IS IS TOUGH AND SAYING AND THEN
PICK A LITTLE THING GOING FOR
THAT.
>> THE QUARTERBACK. ONE OF THE
LOOKING OVER AND DID IT WITH
YOU.
>> AND SOME OF THESE WERE NEW
TO ME SO I HAD TO GIVE THEM A
TRY.
>> AS THE MEXICAN CANDY CRAZE INVOLVES PLACES LIKE THE ALAMO CANDY COMPANY.
>> KEEP ON CREATING THEIR OWN
FLAVORS.
>> OURS HAS A LOW TEX MEX
FLAVOR INTO MORE SOUR. MORE
SPICIER.
>> CHERRY BOMBS OR A FAVORITE
SUISSE HOURS BY SEA AS THAT AS
A REGULAR SITE WITH CHERRY.
WHAT I LOVE IN IT. AND THOSE
SPICE.
>> THE FLAVORS OF MEXICAN CANDY
EVEN SEEM TO BE PART OF AN
EXPERIMENT THE
STATE’S FAR RESTAURANTS FOR 30
YEARS, THEY’RE ALL TRYING IT
OUT ON THEIR OWN CREATIONS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
CHAMOY KSAT EXPLAINS PRODUCER
BREANNA MONTH OF TAKES A LOOK.
>> THE NAME OF THIS ICE CREAM SHOP SURELY GIVES AWAY THEIR NUMBER ONE SELLERS MUNGO
NOT THIS IT SITS AT THE CORNER
OF CULEBRA ROAD AND SAN JOAQUIN
AVENUE.
>> I LOVE THE TASTE OF THAT MY
GOD, YES.
I DON’T KNOW IF ONLY GET TO
LIKE THIS HOUR A LITTLE I KNOW
SHE IS BY FEEL CHILLY
I DON’T KNOW ANGLE I LAB MAN
GOOD
TO US.
>> IT’S A SWEET SALTY AND
BECAUSE HE THE TASTE THAT
PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT MONEY BUT NOT
US TO MOY IS WHAT GIVES IT THAT
SPECIAL TASTE. >> SO I SAID TO MY NEXT PROJECT. I REALLY BECAUSE IT’S
A COOL SAUCE YOU CAN ALMOST
ANYTHING.
>> MOYES POPULARITY HAS GROWN
SO MUCH OVER THE YEARS
THAT ALAMO CANDY COMPANY
STARTED MAKING ITS OWN LINE UP
IN THE MID 90’S.
>> I’M NUMBER ONE SELLER.
AND IF YOU MAKE YOUR OWN.
THE RECIPE THIS TOP SECRET.
>> AND YOU KNOW LIKE SECRECY WE
SEE THAT I KEEP MY DRESS THE
SAME. AND IT WAS HOT.
>> CHAMOY CITY LIMITS
EXPERIMENTS WITH PICKLING
DIFFERENT FRUITS LIKE
STRAWBERRIES AND MANGOES FOR
THEIR CHAMOY CREATIONS. I
PEOPLE HAVE.
>> NOW AGAIN I SAY YEAH THIS IS GOING TO DO SO BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU CAN
TAKE SOME TIME STYLE.
>> CHAMOY ISN’T JUST USE IN
MONTANA THE SURFACE. I GREET
US.
♪
US. ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ SLICE THE CUCUMBERS.
AND THE ITEMS THEY WANT TO
TRY RECENTLY BLACK LABORATORY
BRING RELEASED PUT A SAN
ANTONIO. THEY’RE INSPIRED BY
THE POPULAR ASPECT. PICCADILLY
PICKLE JUICE CHERRY KOOL AID
IN TURMOIL. FERNANDEZ CREDIT,
SOCIAL MEDIA AND FOODIES FOR TO
AVOID BECOMING MAINSTREAM.
I THINK IT STARTED BECAUSE
THERE’S A LOT FOR ATTENTION
PLACED ON.
♪
THE DIFFERENT CULTURES ♪ AND SHE JUST DIFFERENT IT.
AS CHAMOY AND OTHER FLAVORS
BECOME MORE POPULAR THE PEOPLE
WE TALKED TO IN THE MEXICAN
CANDY THAT’S A GOOD THING.
>> BUT THEY HOPE THERE’S THE
RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF
WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS
EPISODE OF KSAT EXPLAINS I’M
MYRA ARTHUR. WE’LL SEE YOU BACK
HERE FOR A NEW EPISODE IN 2
WEEKS.