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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS
AROUND INDIANA•
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FOR SOME 130 YEARS, THIS
HISTORIC CLARK COUNTY CANDY
MAKER HAS BECOME A DESTINATION
LOCATION FOR JUST ABOUT ANYONE

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IN AMERICA WITH A SWEET TOOTH.
AROUND INDIANA REPORTER
MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE FROM
SCHIMPFF'S CONFECTIONERY IN

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JEFFERSONVILLE.
♪ THE CANDYMAN CAN ♪
>> SO THERE REALLY IS A
CANDYMAN.

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>> YEAH.
>> AND HIS NAME IS WARREN
SCHIMPFF.
HE HAND HIS WIFE JILL ARE THE

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FOURTH GENERATION TO RUN THIS
HISTORIC SOUTHERN INDIANA SWEET
SHOP.
>> WE'RE JEFFERSONVILLE'S OLDEST

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RETAIL BUSINESS.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS IN THE
SAME LOCATION, FAMILY-OWNED,
SINCE 1891.

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>> WE HAVE THE BOOK THAT GREAT
GRANDFATHER AND GRANDFATHER PUT
TOGETHER, HANDWRITTEN, AND WE
STILL USE THE SAME RECIPES.

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>> AND THE MOST FAMOUS OF THOSE
RECIPES IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE
CINNAMON RED HOT.
>> JOHNNY CASH, RING OF FIRE,

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HERE'S SCHIMPFF'S RING OF FIRE.
>> CINNAMON RED HOTS ARE OUR
SIGNATURE PIECE.
22,000 POUNDS OF CINNAMON RED

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HOTS IN A GOOD YEAR.
>> WE MAKE A LOT OF CANDY.
CARAMEL, CHOCOLATE, A LOT OF
HARD CANDY, BRITTLES, PEANUT

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BRITTLE, ENGLISH TO FEE.
THE FIRST CANDY MACHINES WERE
MADE IN THE 1860s.
THE CANDY TABLE UP THERE DATES

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FROM 1891.
EVERYTHING IN HERE HAS A STORY.
>> AND THAT, IT DOES.
SCHIMPFFS BOASTS ONE OF THE ONLY

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CANDY MUSEUMS IN THE U.S., CANDY
COLLECTIBLES FROM THE FIRST
ORIGINAL PIECES OF CANDY EVER
MADE TO NOSTALGIC PACKAGING FROM

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A DIFFERENT TIME.
>> THE TEETER-TOTTER BEING THE
STICK OF CANDY, AND WE HAVE A
BLACK AND WHITE CHILD ON A

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TEETER-TOTTER.
SO THAT ARTWORK PREDATES 1885,
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE USING BLACK
AND WHITE CHILDREN IN A PIECE OF

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ADVERTISING 20 YEARS AFTER THE
CIVIL WAR?
>> THE DAMN BAR, WHAT'S THAT?
>> KIDS WOULD GO INTO THE CANDY

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STORES AND SAY GIVE ME ONE OF
THOSE DAMN BARS THERE.
>> BUT IT'S NOT JUST CANDY.
>> OLD-FASHIONED CHOCOLATE SODA?

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THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THIS.
IT'S DELICIOUS.
>> AND TAKE IT FROM ME, IT
TASTES EVERY BIT AS GOOD TODAY

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AS IT DID WHEN BOBBY SOCKS AND
POODLE SKIRTS WERE AT THE HEIGHT
OF 50s FASHION.
>> THEY SAY OUR TASTE BUDS MAKE

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US REMEMBER THINGS.
THE TASTE OF NOSTALGIA.
WE HAVE KIDS FROM 2 IN PARENTS'
ARMS TO SENIORS THAT COME

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BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THEY
REMEMBER FROM THEIR CHILDHOODS.
WE'VE HAD FOUR GENERATIONS IN
THIS STORE AT THE SAME TIME.

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>> AND SOUTHERN INDIANA'S KING
OF CANDY ISN'T JUST A HOOSIER
FAVORITE.
THEY'VE GARNERED NATIONAL

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ATTENTION.
>> I SAID ALL RIGHT!
>> FROM THE FOOD NETWORK TO THE
HISTORY CHANNEL'S "MODERN

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MARVELS."
AND EVEN THE QUEEN OF SOUTHERN
CUISINE HERSELF, PAULA DEEN.
>> WE HAVE A GOOD STORY TO TELL

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HERE.
IT'S THE STORY OF REAL
AMERICANA.
>> AND THE STORY OF RECOVERY

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AMONGST THE PANDEMIC IS ALSO A
REAL AMERICAN STORY, AS SMALL
BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
STRUGGLE TO STAY OPEN.

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BUT WARREN SAYS HE CAN REMEMBER
A TIME THAT WAS EVEN HARDER ON
HIS FAMILY'S CANDY BUSINESS,
IMPARTING A FEW WORDS OF WISDOM

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FOR MOM AND POP SHOP OWNERS
EVERYWHERE.
>> THE 1930s, FLOOD ON THE
OHIO RIVER, WATER WENT TO THE

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MIDDLE OF THE SECOND STORY IN
THIS BUILDING, THEY LOST
EVERYTHING, BUT THEY REBUILT AND
PERSISTED.

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HANG IN THERE IS ABOUT THE BEST
I CAN SAY.
HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SURVIVE.
>> MARY-RCHEL REDMAN INSIDE