Necco is the maker of Necco Wafers, Mary Janes, Clark Bars, Candy Buttons, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Sweethearts Valentine's Day conversation hearts and has been around since 1847.

Necco Wafers, a candy part of the country’s oldest company, may be discontinued and people have gone out in troves to buy them. Necco Wafers, ...

Necco — and its strange, unappealing little candy wafers — will live on, thanks to a new owner. Necco — and its strange, unappealing little candy wafers — will live on, ...

Necco Wafers. Mary Janes. Sky Bars. Canada Mints. Candy Buttons. Those inimitable staples of the Valentine’s Day classroom exchange, Sweethearts, which celebrate their 150th anniversary this ...

Necco Wafers are suddenly having ahugerevival. Why? Because the candy factory — the New England Confectionary Company, or Necco — that makes these deliciously despised candiesmay shut down.

The bankrupt 171-year-old candy maker known for its chalky Necco Wafers and those little inscribed hearts that are everywhere on Valentine’s Day got a sweet message from a rival Wednesday: BE MINE.

The beginning of the end for Necco, according to a lawsuit that the bankruptcy trustee filed against its former owners, came in 2007, when a private equity firm, ACAS, acquired the candy maker.

Michael McGee, CEO of Necco, an American candy company that produces classic sweets such as Sweethearts, Mary Janes, Clark bars, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Canada Mints and Necco Wafers, announced that ...

The bankrupt 171-year-old candy maker known for its chalky Necco Wafers and those little inscribed hearts that are everywhere on Valentine’s Day got a sweet message from a rival Wednesday: BE ...

(CNN) -- Necco Wafers are about to make a sweet comeback after a two-year absence. The beloved candy's disappearance came after the factory in Revere, Massachusetts that made Necco Wafers closed ...

Necco has been around since 1847 and was created by the inventors of the first American candy machine, Oliver and Silas Chase. They paired up with other confectionery companies to become the ...