It doesn’t matter what time frame you are in: Cartridge Candy fits in!
We sell Cartridge Candy to sites ranging from Pilgrims and Pirates to Pioneers and Plainsmen, from the French & Indian Wars, Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 to the Civil War. Cartridge Candy is even offered in the gift shops of WW2 battleships! We also sell to a large number of historic houses, pioneer villages and general museum gift shops!
In 1998, during the 135th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, we were astounded at the assortment of merchandise that was available, commemorating not only this event, but the American Civil War in general. Even with all that variety, we determined to produce a product that would capture the imagination of both re-enactors and spectators…something different, not already available. Watching the soldiers load for battle showed us that the answer was right before our eyes. Shortly after that event, we began producing our first candy filled cartridges. In late 2001, we decided to make our product available to other historical merchants, landmark sites and related gift stores.
Sutler Cyrus thanks Fields of Thunder Museum for the use of this picture.
The Powder Pouches are priced at $1.20/pack, minimum order 50 packs. It contains 1 round of Cartridge Candy and 1 bag of Black Powder Candy.
The Pirate & Privateer Pack is the same as the Ammo Pack – 1 round of Cartridge Candy, 1 bag of Musket Ball Candy, 1 bag of Black Powder Candy – and 3 really bad pirate jokes on the label backing. Great for Maritime Museums! $1.65 each, minimum order 50.
Sutler Cyrus thanks Fields of Thunder Museum for the use of these pictures.
BLACK POWDER CANDY is a fruit flavoured powder, sold in lots of 50 charges at 45 cents per charge
Both best sellers, the "Ammo-Pak" features all three of our "Ordnance for the Innards" products - Cartridge Candy, Musket Ball Candy and Black Powder Candy, while the Cartridge Candy 3-Pack (a good soldier can fire three rounds per minute) features one each of three flavours! Insert tells customers about the contents. Recommended for high humidity regions.
Both the Cartridge Candy 3-Pack and the Ammo-Pack are priced at $1.65 / pack, minimum order 50 packs.
Cartridge Candy, as noted comes in four fruit flavours and has the sweet-tart taste of whichever flavour is consumed. The “musket ball” included is gum in assorted flavours packed at random.
Musket Ball Candy is a liquorice flavoured (very) hard candy (don't bite this bullet!). As it is savoured, it will tend to change colours. It actually has a basis in history: soldiers in the British Army, serving in the Caribbean Islands during the Napoleonic wars, made a candy mixture of ginger and molasses in musket ball moulds, to relieve the dryness in the mouth associated with the actions of firing black powder weapons. Which leads us to “Black Powder Candy”…
Black Powder Candy has a remarkable resemblance to actual black powder but tastes a whole lot better. You will be asked if it is liquorice: the answer is “no”. Black Powder Candy is fruit flavoured!