Patent ID: 7947317
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: A23G,A23L,A23P,A63H

Abstract:
1. A composite confectionery product comprising: at least two resilient members having an outer surface, each of said members comprising about 11.7% to about 15% water, about 49.2% to about 55% sugar, about 10.7% to about 16% glucose, about 16.6% to about 20% invert sugar, and about 4% to about 14% thin boiling starch and having a resiliency of about 59% to about 86%, wherein each of said members having an elongate central portion having a transverse dimension (t said members being engagable with each other in said second configuration so that upon release of said manual pressure said members substantially return to said first configuration and become interconnected, and wherein the outer surface of each of said members is coated with a particulate coating selected from the group consisting of sweetener granules, acid granules, and sweetener/acid granules, which particulate coating provides frictional engagement when the members are interconnected.